Whilst the glorious mid-term day off that Melbourne Cup Day provides may seem like a distant memory, this fun bit of horseplay can keep your classroom fun and festive for a while to come, courtesy of composer Stuart Gillard! I have had a series of fun lessons with my upper primary students who have been learning about compound time and further developing their part-singing skills using the song "Merry Go Round". In this game, students skip in a circle around a series of colou

Hello there, fellow Kodalyphiles! Today you're in for a mega blog that has been a long time coming. I have been looking a lot recently at doing themed lessons (having a central idea that links together several different songs and activities into one cohesive lesson - great for smooth transitions!) and as I was going through my song lists looking for possible themes I realised just how many great songs there are out there about chickens! Now my chicken puppets are some of my f