Music & Sound: EYFS / Early Years Activities, Displays and Ideas
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Free Sample Resources
Core ‘Music and Sound’ Resources - More resources coming soon!
Role-Play - Song Contest
Area Signs
Outdoor Play ‘Music and Sound’
STEM - Can you make a musical instrument?
Music/Sound and Emotions
Sound Making and Recognition (Phase 1 Phonics) - General plus various themes - ‘Transport’, ‘Dinosaur’, ‘Farm Animal’, ‘Animal’, ‘Fireworks’
Songs
Nursery Rhymes
Related Theme & Project Planning Support
Related Topics
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Free ‘Music & Sound’ Printables | Early Years
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Pack includes:
Front cover title page ‘Songs I love to sing!’ with space for the child’s name.
Plus an inner page which can be reproduced as many times as required. Boxes on this page include: ‘This song is called’, ‘This song is about’ and ‘A picture of me singing the song’.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sound cards with individual imagery and lettering to enable quick recognition in pre-reading children. The cards are designed to encourage the children to have fun exploring vocal sounds they could use to make distinct sounds for each one. Alternatively you could explore objects in the world around which may make these sounds.
Once sounds have been assigned to each card, games can be played such as ‘Call and Response’ where an adult may hold up the card to create the sound and the children copy. With the most engaged children you may wish to make more than one sound to create a rhythmic pattern for the children to copy and then encourage them to investigate their own rhythmic patterns!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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‘Five Little Speckled Frogs’ Nursery Rhyme Colouring Poster.
Great for learning number recognition and counting 1-5.
Younger children will love to explore the rhythm and rhyme of this nursery rhyme and join in, especially with the aid of visual stimulus.
Perhaps with older children you might like to highlight the CVC words such as ‘sat’ and ‘log’ to practise blending or identify all of the Phase 2 or 3 sounds or high frequency words?
Want to incorporate music? How about clapping or using percussion instruments to feel the ‘beat’? Have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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‘The Wheels on the Bus’ Nursery Rhyme Colouring Poster.
Younger children will love to explore the rhythm of this nursery rhyme and join in, especially with the aid of visual stimulus.
Perhaps with older children you might like to highlight the CVC words such as ‘bus’ and ‘long’ to practise blending or identify all of the Phase 2 or 3 sounds or high frequency words?
Want to incorporate music? How about clapping or using percussion instruments to feel the ‘beat’? Have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Core ‘Music & Sound’ Topic EYFS & KS1 Resources | Teaching & Learning Materials
Get ready to be inspired! We hope you enjoy browsing our selection of fun and engaging printables, all created by the Little Owls Resources team—featuring our own original hand-drawn images. Have fun exploring! 😊
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Investigating clapped rhythms with gloved and non-gloved hands. Game explained on cover sheet. You may also like to discuss with the children the difference in sounds create by clapping gloved and non-gloved hands…such as loud, harsh, strong vs soft, quiet, muted, dampened.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Game cards to scaffold the making of sounds using common items in different ways. This game has been designed to help children to begin to develop an understanding of sounds in the world around them. We purposefully chose objects which would be as easily accessible as possible that might make interesting and varied sounds when manipulated in different ways. A very fun and easy game to play… Choose one blue ‘Object’ card and one orange ‘Action’ card. Then perform the action on the object to create different sounds!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sound cards with individual imagery and lettering to enable quick recognition in pre-reading children. The cards are designed to encourage the children to have fun exploring vocal sounds they could use to make distinct sounds for each one. Alternatively you could explore objects in the world around which may make these sounds. Once sounds have been assigned to each card, games can be played such as ‘Call and Response’ where an adult may hold up the card to create the sound and the children copy. With the most engaged children you may wish to make more than one sound to create a rhythmic pattern for the children to copy and then encourage them to investigate their own rhythmic patterns!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sheets to be used on a listening sound walk. Designed to encourage children to focus in on the individual sounds they can hear around them. Available as a check list or tally sheet.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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A follow up game after ‘Making Sounds’ game. Children to listen to the hidden sounds made with the common items and then point to which item they think it is. A game designed to develop focused listening skills and a deeper understanding of their immediate world.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Guitar Parts Poster and Activity Sheets. Full colour poster plus a colouring in/black and white version plus a missing labels worksheet.
