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Resources for Summer Music Lesson Five Activity: ‘Walkin’ in the Rain’ (traditional)
Babies:
1. "It's time to go splashing in some puddles!" The adults hold their babies and walk around the room in a circle to the pulse, jumping on the word "Splash!"
2. As above only walk slowly like snails, then walk quickly like mice.
3. Lightly creep to pulse and use fairy (quieter) voices. March loudly and use giant (louder
Toddlers:
1. "It's time to go splashing in some puddles!" The children walk the pulse in a circle whilst singing. They stop on the word "jump", then jump and land on the word "splash".
2. As above only walk slowly like snails, then walk quickly like mice.
3. Lightly creep to pulse and use fairy (quieter) voices. March loudly and use giant (louder)
voices.
Pre-schoolers:
Same as for toddlers plus:
4. Walk the pulse and sing the song using 'thinking voices', only performing the "splash" out loud. You can begin to build this skill by mouthing the words without making any sound.
Lyrics
Walkin' in the rain, walkin' in the rain, Look there's a puddle let's jump. Splash! Walkin' in the rain, walkin' in the rain, Look there's a puddle let's jump. Splash!
Musical aims:
P
To walk in time with the pulse
UR
To jump during the rests
T
To move in time with the changing tempo
IH
To develop inner hearing
EYFS Aims:
EAD (MM), CL (U) & L (R)
To learn language to describe sounds and rhythm and understand and demonstrate the meaning of 'fast' and ‘slow', 'quiet' and 'loud'
PD (MH)
To be moved in time with the pulse, quickly and slowly
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