Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 2
Singing and moving together
I can sing and move with a steady sense of pulse.
- Year 2
Singing and moving together
I can sing and move with a steady sense of pulse.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- It is important to warm up our bodies and voices before every music lesson.
- Warming up helps prevent us from injuring our voices.
- Having a steady sense of pulse helps to keep us in time when we sing and move together.
- We can show the pulse in different ways, and this is called the beat.
Keywords
Warm-up - a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing / playing instruments
Singing voice - the voice we use to create musical sounds that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds
Pulse - the regular, steady heartbeat of the music
Beat - the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
Common misconception
Warming up is only important before a perfomance. It isn't necessary to warm up for every music lesson.
Warming up is necessary before undertaking any type of singing. It is an important part of a regular music lesson routine.
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Equipment
An object to pass around the circle such as a toy dog bone. Dog and bumblebee puppets would be beneficial.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Why is it important to warm up our voice?
Q2.Match the type of voice to the activity
talking to a friend
performing a song
speaking words in time to a steady pulse
calling across the playground
Q3.In music, we need to develop our sense of pulse because ...
Q4.Put these warm-ups in the right order to prepare us for singing.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.True or false? We should warm up before we sing.
Q2.Match the warm-up activity to what it helps with.
help us learn to control our breathing
help to warm up our lips and tongue
help to relax our muscles
help to gently stretch our vocal cords