Includes the labels: tuning pegs, strings, neck, sound hole and bridge.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack includes:
Front cover title page ‘Songs I love to sing!’ with space for the child’s name.
Plus an inner page which can be reproduced as many times as required. Boxes on this page include: ‘This song is called’, ‘This song is about’ and ‘A picture of me singing the song’.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Mark making/drawing sheets designed to inspire children to identify sounds that they like and make marks to record those sounds on paper.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Role-Play
'Singing Contest' role play pack.
Pack includes:
Banner
Name badges (singers/contestants & judges)
Ticket template (name writing)
Open and closed signs (for ‘Contest’ and ‘Auditions’)
Various direction signs, e.g. ‘Audience’, ‘Exit’, ‘Singers this way’, ‘Judges’, ‘Seat 1-5’, ‘Seats 6-10’, etc.
Number score cards
‘Singing Contest - Auditions here today!’ sign
Judge note sheets (mark making)
Various additional mark making sheets, e.g. ‘Now performing…’, ‘Winner’, etc.
Have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Area Signs
Pack contains 7 x wall display banners which each span two A4 sheets.
Banners included:
Arts and Crats Wall
Maths Wall
Writing Wall
Investigation Wall
Music Wall
Letters and Sounds Wall
Creative Wall
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Pack contains ‘Music Wall’ banner which spans two A4 sheets and an A4 sized ‘Music Area’ sign.
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Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Outdoor Play
Pack of 20 ‘Can you make this sound?’ prompt cards. Ideal for outdoor play problem solving, observation and inspiring exploration!
These prompt cards are to be used to encourage sound making in the outdoor area.
The accompanying pictures are just an example for inspiration. The children can make the sounds however they like!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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STEM
This STEM ‘Musical Instruments - Support Pack’ includes a variety of resources to help inspire and engage adults and children alike.
Materials within the pack encourage open ended exploration of the challenge ‘Can you make a musical instrument?’
STEM learning brings together Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Skills such as critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, communication, initiative, inquiry and problem solving are all developed within STEM learning.
We hope you find this pack useful and you all have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Music, Sound and Emotions
Emoji cards intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emoji card colouring sheets intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development. This set of cards can also be coloured once selected. CLICK HERE for full colour versions.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Creative and hands on way for children to convey the emotion they feel when listening to a piece of music.
Laminate this sheet for children to use time and again to respond to different pieces of music by creating emotions in the form of playdough facial features.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Banner and emoji cards intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This pack includes:
A full colour ‘This music makes me feel…’ mat for display/activity station use. Children can be encouraged to listen to music and point to the emotion(s) that represent how the music makes them feel.
A black and white colouring in version of the mat for individual use. Again children can be encouraged to listen to music, but this time colour in the emoji(s) that represent how the music makes them feel.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These cards are intended as a quick choice of ideas to help lift someone’s mood.
Each card has an activity that may help a child feel a little brighter if they are having a sad day.
Everyone is different and each child may respond differently to each activity.
Activities included:
Drink some water!
Eat a healthy snack!
Go for a walk!
Do some exercise!
Read a book!
Role-play a character!
Paint a picture!
Make a model!
Sing a song or make some music!
Listen to some music!
Get in the sunshine!
Get outdoors into nature!
Have some quiet time.
Do some yoga stretches.
Help someone else with something. A kind act!
Think of the things you are thankful for.
Talk with a friend or family member.
Do something you really enjoy!
We hope this helps!
Keywords: Emotions, emotion, feeling, feelings, emotional regulation, emotional dysregulation, self-regulation, health, wellness
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A variety of differentiated drawing/writing/mark making sheets which allow children to express how a piece of music made them feel. This is a great mindfulness tool for helping children to identify and understand their emotions.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sound Making and Recognition (Phase 1 Phonics)
Posters to help children to vocalise the sounds that vehicles make. Encourage the children to make the noises both loudly and quietly.
