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THE LISTENING ROOM PODCAST SERIES 1 – BEGINNING PRIMARY
Written and presented by Rob Fairbairn and Lauren Fairbairn

Welcome to The Listening Room for beginning primary students – a series of musical appreciation lessons mainly for primary or elementary students aged between about 4 and 8. Younger children will also enjoy it.

The series is sponsored by Bushfire Press and available free during the current home isolation emergency.

Each lesson provides guided listening and movement activities with links to optional follow-up activities.
Perfect to help young people stay grounded and broaden their experience and appreciation of classical music.
Find out more about the Listening Room at www.thelisteningroom.net
and join the discussion in the facebook group

This episode is the first lesson from Listening Room 1 published by Bushfire Press.
It is a little journey called ‘Wings’.

KIDS’ LINK
Tell your students to go to www.kidslisten.net and choose Purple No.1 – Wings

LISTENING ROOM PODCAST HOME PAGE: 
www.thelisteningroom.net

LISTENING ROOM FACEBOOK PAGE: 
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ASSESSMENT (Reflection)

Grownup to student:
Can you remember the three winged creatures we heard today?
Which one would you like to hear again?
Play the childrens’ choice:
Chickens – Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Large, soaring birds – The Swan
Bees – The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
What did you like about it?

Teacher checking in with student:
Can you remember the three winged creatures we heard in this lesson?
Which was your favourite?
What did you like about it?

EXTENSION

  • Watch the three animated videos on the Kids page, one for each of the three pieces.

    • Go to www.KidsListen.net and Choose Purple No.1 – Wings

  • Watch Carnival of the Animals on youtube.

    • There are many versions. Here is one:
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L993HNAa8M

  • The children could create a picture or painting of one of the creatures while they listen to the music (or after they listen to the music).

    • The picture could show what they imagined.
    They could write how they felt and what it was about the music that made them feel that way.

    FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
    This lesson is from our series Listening Room
    Each level is available in book printed form with accompanying audio, charts and assessment materials in digital form.
    Find out more at www.bushfirepress.com.au

    This lesson will shortly be available through Music Room Connect
    It will include the full lesson plan and everything you need to deliver this lesson yourself in your classroom

    • An audio copy of this podcast (almost set and forget – great for relief teachers)
    • Text of the lesson
    • All audio tracks
    • Full versions of all pieces used
    • Evaluation and Tracking materials (Learning Outcomes, Australian Curriculum Band and Content Description, AUSVELS, IB(PYP) etc.

    ABOUT THE PIECES

    Chickens
    Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
    (from Pictures at an Exhibition suite, 1874)
    Modeste Mussorgsky (Russian, 1839-1891, post-romantic period)

    Large, soaring birds
    The Swan
    (from the Carnival of the Animals suite, 1886)
    Camille Saint-Saens (French, 1835-1921, post-romantic period)

    Bees
    The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
    (from the opera The Tale of Tsat Saltan, 1901)
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian, 1844-1908, post-romantic period)

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