Sing and dance
Two kinds of songs. 23 sung in a British voice: new songs written for the game about what children learn in class (right and left, morning routines, the body, the weather, colours, days, numbers, family) plus The Farmer’s in His Den. And 22 traditional nursery rhymes from English schools, from Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to Old MacDonald Had a Farm, with their usual tune as karaoke: the voice says each line and the class sings it. The words light up one by one, with pictures of what is being sung underneath. You can listen, sing, dance by copying a child who does the moves line by line, or play in teams: the song stops on a word and the first team to tap its picture wins the point.
What children practise
- Listening to English sung with British pronunciation
- Vocabulary with pictures: animals, the body, numbers, home
- Right and left, up and down, in and out, through dance
- Reading the words while singing
- Counting to ten in English
Levels and settings
Early years
Sung: Touch Your Nose, Move Like the Animals, Down on the Farm, This Is My Family. Traditional: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; Incy Wincy Spider.
Year 1
Sung: Right Hand, Left Hand; Good Morning, Sunshine; Count with Me; Colours All Around. Traditional: Here We Go Looby Loo, Mulberry Bush, Old MacDonald Had a Farm.
Year 2
Sung: Seven Days, What’s the Weather?, Up and Down. Traditional: This Old Man (one to ten), Bingo (spelling with claps), The Grand Old Duke of York.
How to play it in class
- Choose a song: all of them, the sung ones, the traditional ones or the dancing songs.
- Choose the mode: Listen, Sing (just the music), Dance or Game.
- Press Start. The big button pauses and plays; tap the bar to jump to another part.
- In Dance, the class copies the child on the screen like a mirror; what to do is written at the top.
- In Game, when the song stops, each team taps the picture of the missing word; then the song carries on and you hear the word.
Ways to play
In teams, at the same time
The screen splits in two and each team plays on its own half at the same time.
For one player
One child plays on the whole screen at their own pace: on the whiteboard, a computer or a tablet.
Frequently asked questions
Are the songs copyrighted?
The traditional ones are in the public domain and keep their usual words. The sung ones have new words written for this game, except The Farmer’s in His Den, which is traditional. The music and singing voices were made with artificial intelligence.
Does the board need an English voice installed?
No. The songs are recorded and sound the same on any board, tablet or computer.
How many songs are there?
45: 23 sung and 22 traditional as karaoke. All of them have dance moves, and about half are mainly for dancing.
Is it free?
You can play 5 free games without signing up. After that, a one-off payment of €9.99 unlocks all 78 games for ever, on all your devices. There is no subscription.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It opens in the browser of the interactive whiteboard, panel, computer, tablet or iPad. Once loaded, it also works offline.
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