The Flight of the Bumble Bee

In F3 music sessions this week, we have been listening to "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and looking at some Japanese artwork called "Chrysanthemums" by the painter Utagawa Hiroshige.  As we listened to the music we closed our eyes and imagined what the bumble bee might be doing.  The F3 children suggested some really exciting ideas including "he is collecting the special juice from the flowers," "he is buzzing from flower to flower," "sometimes he stings people," and "he flies away home at the end."  We decided to listen to the music again and this time to try and act out some bumble bee movements using our floaty scarves.  Have a look at how much fun we had with classical music.