Au 1 | Move to the Music: Skip, Hop and Jump

Overview

Reception children kickstart their musical journey with “Move to the Music: Skip, Hop and Jump.” This unit’s emphasis on physical development and movement, focuses on refining motor skills. Children engage in activities that involve skipping, hopping, and jumping to the rhythm of music, enhancing their coordination and rhythm awareness.

Expected Standards:

They are becoming more attentive listeners, recognising and describing patterns within music, fostering an ability to engage with different musical experiences.

Lesson structure

Introduce the unit
Warm up
Core song (sm/sml)
Song (not just sm/sml)
Listening (live/recorded)
Rhyme/ nursery rhyme
Core song (sm/sml)
Listening/movement track
Goodbye song

They are becoming more attentive listeners, recognising and describing patterns within music, fostering an ability to engage with different musical experiences.