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Hello, musicians.

It's me again, Mrs. Steele, and I'm really excited to be learning with you today.

Today's music lesson is called Singing Stronger and Feeling Energized.

I've got lots of energy and I'm ready to go.

So let's start together.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to control your strong singing voice to suit a song without shouting.

Here are the keywords that will be important in our learning today.

Dynamics, how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung.

Strong, strong and loud are both words we use to describe a louder dynamic, and soft, soft and quiet are words we use to describe a quieter dynamic.

But first, we know that it's important to warm up our bodies, voices, and minds before every music lesson so that we're ready to move and ready to sing.

We need to gently warm and stretch our vocal chords to protect our voices from injury.

Warmups are also great fun and help develop our music and singing skills too.

Follow these warmups so that you are ready for music.

Here comes the video.

<v ->Let's begin by warming up our bodies</v> because we know how important it is to warm up before we start making music and singing.

We'll begin with a stretch, arms high into the air, onto our tiptoes, hold onto a monkey bar, and we are going to not let go of that monkey bar, but we are going to lower our heels to the ground, so we're going to get taller.

Lowering to the count of four.

Here we go, one, two, three, four.

Gosh, you're all super tall.

Drop your fingers and your wrists and your elbows and your shoulders.

Relax your knees and go.

(blowing raspberry) (children blowing raspberry) Very good.

Let's do that one more time.

Stretch up, onto your tiptoes, hold onto the monkey bar, lowering our heels to a count of four.

Going one, two, three, four.

Gosh, you're so tall now.

Drop your fingers and your wrists, and your elbows, and your shoulders.

Relax your knees and.

(blowing raspberry) (children blowing raspberry) Very good.

Now let's take up as much space as we can.

Make a really, really big space.

Huge shapes, and we are going to shrink down into a teensy-tiny shape.

Tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny like a little seed.

And we're now going to grow back to a big shape when you're ready.

One, two, three, go.

Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow.

And relax.

<v ->Let's learn how to breathe like a singer.

</v> I want you to imagine that your body is a balloon.

If you were a balloon, I wonder what color you would be? What color would you be? <v ->Blue.

</v> <v ->You'd be blue.

</v> Okay, so some of you're blue balloons, you might be a different color.

We are gonna blow up our balloons by breathing in like a singer.

Are you ready? (all inhaling) And out.

(all exhaling) This time, let's see if we can make our balloon even bigger by making sure we get lots of air into our lungs keeping our shoulders down.

Are you ready? (all inhaling) (all exhaling) Let's try one more.

(all inhaling) Oh, no, I've let my balloon go.

(all imitating air whooshing) Follow me.

(all imitating air whirring) (all imitating air buzzing) (all vocalizing) Let's sing "Che che cole" three times each time with a different dynamic.

Don't forget to sing the response.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ (teacher sings in foreign language) Now let's learn about when and why we sing strongly.

Some songs suit being sung loudly.

Singing strongly together can make us feel happy and joyful.

I wonder if you can think of any times that you sing loudly.

Press pause now to share your ideas or think about them in your own thinking voice.

Okay, how alive, alert, and awake do you feel right now? I've got the perfect song to check.

Join in with this video of "Alive, Alert, Awake".

Watch carefully.

Here it comes.

<v ->Join in with me on this warmup.

</v> The tempo gets so follow carefully.

♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake ♪ ♪ I'm awake, alert, alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake ♪ ♪ I'm awake, alert, alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake ♪ ♪ I'm awake, alert, alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake ♪ ♪ I'm awake, alert, alive ♪ ♪ I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic ♪ <v ->Hello, again.

Do you feel more alive, alert, and awake?</v> I know I certainly do.

So let's keep going.

It's time for a check-in with our learning so far.

Let's try singing "Alive, Alert, Awake" very softly.

Which dynamic do you think suits the song more? Singing it strongly or softly.

And can you say why? Here comes the music.

Sing "Alive, Alert, Awake" softly.

Shh.

(upbeat playful music) (upbeat playful music continues) What do you think? Which dynamic suits the song more? Here are some of our Oak friends ideas.

Lucas says, "I think singing loudly suits the song better because it's an upbeat song about feeling alive." I wonder if you agree.

And Sofia says, "I like singing it quietly because it feels more exciting." I wonder if you agree with Sofia.

You could press pause now to talk about your ideas.

Moving can help us feel energized and ready to sing too.

Let's join in with one of my favorites.

It's pretty silly and it's got lots of moving in it.

It's called "Rubber Chicken".

See if it makes you feel more energized.

Here comes the video.

Join in.

♪ Ready, chickens ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, one, one, one, one ♪ ♪ Rubber chickens ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Ready, chickens ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, one, one, one, one ♪ ♪ Rubber chickens ♪ (kids imitate chicken clucking) <v ->Hi, chickens.

