Theme Notes Series 261: Music
Music
Young children are naturally musical. From first vocalisations to singing songs in tune and time with others, from tapping on household objects to producing carefully controlled instrumental accompaniments, the young child explores, listens to and creates music. In early childhood, musical experiences include singing, listening, playing, and moving. This week, the Play School team are visited by some special musical guests. Each day, we see people playing different instruments in an orchestra. We also explore home-made instruments, body percussion and the sounds produced by string, wind and brass instruments. Join us this week as we explore a musical world!
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Theme Notes Series 261: Music
Monday SONGS Mi Cuerpo Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing I Got Rhythm Composers: G .Gershwin & I. Gershwin Singing in the Kitchen Composer: Shel Silverstein Publisher: Universal Music PRESENTERS Teo Gebert – Justine Clarke PIANIST Peter Dasent MUSIC GUEST Greg Sheehan (percussion) STORY Bim Bam Boom Author: Margaret Wild Illustrations: Wayne Harris Publisher: ABC Publishing FILMS Conservatorium High School Orchestra: Percussion (ABC, Play School) Hip Hop Dance Class (ABC, Play School) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a kitchen band using pots, pans, wooden spoons and bowls. Visit a music shop and look at all the different instruments for sale. Take a rainy day walk under an umbrella and listen to the rain sounds.
Let’s Play Together Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Big Bass Drum Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Walk & Stop Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Hip Hop Dance Off Composers: Sophie Emtage Publisher: Control Humpty Dumpty Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Turn the Beat Around Composers: Gerald Jackson & Peter Jackson Publisher: Warner Chappell
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Shaker You will need: Uncooked rice A recycled plastic container with a lid Tape Fill the plastic container with rice (about a third of the way full). Put the lid on tightly. Tape the lid shut so it is secure. Shake away! You might like to create a rhythmic accompaniment to your favourite song.
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Tuesday SONGS Hey Diddle Diddle Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Little Peter Rabbit Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS Justine Clarke – Jay Laga’aia PIANIST Peter Dasent MUSIC GUEST George Washingmachine (violin and guitar)
Stomp Stomp Composer: Tiny Grimes Publisher: Universal Let’s Play Together Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing I like Peace, I like Quiet Composers: Michael Cole & PeterGosling Publisher: EMI Music/Control
STORY Moon Rabbit Text & Illustrations: Natalie Russell Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited FILMS Conservatorium High School Orchestra: Strings (Play School, ABC) Pianola (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Accompany a story with sounds using household objects or body percussion. Visit a hardware store and take a look at tools that can be used to fix things. Go on a walk at night to see the moon like Moon Rabbit.
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Wednesday SONGS Vamos A Pasear Composer: Spanish Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Alley Alley O Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS Justine Clarke - Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent MUSIC GUEST Sandy Evans (flute and saxophone) TOLD STORY Alexander’s Rag Time Band (A Play School Told Story) FILMS Conservatorium High School Orchestra: Woodwind (Play School, ABC) Ukrainian Dancing (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make some boats from clean, recycled plastic containers or milk cartons. Play with them in the bath and make the sounds of horns as the boats sail by. Take a walk outside and listen to the different sounds - can you hear birds, the wind, people talking or all the sounds the traffic makes? Tap objects in the house or outside and listen to the different sounds they make.
Sailor’s Hornpipe Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Doodly Doo Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor Do Do Do Composers: Vanessa Johnston & Karina Johnson Publisher: Jingle Jam Pty. Ltd. Dancing Pants Composers: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting & Justine Clarke Publisher: Origin/Control Can You See My Funny Face? Composers: Ann North, Martin Wesley-Smith & P. Wesley Smith Heigh Ho Composers: Larry Morey & Frank Churchill Publisher: Bourne Inc. & Bourne Co. Alexander’s Ragtime Band Composer: Irving Berlin Let’s Play Together Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Water Bottle Sounds
How to Paint to Music
You will need: Plastic bottles of different sizes Water (which you can colour using food dye if you wish) Plastic jug Funnel
You will need: Paint and paint brushes Large piece of paper CD player and music
Fill bottles to different levels with water.
Paint as you listen to music. Let the music guide you. Paint up high or down low, very fast or very slow. You can paint smooth lines for flowing music and jagged lines for jerky music.
Blow across the top of the bottles to create different high and low sounds.
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Thursday SONGS I Like to Sing Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost Publisher: Origin/Control Limbo Rock Composers: Billy Strange & Jon Sheldon Publisher: Acuff Rose Music Inc. (BMI)
PRESENTERS Justine Clarke – Alex Papps PIANIST Peter Dasent MUSIC GUEST Steve Elphick (double bass and tuba) TOLD STORY Miss Thistle’s Whistle (A story told by the Play School team) FILMS Fijian Choir (Play School, ABC) Conservatorium High School Orchestra: Bass (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a band with your toys! Join in or be the conductor. Listen to some music. Choose some music that is good for dancing fast and some music that is good for dancing slow. Find music for ballet dancing and rock and roll. Make a musical nursery rhyme book! Draw pictures of your favourite nursery rhymes and staple them together to make a book. Share the book with a friend or family member and sing the nursery rhymes you have drawn.
Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Little Boy Blue Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing Sing a Song of Sixpence Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing One Wonderful Song Composers: Max Lambert & N. Enright Publisher: ABC Music Publishing Teddy Bear Twist Composers: D. Watkins & C. Harriet Publisher: Mushroom/Control Let’s Play Together Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
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Friday SONGS Wiggerly Woo Composers: Don Spencer & Moira Cochrane Publisher: Mushroom/Australian Children’s Music Foundation Down in the Valley Where Nobody Goes Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS Justine Clarke – Jay Laga’aia - Alex Papps – Abi Tucker
Dancing Face Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/Control
PIANIST Peter Dasent
I am the King Composer Ronald Gamack Publisher: Control
TOLD STORY The Grumpy King (A story told by the Play School Team)
Old King Cole Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
FILMS Conservatorium High School Orchestra: Full (Play School, ABC)
Let’s Play Together Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Karen Recording a CD (Play School, ABC)
Hip Hip Hooray (Yippy-yi-yay) Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage Publisher: Origin/ Control
IDEAS FOR LATER Look in the mirror and make lots of different expressions. Draw your face when it is happy, sad, angry, tired and surprised. Borrow a joke book from the library and tell some jokes. Have a go at making up your own and making someone laugh. Get together with your family and form a family band. Find household objects to use for instruments. Sing along, tap your feet or clap your hands to the beat!
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