Learning & Development: Movement Sessions Part 4 - To the beat

Nursery World, 18 September 2008

Ways to progress through a session based on rhythm or different types of music are set out by Helen Bilton.

BEFORE GETTING STARTED Look again at Part 1 (Nursery World, 26 June, p16) to remind yourself about planning a session, and during the session, avoid saying 'noise' (it suggests pain!) and use instead the word 'sound'. THE SESSION Part 1. Warming up - Ask the children to move about the room, using their bodies to make the sounds. 'Stamp your feet loudly around the room. Use the whole of your foot as you stamp down on to the ground.' 'Tiptoe...

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