The benefits of teaching loads of the curriculum through singing
Practical ideas for cross-curricular work at kS 1 and 2
Singing is a great medium through which to inspire cross-curricular work. It requires children to work together towards a common outcome, achieved through synchronised activity in a fixed moment in time. Singing requires participants to use many skills simultaneously, including, importantly, the three Cs: coordination, communication and comradeship.
As many people will agree, singing assists the learning process and the ability to commit information to long-term memory. In addition, it's a thoroughly enjoyable activity in its own right and has the power to stir emotions like no other aspect of the national curriculum.
Sir Jim Rose’s final report on proposed changes to the primary curriculum will appeal to those practitioners who believe in a cross-curricular approach: that a connected curriculum makes links across and between ‘subjects’ and allows teachers to develop their own innovative ways of enthusing and inspiring children.
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You'll find activity ideas that use songs as jump off point in the following articles:
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