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Posters designed to…encourage children to identify sounds in the world around them, vocalise them and recreate that sound in response to a particular image in preparation for relating letters to sounds in phase 2.
Sound posters include: car, train, motorbike, police car, lorry and aeroplane.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Point to a vehicle and make its sound!
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Mat designed to…encourage children to identify sounds in the world around them, vocalise them and recreate that sound in response to a particular image in preparation for relating letters to sounds in phase 2.
Sound mat includes: car, train, motorbike, police car, lorry, ship and aeroplane.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Point to an animal and make its sound!
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Mat designed to…encourage children to identify sounds in the world around them, vocalise them and recreate that sound in response to a particular image in preparation for relating letters to sounds in phase 2.
You may like to use this game/activity mat in conjunction with our ‘Farm Animal Thunderstorm Sounds Game’.
Animals, Letters & Sounds - Phase 1, Activity, Group Activity, Print Carries Meaning, Posters/Display, Observational Skills, Cat, Goat, Duck, Chicken, Horse, Pig, Donkey, Sheep, Cow, Dog, Mammals, Birds
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A thunderstorm! Quick get round the farm and check on all the animals. They must be a bit frightened; they’re making a lot of noise!
The aim of this game is to encourage the link between images and specific repeatable sounds (Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds).
• Choose a game piece (either the tractors supplied or use counters/small world characters of your own)
• Roll the dice (choose dice with numbers appropriate for your children)
• Move your game piece along the board
• Make the right noise for the square you land on
• First to the finish is the winner!
(You may like to discuss the pictures with the children before playing the game and assign a sound to each image.)
Animals, Letters & Sounds - Phase 1, Activity, Group Activity, Print Carries Meaning, Games, Turn Taking, Counting, Number Recognition & Ordering, Cow, Pig, Goat, Dog, Donkey, Sheep, Goose, Chicken, Duck, Cat, Horse, Mammals, Birds
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Posters to help children to vocalise the sounds that animals make. Encourage the children to make the noises both loudly and quietly.
Animals, Cards/Flashcards, Letters & Sounds - Phase 1, Posters/Display, Activity, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Cow, Horse, Donkey, Goat, Pig, Dog, Sheep, Goose, Duck, Chicken, Birds, Mammals
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Dinosaur puppets to be cut out to stick on lolly sticks.
There are two background images included.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These card prompts are for encouraging the children to think of what sounds these dinosaurs might have made.
• Tell the children that no-one knows for sure what these dinosaurs sounded like, so we need some great ideas.
• When showing these card prompts draw attention to whether the dinosaur is small, large, or gigantic! Will this affect the sound?
• How about whether the dinosaur looks fierce or timid… does this change what they think?
An additional sound activity could be to think about the sounds the dinosaurs’ footsteps would make, paying attention to the size of the dinosaur and how heavy it would have been.
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Point to a dinosaur and make its sound!
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Mat. Have great fun making up sounds for each dinosaur!
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Onomatopoeic firework word posters. Ideal for use with young children (Phase 1 letters and sounds) to encourage them to develop and experiment with various speech sounds. Also ideal with slightly older children to explore onomatopoeic words (words which phonetically imitate the sound that is made by the object being described). The children will love to make up their own!
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Onomatopoeic firework word colouring posters. Ideal for use with young children (Phase 1 letters and sounds) to encourage them to develop and experiment with various speech sounds. Also ideal with slightly older children to explore onomatopoeic words (words which phonetically imitate the sound that is made by the object being described). The children will love to make up their own!
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Fireworks sound cards to encourage children’s sense of rhythm and enjoyment of making sounds. Cards are different lengths to show the duration of each sound. You could introduce the sounds to the children first, for example getting them to say the long sound ‘zoooooom’ a few times in a row. Then showing them that the ‘bang’ sound is shorter and two bangs are equal to one zoooooom! You could follow this by showing the cards so that they have a visual cue as you develop different rhythms with them.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Point to an animal and make its sound!
