Category: Music Therapy

Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.

Musical Soundscape: A Bird In The Sky

Today’s soundscape is going to be imagining you are a bird soaring through the sky. We have provided this picture of birds flying in a clear blue sky as a visual stimulus but perhaps you would like to close your eyes and imagine you are a bird flying through the sky. Do you have any toy birds or anything that makes the sound you imagine a bird to make as it flies.

Please relax, listen to the music, look at the picture, are there any birds you can see or hear from your window?

Shine: Part 3 – Verse 2

We are now going to sing and sign the second verse of Shine. The words are;

Stop (stop)
Being so hard on yourself
It’s not good for your health
I know that you can change
So clear your head and come ’round
You only have to open your eyes
You might just get a big surprise
And it may feel good and you might want to smile, smile, smile

Don’t you let your demons pull you down
‘Cause you can have it all, you can have it all.

Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.

Musical Activity: Simon Says

Today’s musical activity is going to be a game of Musical Simon Says. Can you listen carefully to what Emmeline plays and play it back on an instrument you have at home? Or can you sing back what she plays or clap the rhythm with your hands? Listen carefully!

Shine: Part 2 – Verse 1

Today we are going to learn the first verse of Shine. Here are the words.

You, you’re such a big star to me
You’re everything I wanna be
But you’re stuck in a hole and I want you to get out
I don’t know what there is to see
But I know it’s time for you to leave
We’re all just pushing along
Trying to figure it out, out, out

All your anticipation pulls you down
When you can have it all, you can have it all.

Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.

Musical Story: Superworm

Today’s musical story is going to be Superworm by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Throughout the song there is a song that the other beasties sing to Superworm. Emmeline is going to sing it in the story and can you join in with her? The words to the song are;

Superworm is super-long.
Superworm is super-strong
Watch him wiggle! See him squirm!
Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM

Days like This: Part 5 – Whole Song

We hope you have enjoyed this week’s Makaton Song. We know it might not have been very familiar to many of you previously but hope it is now! Even if you can try and sign along the word Day with the song it will be a very useful sign to have learnt this week. Good Luck!

Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.

Familiar Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

We had no idea that there were so many verses to ‘Row Row Row your boat’! If you can at home, pretend you are rowing along too, perhaps someone can help you with this. Emmeline has added another verse at the end about a wizard which she made up but can you make up any more at home? As you can hear the verses can be very imaginative!

Days like This: Part 4 – Verses 4 and 5

There are two more verses of Days Like this to learn before putting the whole song together tomorrow. Here are the words for them.

When everyone is up front and they’re not playing tricks
When you don’t have no freeloaders out to get their kicks
When it’s nobody’s business the way that you want to live
I just have to remember there’ll be days like this

When no one steps on my dreams there’ll be days like this
When people understand what I mean there’ll be days like this
When you ring out the changes of how everything is
Well my mama told me there’ll be days like this.

Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.

Vocal Warm-Up: Tarzan

“For this week’s vocal warm-up we are going to be pretending we are Tarzan or maybe an ape. Take a deep breath in and vocalise whilst beating your chest, someone might be able to help you with this. It makes quite a funny noise. We will explore making this noise at different pitches and different volumes.

Days like This: Part 1 – Verse 1

To continue our wide variety of Makaton Songs this week we are going to be doing ‘Days Like This’ by Van Morrison. This song is a brilliant one for signing along to and also moves at a more steady speed than Dance Monkey did last week! Today we are going to learn the first verse. The words for the first verse are;

When it’s not always raining there’ll be days like this
When there’s no one complaining there’ll be days like this
When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch
Well my mama told me there’ll be days like this

What Makes You Beautiful: Part 5 – Whole Song

It is now time to put all of ‘What Makes you Beautiful’ together. We hope you have enjoyed learning it and now can sing along to One Direction at home!

Here are today’s musical activities from Emmeline.

Familiar Song – I Am The Music Man

This week’s well-known song is going to be ‘I am the Music Man’. The only difference is we are going to be singing our Scottish Version of the song! Our Scottish Music man is going to play the fiddle, bagpipes, harmonica and the accordion! See if you can join in with all of the actions that Emmeline will teach you at the beginning of the video.

What Makes You Beautiful: Part 4 – Verse 2

We are going to learn verse 2 of ‘What Makes you beautiful today and this will be the last part to learn before putting the whole song together tomorrow! Here are the words;

So co-come on, you got it wrong
To prove I’m right, I put it in a song
I don’t know why, you’re being shy
And turn away when I look into your eye-eye-eyes
Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you