Early Stage 1 Music resources
The materials below include a program overview of three songs from Vocal-Ease Modules 1 and 2 with a summary of skills and concept development.
Adapting activities across stages
Three songs from Vocal-Ease
This program for Early Stage 1 is drawn from Vocal-Ease (modules 1 & 2) and uses three songs: ‘When I get mad I beat my drum’, ‘Peanut butter and jelly’ and ‘Mal, mal, mal’. Video footage and further information can be viewed on the arts action CD-ROM.
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Blank programming templates
Click below to download a blank program overview for this stage:
Early Stage 1 blank program overview (pdf 25k)
Click below to download blank programming charts:
Concept based programming chart (pdf 49k)
Skill based programming chart (pdf 51k)
Thematic programming chart (pdf 55k) top
Adapting activities across stages
| Click below to download charts demonstrating how to adapt units of work for different stages: |
Click on the heading to download the Creative Arts K–6 syllabus from the Board of Studies NSW website for Primary schools.

