I Love To March
Sing and Learn the Actions!
I LOVE to March, come on and join in.
Lyrics
I love to march,
I love to march,
I love to march,
to the beat of the drum.
I love to march,
I love to march,
I love to march,
to the slide of the trombone.
I love to march,
I love to march,
I love to march,
to the crash of the cymbals.
I love to march,
I love to march,
I love to march,
to the sound of the band.
Activities
Music
- Dynamics is the varying levels of loudness and softness. For the 'drum ' slap your thighs; for the 'trombone ' use your voice; for the 'cymbals ' clap your hands for the last verse March on the spot. Play the song and make your sounds "loud"! Play the song again and make your sounds "soft".
Drama
- Follow the leader of the band. Choose an imaginary instrument. Discuss how the instrument feels, what the instrument looks like and what the instrument sounds like. In time to a beat of a drum, march around the room following the leader playing your imaginary instrument.
Visual Art
Literacy
- Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song PDF
- Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
- Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
- Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
- Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
- Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
- Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
