The Listening Room Podcast – Series 1 Episode 7 – Crash Tinkle Plunk Toot

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

Welcome to The Listening Room for lower primary – a series of musical appreciation lessons mainly for primary or elementary students aged between about 4 and 8.

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

Crash Tinkle Plunk Toot
This episode is from Listening Room 1, published by Bushfire Press
and written and presented by Rob and Lauren Fairbairn.

Today your students will listen to the sounds of different musical instruments: some with strings; one you blow and one you play with a keyboard.
The Lesson is called called ‘Crash Tinkle Plunk Toot’.

KIDS’ LINK
Tell your students to go to www.kidslisten.net and choose Purple No.7 – Crash Tinkle Plunk Toot

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FOLLOWUP

I hope you enjoyed pretending to play the instruments today.
You can see videos about the pieces of music we listened to in the extension section of the lesson.
You might also like to try Googling or exploring YouTube and other sites on the Internet.

ASSESSMENT

Teacher/parent/carer to student:
Which instrument did you enjoy playing the most?
When you were listening to the last piece of music, could you hear which instruments were playing? What did you hear?

Teacher checking in with student:
Which instrument did you enjoy playing the most?
When you were listening to the last piece of music, could you hear which instruments were playing? What did you hear?
Perhaps your grownup could make a video of you playing your favorite instrument and share it with me.

FOR YOUR CLASSROOM

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

The Minute Waltz (Waltz in D-flat Major 1847)
Frederic Chopin (French 1810-1849, romantic period)

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade for Strings in G Major, 1787)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German, 1756-1791, classical period)

Horn Concerto #3 Rondo (1784-7)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German, 1756-1791, classical period)

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune  (1894)
Claude Debussy (French 1862-1916, impressionist period)