GridPlay:
Creative Explorations Level 1
Creative music software to share with children age 3-7
(CD Rom, for Windows '98 and higher)

 

Creative music activities for teachers and parents to share with children aged 3-7 (UK Foundation & Key Stage 1).  In addition to the software, this resource includes a 26-page e-book of songs and activities. No special musical or technical knowledge is required to get start making music!

Demos

Demo (Marching.GRD)

Demo (birdroll.GRD)

Demo (pond.GRD)

These demos are 'streamed', so you do not have to wait for the whole file to load before starting to play it.  When you open a demo's webpage, a small section of the file is automatically loaded. You can click the play button to start playback and while you are watching the first section, the next bit is loading.

MARCHING.GRD
Sing the songs, play the drum and make up your own trumpet tunes. Includes: 3-note 'trumpet' and percussion sounds to play onscreen, backing tracks and lyrics for 2 songs.


WALKINWOOD.GRD
Listen to the story and use the onscreen sounds to create a soundtrack. Invent your own 'sound-story'. Use the melody notes to create an "uphill/downhill" song.

BIRDROLL.GRD
Experiment with different ways of using the left and right mouse buttons to create a variety of birdsongs, learn the pre-recorded songs and create birdsong accompaniments for them.


PRHYTHM.GRD
Match the sounds, imitate and invent rhythms, order the cells to create longer rhythmic pieces.

HICKORY.GRD
In this familiar nursery rhyme, make the mouse scamper up and down the clock. Create upstairs /downstairs melodies.


MUSICIANS.GRD
Lots of instruments, here, with which to create your own one-man band! Sing the songs and play away! Includes: 8 percussion sounds, backing tracks and lyrics for two songs.


ICANPLAY.GRD
Sing the song, play the instruments and create your own tunes. Includes: five 3-note melody instruments with which to play and improvise, backing track and lyrics for the song.



SOFTROLL.GRD
For this grid, we recommend that you set the speaker volume as low as possible. Young children seem to find it intriguing to explore really quiet sounds, in this way. Includes: 16 quiet sounds with which to create abstract music.


TRAINS.GRD
Sing the songs and accompany them with sound effects. Invent a rhythmic train journey. Improvise a train song. Includes: backing tracks and lyrics for 'slow', 'medium', 'fast' trains and "Train is a-comin", rhythmic accompaniments and sound effects, melody notes with which to compose a song.


LSMRBIRDS.GRD
Invent little bird-songs to sing and play and perform them with the backing track. Includes 2- 3- and 4-note groups with which to invent 'bird songs'.


FINDCUCKOO.GRD
Sing the song, search for the cuckoo in the 'dark forest', make a cuckoo tune. Includes: listening activities and note groups for improvisation.  


STAR.GRD
Sing the song and create your own starry music. Includes backing tracks & lyrics for "Starlight, Star Bright, accompaniments and and synthesizer sounds for improvisation.


POND.GRD
Look for frogs in the pond. Create your own 'water music'.


JOANNE.GRD
Sing the song, play the game and invent your own musical animals. Includes: song, 'animal' tunes and 'high', 'medium' and 'low' instruments with which to improvise.

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