This Spring, we’ve been thinking about sounds and exploring materials like metal, wood and plastic at Bangers & Smash!

Regular Bangers & Smash nurseries

Children and staff at regular Bangers & Smash nurseries enjoyed:

singing a new hello song, What’s That Sound?
warming up their hands with a finger rhyme, Winter Warmer
thinking of different sounds their hands can make:
- rubbing
- tapping
- clapping
closing their eyes as Kitty dangles a feather boa on their faces and thinking of words to describe the feeling:
- soft
- tickly
- like snow
listening as Kitty shakes some silver beads near their ears and thinking of words to describe the sound:
- rattly
- like rain on a roof
- like hailstones
bouncing the feather boa and silver beads on a white sheet and listening to Winter from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
singing a song about snowflakes to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
adding in tuned bells and chime bars to make snow music
discovering that cymbals are made of metal and make a long sound
listening to small, medium and large cymbals and seeing if they sound the same or different
celebrating Lunar New Year with a hello song in Mandarin, Ni Hao Ma
chanting Happy New Year in Mandarin, Gong Hey Fat Choy
tapping a pulse on their knees and parading with scarves to a poem about a dragon

tapping an ostinato rhythm on each foot while reciting a poem, Cobbler, Cobbler
taking it in turns to tap wooden spoons on tables, chairs, logs, trees etc
discovering that bamboo claves are made of wood and make a short sound
playing claves along with a piece of Chinese music called The Horse Race
looking at a picture of a horse and wagon and singing Little Red Wagon by Raffi
playing claves and singing Horsey Horsey
adding in the sounds of a horse:
- neighing
- clicking tongues to sound like horses’ hooves
- harrumphing
listening and bouncing up and down to Jig Along Home by Raffi
looking at groups of three instruments and identifying which ones are made of metal, wood and plastic:
- chime bar, woodblock, rainstick
- metal shaker, kokoriko, den-den daiko drum
- bicycle horn, guiro, plastic rattle
performing a circle dance, Lai Lai Lai

Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich

Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich brought their termly projects to a close with Project Celebrations for parents and carers on Wednesday 27 March.

Staff and children presented poems, songs and activities on the theme of What’s That Sound? School Outdoors Dulwich performed together as one big group while Under the Willow split into three smaller groups – babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Everyone had a brilliant time and did a great job of demonstrating their hard work over the term!