by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Music, Video
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of music from earliest times, mentioning Pythagoras, Beethoven and Thomas Edison and their contributions to the evolution of music…. Log In RegisterThis content is for...
by admin | Dec 31, 2012 | Drama-, Video, Visual Arts
I came across the link to this video today on Twitter. It shows 1969 footage of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, showing how to make simple puppets using everyday materials like socks, a tennis ball, fabric and even an envelope. It gives great ideas for the teacher...
by admin | Jul 31, 2012 | 5th/6th, Dánta / Amhráin, Music
Seo roc-amhráin ó “Na Fíréin” faoi scéal Niamh agus Oisín i dTír na nÓg. D’fhoghlaim mé an t-amhráin seo nuair a chaith me tamall sa Ghaeltacht blianta ó shin agus tá súil agam go mbainfidh daltaí sna hardranganna taitneamh as fós. (comhad .doc 31KB) Íoslódáil an...
by admin | Jul 27, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Dánta / Amhráin, Infants, Music
Chuir mé ceist do mhúinteoirí go luath ar leathanach Facebook Seomra Ranga ag lorg amhráin/dánta/rannta leis an fonn ó Frere Jacques. Fuair mé níos mó samplaí as Béarla ná as Gaeilge, ach mar sin féin, tá na cinn seo as Gaeilge go deas. Má tá samplaí eile ag...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Back to School, Music
“Getting to Know You” is a well-known song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I” and I taught it to classes for many years. It’s very appropriate to teach in school as it is sung by Anna, the new teacher, in the musical to the children in her...
by admin | Jul 7, 2012 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Music
I recently asked on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page for suggestions of classroom songs/rhymes to the tune of “Frere Jacques”. I got plenty of suggestions from teachers. I also came across some others on the internet. These are the ones that we gathered in English....
