Michael Finnigan, tap your chinigin : developing music skills with new songs from old favourites

Having set new words to well-known melodies, the author explores the elements of music - fast-slow, high-low, loud-quiet - building on the elementary skills established in Bobby Shaftoe, clap your hands".

The text gives children activities in listening, composing and performing." More songs to pick up and use straight away.

Simple ways into developing musical understanding by experiencing and exploring sounds - loud, quiet, fast, slow, rough, smooth, high, low, many or few.

All with links to other areas of the curriculum. - New songs- Cross-curricular links- No music reading- Spiral bound paperback