Did that give you lots of energy?</v> When we use a louder voice like in "Rubber Chicken", we need to remember that we don't use our shouting voice.

We can sing strongly by breathing deeply and opening our mouth a little bit more.

It's time for a check-in.

True or false.

We should use our shouting voice a little bit when we want to sing loudly.

Do you think that that's true, we should use our shouting voice a little bit? Or do you think that that's false, we shouldn't use our shouting voice a little bit? Show me thumbs up or thumbs down.

Let's see.

Okay, here comes the answer.

That's false.

Well done if you've got your thumb down.

A shouting voice can damage the tiny muscles in our throat that we use to sing and speak with.

So when we're singing loudly, we use a strong voice, not a shouting voice.

Well done if you remember that.

Now we're going to sing another one of my favorites, "The Penguin Song".

We're going to sing it strongly and we're going to do all of the actions, and this will help us perform with lots of energy.

Before it's your turn, watch the video of these pupils performing "The Penguin Song".

(upbeat music) ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ Nod your head ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Nod your head ♪ ♪ Stick our your tongue ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins sit down ♪ (kids chuckling) <v ->Now it's your turn, penguins.

</v> Remember to sing strongly and do all of the actions.

Our performance will be full of lots of energy.

Here comes the music, penguins.

(upbeat playful music) ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Nod your head ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins begin ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Nod your head ♪ ♪ Stick out your tongue ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea ♪ ♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ A penguin you will see ♪ ♪ Penguins attention ♪ ♪ Penguins sit down ♪ <v ->How was your performance of "The Penguin Song"?</v> Here are some of our Oak friends ideas.

Aisha says, "We sang loudly, but we didn't use our shouting voices." Well done if you remembered that important bit.

And Laura says, "The actions made it feel even more energetic." And Alex says, "The song suits being sung loudly because it's a fun, silly song." Now let's learn about singing a song to make us feel good.

Moving and adding actions can help us to remember song lyrics.

Let's listen to the chorus of "Get Your Body Moving".

Which actions could you add? Have a listen.

♪ Step, step, clap and raise your hands ♪ Now it's time to add actions for each line and practice them together.

Press pause to add your actions and use the audio to help you.

See you soon.

This next part is from the same song, but we'll sing this bit softly because it's about nighttime.

Have a listen.

♪ When the day is done and the night is young ♪ ♪ And the stars are shining brightly ♪ ♪ When the morning comes and you want some fun ♪ ♪ It's time to sing this song ♪ <v ->Now let's put the loud part and the quiet part together.

</v> Here comes the music.

Join in with your singing and actions.

(upbeat music) ♪ Step, step, clap and raise your hand ♪ ♪ Stamp your feet and turn around ♪ ♪ Side to side and up and down ♪ ♪ Get your body moving ♪ ♪ Step, step, clap and raise your hand ♪ ♪ Stamp your feet and turn around ♪ ♪ Side to side and up and down ♪ ♪ With this happy song ♪ ♪ When the day is done and the night is young ♪ ♪ And the stars are shining brightly ♪ ♪ When the morning comes and you want so fun ♪ ♪ It's time to sing this song ♪ ♪ Step, step, clap and raise your hands ♪ ♪ Stamp your feet and turn around ♪ ♪ Side to side and up and down ♪ ♪ Move your body now ♪ <v ->Let's check that we're singing this part softly,</v> but we're going to start getting louder on the last line.

♪ It's time to sing this song ♪ Have a go at singing this bit again making sure that you are singing very softly until that last line.

Here's the music.

♪ When the day is done and the night is young ♪ ♪ And the stars are shining brightly ♪ ♪ When the morning comes and you want some fun ♪ ♪ It's time to sing this song ♪ <v ->Now we're ready to sing the whole song.

</v> Remember to use your actions in the beginning and begin with strong singing.

Then we're going to have soft singing in the next bit only getting louder on the line "It's time to sing this song." Enjoy singing "Get Your Body Moving".

Hello, everybody.

Did you enjoy your performance? Here are what some of our Oak friends thought about their performance of the song.

Izzy says, "When we go from singing quietly to loudly, it feels exciting." I wonder if you notice that.

Sofia says, "Doing the actions made me feel good because moving and singing is fun." I agree.

And Jun says, "Singing altogether feels good, especially when we do the actions at the same time." Did you manage to do the actions at the same time where you are? Well done, everyone.

Great singing and great moving.

We've come to the end of our lesson today, but before we go, let's take a moment to think about everything we've been learning together.

We know that we can use our louder singing voice safely without shouting, and we know that singing strongly suits some songs more than others.

We can choose our dynamics based on how the song makes us feel.

We know that loud singing can make us feel joyful and energetic, and that we can feel energized by adding actions to our songs just like we've done today.

I'm certainly ending this lesson feeling very joyful and energized.

Thanks, everyone.

I'm really looking forward to seeing you again soon for another music lesson.

Bye-bye.

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