The Listening Room Podcast – Series 1 Episode 9 – Times and Places

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

Times and Places
This episode is from Listening Room 1, published by Bushfire Press
and written and presented by Rob and Lauren Fairbairn.

Today your students will be listening, moving and drawing but, most of all, imagining.
 

The Lesson is called called ‘Times and Places’.

Your students will need some art materials. They will need 2 sheets of paper and coloured pencils, crayons or markers.

KIDS’ LINK
Tell your students to go to www.kidslisten.net and choose Purple No.9 – Times and Places

LISTENING ROOM PODCAST HOME PAGE: 
www.thelisteningroom.net

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FOLLOWUP

I hope you enjoyed listening, moving, drawing – and imagining – to the different pieces of music today.
Which piece did you have the most fun with?

ASSESSMENT

Teacher/parent/carer to student:
Which piece of music did you enjoy making a picture of the most?
Which piece did you enjoy moving to the most?
Which of your pictures looks like the music?
Which piece did you enjoy imagining the most?

Teacher checking in with student:
Which piece of music did you enjoy making a picture of the most?
Which piece did you enjoy moving to the most?
Which of your pictures looks like the music?
Which piece did you enjoy imagining the most?
Perhaps your grownup could help you display your artwork.
Or perhaps you can show me your pieces?

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

Techno World (from The Great Southern Songbook 2001)
Rob Fairbairn (Australian b. 1951, modern period)
See also Bushfire Press Singing Resources

Spring (from The Four Seasons 1725)
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian 1678-1741, baroque period)

The March of Civilisation (from Cool Cats Cross Arts Adventures 1998)
Rob Fairbairn (Australian 1951, modern period)
See also Bushfire Press Integrated Arts Resources

Rainforest (from Cool Cats Red Hot Recorder Course, level 3 1996)
Jeff Mead (Australian b.1957, modern period)
See also Bushfire Press Recorder Resources