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Classroom sing song

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.

Flea and a fly in a flue, A

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.

Shakespeare’s Swingtime

This is a warm up that introduces ‘swing’ and step-clicking based on some of Shakespeare’s best-known words.

Vowels/consonants warm-up

This is a fun warm up that works on your legato (smooth) and staccato (detached) singing. The staccato ('bouncy') sections are good for building up and developing your breathing support and diaphragm movement as well as clear enunication and diction.

The weird sisters rap

This warm up is good for development of syncopated rhythm and the 'Scotch snap'.  It is also good for developing vocal percussion and bringing alive the witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Words Are Ours (getting started exercise)

This preparatory activity focuses on clear, communicative diction.

Click here for materials for Words Are Ours, our setting of the poem donated by Michael Rosen (Children's Laureate from 2007-2009) to the National year of Reading 2008.

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