Kimble’s Music and Movement offer a schools program for Foundation Stage and KS1 that can be classroom based, focusing on creating Music with Movement and gaining the required curriculum knowledge following EYFS and QCA guidelines.
Our musical activities develop the whole musical self through fun sessions cross referenced to the curriculum, which include singing as a group, singing in rounds, rhythm patterns, echo songs, teamwork, listening skills, improvisation, body percussion and instrument playing.
Our physical activities explore movement to music, role play, circle dances, building strength and coordination of large and small muscles, the development of balance, space perception, concentration, language, listening, memory, self confidence and a positive self esteem.
By investigation of the elements and features of music through songs and activities with variations in:
- Dynamics (Volume)
- Rhythm (long and short)
- Tone colour (type of sound)
- Tempo (speed)
- Melody and harmony (pitch)
- Form (order)
- Metre (beat)
- Texture (arrangements of sounds)
- Singing in tune
- Moving in time
- Playing a variety of instruments
- Becoming sensitive listeners and considerate participants
- Creating musical ideas with sounds.
Through Working Together, Skills, Knowledge and Understandings children acquire Music Literacy’s
- Personal Growth: co-ordination, Self confidence; development of language, listening skills, memory, spatial awareness, multi-tasking, creativity
- Interpersonal Growth: Social skills sharing and taking turns, appreciating the ideas of others, working as a group.
