Warm-up Games Composing at KS1 & 2 (Teachers) >

A collection of musical warm up games for the primary classroom. 

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Follow me & Change

Follow me & Change

This game and its extension help to:

  • get children to focus, watch and listen
  • explore vocal sounds and body percussion
  • establish a sense of being an ensemble
  • explore different musical textures

Follow me

Go through a series of sounds and movements using your body and ask the children to copy all the sounds you make and all the actions you do. For example:

  • rub hands
  • clap hands
  • tap hands
  • tap knees
  • stamp feet
  • make wind sounds while swishing hands
  • making trilling sounds while wiggling fingers

Make sure that you:

  • don't start until everyone is watching
  • give the children enough time to establish the idea
  • move cleanly between sounds/actions
  • vary how long you spend on each sound/action
  • create contrasts between fast/slow sounds/actions and loud quiet ones
  • use stopping and starting
  • finish with stillness

Change

This time instead of asking the children to change when you change, ask them to change only when you say the word change. This can be challenging but helps develop the musical skill of doing one thing whilst someone else is doing something different. 

 

 

 

 

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