An animated version of the Mother Goose Story of Little Miss Muffet, using 3 dimensional or 'stop-motion' animation, familiar through the popular Wallace and Gromit films.
KS2/3 idea: Using common educational ICT equipment, it is quite easy (though time consuming) for pupils in schools to make their own stop-motion animations (see http://www.filmeducation.org/staffroom/film_in_the_classroom/animation/stop_motion.php for further information). They might choose a different nursery rhyme, or contemporary poem, and make their own animation, with scenes separated by showing the words, as in this example. They could then add their own soundtrack using whatever degree of musical sophistication is appropriate to age/ability, from plain sound effects through to musical compositions incorporating clichés. This animation could either be played for discussion before embarking on such a project, or for comparison with their own work after it is completed. In fact, the music track to this animation leaves plenty of room for pupils to suggest how it could have been improved.
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