Learning Path
Carnival of the Animals Learning Path
By Sharon Hogan
Use this Learning Path to explore Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals music with younger listeners. Information about the music and the composer is provided along with links to two of the pieces & listening and responding activities with prompts
5 resources in this Learning Path
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Carnival of the Animals - overview & History
https://kids.kiddle.co/Carnival_of_the_Animals Added: 09 May 2020 Contributor: Sharon Hogan Resource type:This link brings you to a Kiddle site explaining the history behind the Carnival of the Animals music. It also lists each piece in the work, explaining how the composer tried to capture the sense of that animal through music, as well an naming many of the instruments used, with hyperlinks for further study.
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Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Use this site to provide background information to the Carnival of the Animals before listening to any of the music.
Use it after listening to some of the Carnival of the Animals to provide more information about the piece and the instruments used.
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Carnival of the Animals - Listen and Respond
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33185/32929.pdf Added: 23 May 2020 Contributor: Sharon Hogan Resource type: Lesson Plan / WorksheetThis document provides listening and responding lessons as well as worksheets for children to complete. It involves listening to two movements from the Carnival of the Animals suite, and answering questions on each, before comparing and contrasting the two pieces of music. Opportunities to respond through art are provided.
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Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Listening and responding to music
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- listen to a range of short pieces of music or excerpts
- recognise and show the difference between fast and slow tempos
- recognise and show the difference between high and low sounds
- recognise and show the difference between loud and soft sounds
- talk about pieces of music, giving preferences, and illustrate responses in a variety of ways
Suggestions for use: Use this acitivty to explore music around the theme of Animals. Two movements from the Carnival of the Animals are included: The Elephant which is slower and lower, and the Hens and Rooster which is faster and more high pitched - these pieces contrast well with one another, whilst at the same time featuring some of the same instruments but being used in different ways. Children can record their responses through drawing on a included worksheet templates.
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Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals - The Elephant (Part V)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAGLJtj5RU Added: 09 May 2020 Contributor: Sharon Hogan Resource type: Audio / Video / Primary SourceA link to a YouTube playing of part five of Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals suite. The music is representing the elephant and features piano and double bass. There are no attached images, except of the composer to allow the music to speak for itself.
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Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Listening and responding to music
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- listen to a range of short pieces of music or excerpts
Suggestions for use: Use this video/audio track to begin a lesson exploring the Carnival of the Animals and how the different instruments, pitch and pace of music can make it sound like different animals.
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Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals - Hens and Rooster (Part II)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHYSx6x1Ttw Added: 09 May 2020 Contributor: Sharon Hogan Resource type: Audio / VideoThis link brings you to a YouTube video of part 2 of Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals suite. It is a piece of music played to depict Hens and Roosters, using piano and strings. No images are displayed except of the composer, so the music can speak for itself.
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Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Listening and responding to music
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- listen to a range of short pieces of music or excerpts
Suggestions for use: Use this video/audio track to begin a lesson exploring the Carnival of the Animals and how the different instruments, pitch and pace of music can make it sound like different animals.
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Carnival of the Animals - teaching and play ideas
https://www.atozkidsstuff.com/carnivaloftheanimals.html Added: 23 May 2020 Contributor: Sharon Hogan Resource type:This AtoZ Kids Stuff page provides links and ideas to use with children focussed on The Carnival of the Animals music. Suggestions for books to use to link into the music, and art and craft ideas are provided which can all easily be used at home or at school.
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Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Listening and responding to music
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- listen to a range of short pieces of music or excerpts
- talk about pieces of music, giving preferences, and illustrate responses in a variety of ways
Suggestions for use: Use this website to find extra ideas to support teaching about the Carnival of the Animals, including colouring pages, links to books, poems and rhymes etc...
