Educational activity based on the short film Come on
« Develop listening skills. Talk about a piece of music », express your feelings or your understanding using appropriate vocabulary (slow, fast, sad, happy, etc.).
Come on © Nikodio
TitleCome on
ThemeChase
Genre & keywordsMusical, geometric shapes, square, triangle, round, vinyl record
Age (for the film)3-11 years
Duration03 min 35 s
DirectorNikodio
MusicKing Biscuit
ProductionNikodio (France, 2014)
Instrumental games and activities in the motor skills room.
In this film, the music, an essential element, sets the cadence of the characters; the pace is quite fast; the little characters move quickly and move in all directions!
« The piece of music by the band King Biscuit is called » "come on in my kitchen" (« the credits are shown on the first record at the start of the video »). We can compare the version of the film with a live version of “come on in my kitchen” whose tempo is even faster.
In the motor skills room, « ask the children to spread out across the space ». Play the music and « ask them to clap along to the beat, joining in with them ». Then ask them to walk to the beat. If everyone follows the tempo correctly, we will hear all the footsteps at the same time!
Alternate the music used in the video and the live version; the children will have to adapt to the change in tempo. Having them verbalize: it’s faster/slower...
« Then introduce the conductor game. » « The teacher taps different parts of their body in time with the beat », and the children must follow. When they understand, ask a student to be the conductor, then change the leader regularly. Rework these different instructions over several sessions, and, « once the children have got the hang of it, split them into three groups »: body percussion/hit the beat/walk on the beat. When everyone is in rhythm, « put the body-percussion group in the middle, with one ring of children walking around them to the beat and another ring standing still and clapping the beat ».
« This work can be reused in a dance for the end-of-year show. »
Activity sheet written by: Valérie du blog Val 10. Discover the Val 10 blog...
