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ACTIVITY PLAN FOR PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION SUBJECTS
COUNTRY / CITY
England/ Birmingham
SCHOOL Rubery Nursery School
LEVEL / AGE GROUP Nursery Level age 3-4 years old
THE NAME OF THE ACTIVITY To explore and experience dance and music both inside
TITLE OF THE LESSON
the nursery and out in the community
TOPIC / MAIN IDEA Music and Dance
Creative and Physical Development
Recognise and explore how sounds can be changed, sing simple songs
SUBJECT
from memory, recognise repeated sounds and sound patterns and match
movements to music.
Traditional music, variety of instruments, scarves,
MATERIALS
Movement of body to stretch, moving in different directions.
To use props to tell a story as we move.
OBJECTIVES Explore a variety of instruments and link sounds they make to traditional
music/nursery rhymes.
We began this activity by having a visiting dancer give our children a
workshop and then we took a group of children and parents to a local
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES theatre dance production.
After the dancer came to visit, we took a small group of children to the
theatre to see the dancer in her production. The performances were
ACTIVITY related to different ways of moving, direction and using props to tell a
story about different types of weather. Within the nursery we continued
this theme for a number of weeks, with all the children having the chance
to practice the moves the dancer taught. Outside in the garden we made
instruments available alongside traditional music. Here the children
were able to independently tune in to the songs they heard and express
themselves using the instruments.
Assessment We were able to see the progression of the children’s knowledge as the
days went by and the impact the initial input of the dancer had on all the
children and staff. Children that were picked to visit the theatre were
seen modelling to the other children what was expected. Musicality was
seen in the children playing the instruments