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Primary school resources - especially music and piano teaching.
Pentascales behind the keys prompts
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Pentascales behind the keys prompts

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Print and cut out these pentascale prompts to help piano pupils learn the structure of major and minor pentascales. Best printed onto card or laminated, they can be placed behind any starting note.
Chord 'behind the key' prompts.
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Chord 'behind the key' prompts.

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Use these chord prompts to help piano pupils learn the structure of major and minor chords. They can be placed behind any starting note and are best either printed onto card or laminated.
Race to the Summit game - recognising 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths - music intervals
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Race to the Summit game - recognising 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths - music intervals

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Use this snakes and ladders-inspired game to help pupils practise recognising their intervals. Instead of using a die, ask them to pick up a card and recognise the interval. If correct they move that number of spaces, if incorrect they stay where they are. If they land on a square with a cable car they can move up. Landing on an icy path means they move down! For an alternative idea they could also play the intervals on the piano in either the bass or treble clefs.
Intervallic reading practise sheets
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Intervallic reading practise sheets

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Use these sheets to help pupils develop their skills in intervallic note reading. They can be used in any clef and I usually ask pupils just to use the 2nd finger of their left/right hand (if playing the piano!)
Landmark Notes (piano) Chatterbox
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Landmark Notes (piano) Chatterbox

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This can be used to help pupils practise recognising their Landmark Notes in the Treble and Bass clefs. I use the following approach: Pupil chooses a colour - e.g. ‘green’ - spell out the letters as you open the Chatterbox in and out. Pupil chooses a number (4 will be shown so call them out for the pupil to pick one). Ask the pupil to identify the note shown by their chosen number.
Race to the Corn - 2nds and 3rds recognition game
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Race to the Corn - 2nds and 3rds recognition game

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Use this game to help pupils practise recognising 2nds and 3rds (steps and skips). Pupils pick up a card - if they can recognise the interval then they move the correct number of circles on the board (2nd = 2, 3rd = 3). Best printed onto card or laminated.
Improvisation prompt cube: graphic symbols/score
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Improvisation prompt cube: graphic symbols/score

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Print onto card (or onto paper then stick onto card) then make into a cube using glue and sticky tape. The prompts will hopefully inspire pupils to be creative with their improvisations and are a good starting point for discussing the different musical elements and playing techniques/articulation.
Music symbols Chatterbox
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Music symbols Chatterbox

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Use this Chatterbox to help pupils with their recall of musical symbols. Instructions… Ask the pupil to choose a colour then move the Chatterbox to the required number of letters as you spell the word out. Next they should choose one of the 4 numbers shown (read these out to them). Test them on the symbol shown.
Lesson Finisher Cube
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Lesson Finisher Cube

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Use this cube at the end of a music lesson as a discussion prompt. Best printed onto card or laminated, then use sticky tape to make into a cube.
Piano Safari 1 and 2 definition match up
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Piano Safari 1 and 2 definition match up

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This can be used as a quick recall/retrieval practise activity in a piano lesson where pupils match up the musical terms and definitions by ticking/crossing them out. I will use mine laminated with a white board pen. I have included key vocabulary from Piano Safari 1 and 2.