Lesson plans

Version 1

(Younger children)

 

Lesson 1: The wizard Tiddelydoo and his magic melody

  • Getting to know one another
  • The introduction of the hand puppet Tiddelydoo
  • Looking at the instrumentHolding the instrument carefully
  • First experiments with timbre

Lesson 2: Tonga in the cave 

  • The children's awareness of the left hand is aroused
  • Feeling the tongue
  • First exercise in articulation

Lesson 3: The recorder and its holes 

  • Recognition of the left hand
  • Revision of the articulation exercises
  • Getting to know the instrument better
  • Playing on the recorder head joint

Lesson 4: The ghost hour

  • To look at the pictures of recorders that the children have drawn
  • To use articulation syllables in rhythmic patterns
  • To make music with recorders and drums
  • To practise finger dexterity and co-ordination by means of a game
  • Balancing exercises with and without the recorder

Lesson 5: Balloon Games

  • Revision of the balancing exercises
  • Conscious use of individual fingers
  • Development of articulation

Lesson 6: Tonga in the cave

  • The children's awareness of the left hand is aroused
  • Feeling the tongue
  • First exercise in articulation

Lesson 7: Listening to and playing "B"

  • Accuracy of fingering
  • Differentiating between the right and left hand
  • Aural training
  • Use of the tone "B" in a song
  • Development of optical awareness

Lesson 8: The long note out of the box

  • To play long notes "B"
  • Eye training
  • To leam the positioning of "B" in the traditional notation system
  • Conscious breath control

Lesson 9: Diggidongabell, pussy isn't well!

  • Conscious use of the left hand
  • The use of articulated syllables in rhythmic succession
  • Improvement of the sense of touch
  • Training of finger dexterity

Lesson 10: Presents from Father Christmas

  • Correct fingering
  • Training finger dexterity and improving co-ordination of in the left hand
  • Inventing and reproducing melodic motives with the tones "B", "A"; and "G" on metal-and wooden bars
  • Construction of rhythmic patterns
  • Learning the new fingerings "A" and "G"

Lesson 11: B, b, b, what is that I see?

  • Practicing the notes "B", "A" and "G"
  • Naming the notes correctly
  • Revision of the rhythmic structure of the counting out rhyme
  • Playing the rhyme on the recorder using one and more fingerings
  • Discovering various melodic sequences for the text

Lesson 12: Magic, coloured notes

  • Revision of the rhyme: "Eeny, meeny, mo?"
  • The arrangement of the notes "B", "A" and "G" on the staves
  • Stimulation of breathing
  • Accompaniment of a melody with a small drum

Lesson 13: Memory game

  • Revising the song: "B, b, b, what is that I see?"
  • Games involving the system of notation
  • Playing legato and long and short notes using “B”, “A”, and, “G”

Lesson 14: The flea circus

  • Development of finger dexterity
  • Exercises to coordinate individual finger movements
  • Rhythmic tapping exercises on the recorder
  • Illustrating movement graphically
  • Basic exercises for trilling

Lesson 15: Rainy weather

  • Revision of trilling exercises for the left hand
  • Excercises to establish awareness of the respiratory centre
  • Learning the song, "Raining, raining."

Lesson 16: A walk in the rain

  • To describe rhythmic patterns with the notes "B", "A" and "G"
  • To train finger dexterity in both hands
  • To practise the rain song

Lesson 17: Finger theatre

  • Improvisation using "B", "A" and "G"
  • Coordination of thumb, index and middle fingers of the right hand
  • The new note "E"
  • To play the lines of the verse rhythmically using "E"

Lesson 18: The cuckoo's call

  • The new note "E"
  • The fingering combination "G" - "E"
  • To differentiate between the cuckoo third and other intervals

Lesson 19: The cuckoo plays tricks on me

  • Development of the cuckoo interval
  • Revision of the fingering combination "G" -" E"
  • The fingering combination "C" - "A"
  • To stimulate a reaction during a game to the cuckoo's call
  • The insertion of the cuckoo theme "G" - "E" in a melodic sequence

Lesson 20: Flower melody

  • The long "E" note
  • Improvement of breath control
  • Expansion of breath volume
  • Recognition of pitches
  • Combined tones in legato melodies

Lesson 21: Tiddelydoo is here again!

  • Revision of the fingering combination "G - E"
  • The tonal sequence "A, G, E"
  • Awareness of articulation
  • Training the memory for tunes

Lesson 22: The magic song

  • To recognize the wizard's name during rhythmic games
  • To gain pleasure from practising and playing the song
  • To revise all known fingerings
  • To play a song using the notes "A", "C" and "D" (Learning the new note "D")

Lesson 23: At the school for birds

  • Rhythmic beating game
  • Movement of the fingers
  • Practise and revision of known fingerings
  • Encouraging the movement of the left thumb
  • Combination of two notes in legato

Lesson 24: Dandelions

  • Encouraging finger dexterity in preparation for the fingering combination "B - C"
  • Introduction of the deep "D"
  • Breathing exercises
  • Revision of the fingering repertoire
  • Learning a new song
  • Applying a new articulation syllable

Lesson 25: Wishing you a pleasant day

  • Improvisation using a simple rhythmic model
  • Familiarization with the notes on the staffs
  • Revision of the fingering repertoire in combination with longer notes

Lesson 26: Song quizzes

  • Conscious differentiation between the note symbols used in rhythmic notation
  • The creation of a rondo using improvised melodies
  • Learning about different types of recorders
  • Revision of song melodies and themes used during the year

Lesson 27: I can play recorder

  • Repetition of previously learnt fingerings
  • Introduction of low “C”
  • Joy of music making