Take Part at Home for children
Dance and music activities for children under 11 that can be done at home, and used to support parents and schools with their online teaching.
Dance
Bitesize Dance Activities to Try at Home with Under 5 Year Olds
Bitesize Dance Activities to Try at Home with 5-7 Year Olds
Bitesize Dance Activities to Try at Home with 8-11 Year Olds
Music
Self-Isolate I Create I Animate
Interested in making your own music? Why not take part in our Self-Isolate | Create | Animate challenge! There are four tasks to choose from, each designed to support you in creating your own compositions.
From Blackheath to Baghdad: Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov
- Type of Resource: Music
- Age Range: Primarily aimed at 6 – 10 year olds and their families
This home learning resource introduces young children and their families to a piece of music, with lots of tips for closer listening, background information, and a simple quiz to do.
What you’ll need at home: Just the PDF download (printed out if you can), and a device to listen to the music from the Spotify playlist provided.
Download the Rimsky-Korsakov resource
Tall Tales, Magical Myths & The Stuff Of Legends: Symphonic Poems by Dvorak
- Type of Resource: Music
- Age Range: Primarily aimed at 6 – 10 year olds and their families
This home learning resource introduces young children and their families to a piece of music, with lots of tips for closer listening, background information, and a simple quiz to do.
What you’ll need at home: Just the PDF download (printed out if you can), and a device to listen to the music from the Spotify playlist provided.
What’s So Good About Beethoven?: Symphony No. 8 by Beethoven
- Type of Resource: Music
- Age Range: KS2 with parental supervision encouraged
This home learning resource introduces children to a piece of symphonic music and to the orchestra, with lots of tips for closer listening, background information, and some creative exercises to encourage your own music-making.
What you’ll need at home: Just the PDF download (printed out if you can), and a device to listen to the music from the Spotify playlist provided. To try out the creative exercises you’ll need objects that make sounds, or even better a musical instrument or two!
Download the Beethoven resource
Epic Tunes & Alpine Horns: Symphony No. 1 by Brahms
- Type of Resource: Music
- Age Range: KS2 with parental supervision encouraged
This home learning resource introduces children to a piece of symphonic music and to the orchestra, with lots of tips for closer listening, background information, and some creative exercises to encourage your own music-making.
What you’ll need at home: Just the PDF download (printed out if you can), and a device to listen to the music from the Spotify playlist provided. To try out the creative exercises you’ll need objects that make sounds, or even better a musical instrument or two!