The Arts · Year 1
34 interactive lessons to explore
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Beat, Rhythm and High & Low Sounds
Feel the steady beat, clap a rhythm, and hear high and low sounds.
⏱ 13 min · 11 questions
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Making Patterns with Shapes
Repeat shapes and colours to create patterns in your artwork.
⏱ 12 min · 8 questions
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Mime: Acting Without Words
Use your body and face to show actions and feelings without talking.
⏱ 12 min · 8 questions
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Taking Photos to Tell About Things
Learn how a camera captures a picture and how to choose what to photograph.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Dancing Like Animals
Copy how animals move to explore different dance movements.
⏱ 12 min · 8 questions
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Body Percussion: Music From Your Body
Make rhythms by clapping, stamping, tapping and clicking.
⏱ 12 min · 8 questions
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Making a Collage from Paper Pieces
Tear and glue paper pieces to build a picture you can feel.
⏱ 12 min · 8 questions
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Fast and Slow: Tempo
Discover tempo by moving and clapping music quickly or slowly.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Drawing Faces: First Portraits
Draw a face by placing eyes, nose and mouth in the right spots.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Dancing Along Pathways
Move through space along straight, curvy and zig-zag pathways.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Symmetry in Art
Make matching halves to create balanced, symmetrical pictures.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Singing in Rounds
Sing the same song starting at different times to make a round.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Making It Up: Yes, And!
Build a pretend story together by adding to a partner's idea.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Making Sound Effects
Use your voice and objects to make sounds for a story.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Pinch Pots with Clay
Squeeze and pinch a ball of clay into a little bowl with your hands.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Pitch Going Up and Down
Sing and follow notes as they climb up high and slide down low.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Freeze-Frame Stories
Make your body into a still picture that shows a moment from a story.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Telling a Story in Pictures
Put pictures in the right order so they tell a story from start to end.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Warm and Cool Colours
Sort colours into warm and cool families and use them to set a mood.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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High and Low Sounds
Explore pitch by finding sounds that are high like a bird and low like a drum.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Making a Greeting Card
Plan pictures and words on a card to send a message to someone.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Mirror Movement Dance
Face a partner and move like their reflection in a mirror.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Pictures That Send a Message
See how small pictures and symbols can tell people something.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Make Shapes with Your Body
Use your arms and legs to make wide, tall and curvy shapes.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Draw What You See
Look closely at a real object and draw its outline.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Long and Short Sounds in a Beat
Tell the difference between long sounds and short sounds.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Mixing Secondary Colours
Mix two primary colours to discover orange, green and purple.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Singing Loud and Quiet
Control how loud or quiet you sing to add feeling to a song.
⏱ 11 min · 6 questions
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Stop and Go Dancing
Move and freeze on a signal to control starting and stopping in dance.
⏱ 11 min · 6 questions
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Making a Sock Puppet Talk
Use a simple puppet and change your voice to bring a character to life.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Weaving with Paper Strips
Cross paper strips over and under to make a woven pattern.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Playing Drum Patterns
Repeat a short pattern of drum hits to make a groove.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Puppets Show Feelings
Use a puppet's voice and movement to show happy, sad and cross.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Galloping and Sliding
Try travelling steps like galloping and sliding across the floor.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions