Music Room Lisboa 

Ages: 7–10
Schedule: 14:00–17:00

• Block 1: 14:00–15:00

• Break: 15:00–15:30

• Block 2: 15:30–16:45

• Free time: 16:45–17:00

Dates: June 29 – July 3 (5 days)
Theme: Alice in Wonderland

 

Day 1 – Down the Rabbit Hole

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Block 1 – Rhythm & Imagination (14:00–15:00)

Opening Circle (15 min)

• Name game with shaker:

  • “My name is… and I like…”

  • Group repeats using body percussion (claps, legs)

Playful Vocal Warm-up (5 min)

• Strange sounds

• “Wonderland-style” voices

Story Introduction (5–10 min)

• Who is Lewis Carroll?

• What do they imagine Wonderland to be like?

Reading + Sound Design (25 min)

• Read Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole

• Distribute instruments

• Create real-time sound effects to accompany the story

 

Break (15:00–15:30)

 

Block 2 – First Creation (15:30–16:45)

Soundscape: “The Fall” (20 min)

• Key question: “What does falling sound like?”

In groups::

• Create one continuous sound (e.g., “shhhhh”)

  • Use loop station

• Add 2 short sounds (e.g., “plop”, “ding”)

• Structure the piece:

  • Beginning – middle – end

• Draw a visual score

Group sharing:

• Some groups perform sound

• Others create movement

 

Melody without Lyrics (20 min)

• Use 3 notes (e.g., do–re–mi)

• Use a simple rhythm (clapping) given by the teacher

• Students repeat and modify one element (note or rhythm)

• Each group creates a short melody

 

Drawing & Sound (25 min)

• Draw the White Rabbit

• Transform the drawing into sound/rhythm using questions:

  • Is the rabbit fast or slow?

  • Does it make a high or low sound?

 

Closing (16:45–17:00)

• Relaxation: “Sound journey in Wonderland”

• Free time

 

Day 2 - What’s Wonderland?

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Block 1 – Rhythm & Imagination (14:00–15:00)

Learn a new song together “EPOITAITAIÉ”

Variations (tempo/word play)

• Fast / slow / removing words

Guided creation from the song (25 min)
In groups:

• Choose 1 word (e.g., “rabbit”)

• Break it into syllables (rab–bit)

• Create a movement for each syllable

• Add an instrument

• Integrate everything

Presentations

• Each group presents

• Rhythmic layering (like a chaotic Wonderland ritual)

Break (15:00–15:30)

Block 2 – Cinema

• Screening of Alice in Wonderland (1h 15 min)

Free time (16:45–17:00)

 

 

Day 3 – The Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat

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Block 1 – Music (14:00–15:00)

Warm-up (10 min)

• “EPOITAITAIÉ”

Exercise with “C Jam Blues” (20 min)

• Introduce the song (play melody with a backing track)

• Students repeat using body percussion:

  • Legs = SOL

  • Claps = DO

Lyric creation (Lyric Hats) (30 min)
Each group draws from hats:

• 1 place

• 1 emotion

• 1 action

Example:

“In the forest
I am running
I feel scared”

 

Break (15:00–15:30)

 

Block 2 – Characters (15:30–16:45)

Simple masks (20 min)

• Create masks/costumes for:

  • Alice

  • Caterpillar

  • Cheshire Cat

• (Object to take home)

• Materials: arts & crafts supplies (to be confirmed)

Reading – Caterpillar & Cheshire Cat chapter (25 min)
While reading, students act in groups using masks/costumes:

• Caterpillar group → acts as the Caterpillar

• Cheshire Cat group → acts as the Cheshire Cat

• Alice group → acts as Alice

Scene creation (25 min)

• Using songs from Block 1, each group creates a short scene

Guiding questions:

• How do the characters speak?

• How do they sing?

Free time (20 min)

 

 

Day 4 – Happy Non-Birthday! / Tea Party

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Block 1 – Gymkhana (14:00–15:00)

Gymkhana: Searching for the White Rabbit (50 min)
Goal: Find the White Rabbit by completing a poem

Set up challenges around the space:

• Repeat a rhythm (teacher shows, students copy – fast/slow)

• Estimate exactly one minute mentally

• Answer a question about the story

• Movement challenge (dance from one side of the room to another)

• Build a maze (materials TBD)

• Learn a poem to recite together

Each challenge gives:

• 1 word/phrase

At the end:

• Combine words/phrases → form a poem revealing the rabbit’s location

Materials needed:

• Stopwatch

• Paper sheets

• Questions about Alice in Wonderland

• Rope/materials for maze

• Plush White Rabbit

 

Break (15:00–15:30)

 

Block 2 – Tea Party (15:30–16:45)

Reading + improvisation (15 min)

• Read the Tea Party chapter

Then:

• Groups of 3 act out:

  • Drinking tea

  • Arguing

  • An absurd situation

Rule:

• Must include 1 sung phrase

• Then swap roles

 

Non-birthday activity (20 min)

• Group chorus:
  “Happy non-birthday to you”

• Each child:

  • Says their name in rhythm

• Group responds by singing

 

Final scene creation (30 min)
Each group prepares:

• 1 short scene (30–60 sec)

• 1 musical moment

Free time

For the next day:

• Bring objects from home related to the Wonderland universe

 

 

Day 5 – This is Wonderland!

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Block 1 – Wonderland Universe (14:00–15:00)

Crazy Wonderland Orchestra (15 min)

• Divide instruments

• In a circle, conductor leads:

  • Loud/soft

  • Fast/slow

  • Silence

• Children can also conduct

 

Show organization (45 min)

Structure:

• Opening (falling sound)

• White Rabbit scene

• Group songs

• Tea Party

• Final group moment

 

Break (15:00–15:30)

 

Block 2 – Showtime (15:30–16:45)

Dress rehearsal (30 min)

Final performance (30 min)

 

Closing (16:45–17:00)

• Wrap-up

• Free time

• Drawing