Sing it up
Teachers! The purpose of this page:
To spark joy in students AND to cater to different learning styles.
WHY:
Music is a mood booster! In fact studies have shown it can have just as much of a positive impact on mood and mental health as exercise. Plus music may be the way a student really 'feels' and 'hears' the wellbeing message.
How to use this page:
Use units of work for Stages 1 to 3
OR
Play a different song to your students each day of the week or once a week for a term, as a brain break or as a mood changer. All take less than 3 minutes to play.
Play before class starts, as your bell to signal lunch has ended and/or to further messaging about a particular topic.
Kids can make up their own moves to each song or simply listen and discuss what they think the meaning may be.
Or use call and response in circle time
Visit our Move Your Body tile for simple copy and sing mini animations that serve as a playful brain break/
Direct links to songs:
Pre - 6
Teasers + Lyrics + Fill in the gaps:
Year 2 - 6
Learn a dance routine:
Annabel is a dance teacher.
Follow and learn her routine to the songs
Boundaries: play it loud and try your new routine to it.
And:
Create your own 30 second dance routine:
Move your body!
Make up a 30 second dance clip to one of the Grow Your Mind songs.
Teach it to the rest of the class
Spread joy!
Make up your own wellbeing song:
Year 1 - 6
Time to get creative!
Pick a wellbeing theme.
Write a song about it!
Things to think about:
What are the main messages you are trying to spread? What do you want the listener to feel, hear, understand? What style of song will it be?
Record yourself - make up dance moves!
Share it with your class.
May the force be with you!
Call and response for Pre - 2
Songs for Pre - 2
Units of Work
Stage 1 - Power of the Pause focus
Song and Emotions - lesson plans (google docs + pdf version)
Songs and Emotions - slide presentation (google slides + pdf version)
Stage 2 - Resilience focus
+ 4 steps to resilience - lesson plans (google docs + pdf version)
+ 4 steps to resilience - slide presentation (google slides + pdf version)
Stage 3 - All the songs
How to be a good human - lesson plans (google docs + pdf version)
How to be a good human - slide presentation (google slides + pdf version)
