Listen to a selection of traditional Australian folk songs.
Questions to ask after you have listened to some of the songs:
Did you like them? What did you like about them?
What instruments can you hear? What voices can you hear?
Main activity:
Encourage the children to join in with the song and encourage them to keep the pulse with clapping. Add actions for each song.
Perform the song with your actions to someone in your house or classroom.
"Kookaburra" song is a popular Australian nursery rhyme. You may have already heard it before? Listen to the song.
Questions to ask after you have listened to the song:
Did you like it? What did you like about it?
What instruments can you hear? What voices can you hear?
Main activity:
Afterwards sing along to the song while you are singing clap only on the word 'laugh'. Then stamp your foot on the word 'Kookaburra.'
Your turn now: Create different actions for each line.
Perform the song with your actions to someone in your house or classroom.
Listen to the National Anthem of Australia. Sing along to the song.
Questions to ask after you have listened to the song:
Did you like it? What did you like about it?
Main activity to discuss with your partner, parent or someone in your house:
What instruments did you hear?
What voice did you hear men singing or women?
What about the tempo- did it get faster or slower? When?
Try and clap the beat of the national anthem.
Perform the song- Sing along and clap along to the song.
Follow the video. Collect pans and pots from your own kitchen to make your own drums. Can you create a rhythm in an African style? Write down on a piece of piece of paper your own composition and say where you are hitting your drum harder or softer.
Could you add some words to your piece?