Dance
Bitesize Dance Activities to Try at Home with Under 5 Year Olds
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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.
Learn more about the project
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.
Download the Dvorak resource
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!
Download the Brahms resource