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Mat designed to…encourage children to identify sounds in the world around them, vocalise them and recreate that sound in response to a particular image in preparation for relating letters to sounds in phase 2.
Activity, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Posters/Displays, Print Carries Meaning, Letters & Sounds - Phase 1, Observational Skills, Zoo, Chimpanzee, Tiger, Monkey, Wolf, Elephant, Snake, Lion, Sea Lion
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Pack of animal cards with description sentences. Children to listen closely to the description on each card (read by adult) and solve the problem of which animal is being described. Children then to respond by making the appropriate animal sound. Perhaps you could even make your own animal description cards?
Games, Activity, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Posters/Displays, Problem Solving, Print Carries Meaning, Cards/Flashcards, Letters & Sounds - Phase 1, Cow, Dog, Cat, Pig, Chicken, Duck, Sheep, Lion, Snake, Mouse
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These animal sound cards (like our snap cards) are intended to be folded and then laminated to create a more sturdy final product which can be reused many times. Perhaps you could lay the cards face down on the table/floor and take it in turns to select a card. Whoever selects a card must turn it over so that only they can see the animal on the other side. Their challenge is then to make the noise of the animal and everyone else has to guess which animal card they have. Before you play the game you may like to go through the cards together and discuss what sounds you think each animal makes. If you have a group of children you may end up with a few different versions for each animal e.g. some may go for the sounds traditionally taught for each animal (which vary between languages and cultures) and others may go for a more realistic representation of the sounds they have heard the animals make. Have fun exploring animal sounds!
(Animals included are cat, chicken, sheep, duck, cow, pig, dog, wolf, lion and snake.)
Cards/Flashcards, Games, Turn Taking, Group Activity, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Discussion Prompts, Cat, Chicken, Sheep, Duck, Cow, Pig, Dog, Wolf, Lion, Snake
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The aim of this activity is for children to listen carefully and identify sounds they are hearing.
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Use these eye catching and engaging Phase 1 sounds posters to encourage your children to make pre-reading sounds. 16 cards to this pack. See also the colouring sheet pack to aid children's independent enjoyment and consolidation of sounds.
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Encourage your children to begin to make Phase 1 sounds using these fun and engaging colouring sheets. Check out our Phase 1 flash cards and adult input posters.
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Use these eye catching and engaging Phase 1 sounds flashcards to encourage your children to make pre-reading sounds. 16 cards to this pack. See also the colouring sheet pack to aid children's independent enjoyment and consolidation of sounds and adult input posters. Ideal to be used as parts of interactive displays and games.
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The aim of this activity is for the children to hear the distinct difference between loud and quiet.
Show the Loud and Quiet cards to the children. Explain that when the ‘Loud’ card is raised, they can make lots of loud noises. When the ‘Quiet’ card is raised, they must be completely quiet.
Using a sand timer, start with 20 seconds of ‘Quiet’ followed by 5 seconds of ‘Loud’, then 20 seconds of ‘Quiet’ again.
Repeat or vary as needed.
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Song words for ‘The Day I Went to Sea’. Resource for use in your setting or to send home with children.
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World Music Day, also known as Fête de la Musique, is an annual celebration held on 21st June, promoting music in all its forms and encouraging people to enjoy and perform music freely in public spaces.
🎵 What Is It?
Origin: Started in France in 1982 by the French Ministry of Culture.
Name: "Fête de la Musique" is a play on words in French, meaning both "Festival of Music" and "Make Music."
Purpose: To make music accessible to everyone, regardless of age, background, or skill level.
🌍 How Is It Celebrated?
Worldwide events in over 120 countries including the UK, USA, Germany, Italy, India, and more.
Free performances: Musicians (both amateur and professional) are encouraged to perform for free in public spaces—parks, streets, schools, museums, and community centres.
No genre limits: All types of music—classical, rock, jazz, folk, electronic—are celebrated.
Community focus: The goal is connection, creativity, and cultural expression, not profit.
🎶 World Music Day in the UK
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Music is a universal language.
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