Phase 1- Body percussion Revise and revisit Practise Apply Monday Copy simple body percussion beats e.g. tap on the head, shoulders and knees. Sing familiar nursery rhymes. Now add different body percussions e.g. stomps, pats and claps. Sing familiar nursery rhymes. Now add different body percussions e.g. stomps, pats and claps. Children to copy more complex body percussions. E.g. several claps, pats on the head or mix different body percussions together. Tuesday Copy simple body percussion beats e.g. tap on the head, shoulders and knees. Sing familiar nursery rhymes. Now add different body percussions e.g. stomps, pats and claps. Sing familiar nursery rhymes. Now add different body percussions e.g. stomps, pats and claps. Children to copy more complex body percussions. E.g. several claps, pats on the head or mix different body percussions together. Wednesday Sing familiar nursery rhymes. Now add different body percussions e.g. stomps, pats and claps. Have a line of 3 or more instruments. Explain that each instrument represents a different body percussion e.g. clap, jump, stomp or pat. Demonstrate playing an instrument and then making the movement. Now play the instrument randomly and see if the children can remember the correct body percussion. Allow the children to take turns to be the leader and play the instruments.
Thursday Play an instrument and allow the children to create a body percussion. Recap the game from last session. Can the children think of their own body percussions? Now play using their own ideas of body percussions. Allow the children to take turns to be the leader and play the instruments. Friday Recap different body percussions. How many can we think of? Explain that we are going to add body percussions together to make a sequence. Demonstrate adding different body percussions together e.g. clap, stomp and pat. Can the children copy the sequence? Can the children take turns of taking the lead and thinking of their own simple body percussion sequence? Can the children take turns of taking the lead and thinking of their own simple body percussion sequence? Phase 1- Body percussion Revise and revisit Teach Practise Apply Monday Recap different body percussions. How many can we think of? Explain that we are going to add body percussions together to make a sequence. Demonstrate adding different body percussions together e.g. clap, stomp and pat. Can the children copy the sequence? Children to copy the body percussion sequences. Can they get faster? Repeat the sequences slowly and fast. Children to copy the body percussion sequences. Can they get faster? Repeat the sequences slowly and fast. Tuesday What body percussion sequences can you make? E.g. knees, clap, stomp. Invite children to sit in a circle. The adult chooses a body percussion sound and passes around the circle, each child must have a g at repeated that sound. Children to take starting the body percussion sound. Can we think of a different percussion each time? Children to take turns starting the body percussion sound. Can we think of a different percussion each time? Wednesday Pass the body percussion to a friend by saying their name whilst making the sound. Recap the game from last session. Extend by passing on the body percussion sequence. Children to take turns starting the body percussion sound. Can we think of a different percussion sequence each time? Children to take turns starting the body percussion sound. Can we think of a different percussion sequence each time?
Thursday Copy different body percussion sequences. Talk about different sounds we can make with our mouth e.g. yawning, snoring, singing or munching. Get the children to pretend to be asleep, the adult must than make a sound using their mouth? The children must then wake up. What sound is it? Children to take turns on waking up the children. Friday Children to make different sounds using their mouths (recap from last session) Repeat the game from last session but allow all children to have a go at waking up the others. Which sound are they going to choose? Repeat the game from last session but allow all children to have a go at waking up the others. Which sound are they going to choose? Create a sound sequence using their mouths e.g. snore, yawn and hiccup.