This short number was devised by Carrie and David Grant to accompany our specially commissioned song, Raise my voice. It promotes exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle, and is a good warm-up for focusing on clarity of diction and aspects of breathing. Check out this video link for some ideas on how to incorporate some fun actions into the warm-up!

If you like this, try the other great warm-ups written by Carrie and David:

Five portions a day
I like me
Make it me-sized

Use this to warm up KS2 singers’ voices while also teaching them about the chromatic scale!

This warm up is to be performed as the class takes a walk (or a look) around the classroom, maybe at the end of the lesson before the music lesson, and it is good to encourage the children to step along in time with the beat. This song is based around the minor third and develops some of the following skills: Confidence with singing in groups and on their own, listening and responding, pulse and rhythmical movement, creativity and inspiration.

This is a tongue twister designed to get the ‘fl’ sound going. The variety of vowels in this makes it really fun and a great way of waking up the mouth! It can also be sung as a round, as well as in unison.

This is a fun call and response warm-up to really get you going! It’s also good for getting a class’ attention. It’s a physical warm up that energises the body and lifts the soft palate. It also encourages deep breathing and works the mouth.