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Build on our Bring the Noise songs and videos with a whole host of free games, activities and learning ideas - perfect for encouraging music development beyond the classroom.

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Get Inspired

Continue your music journey anywhere and any time with this collection of games, activities and discussion suggestions.

Children from across the UK showed us their best I Am a Robot sign language dances - watch the compilation music video here.

Watch your fantastic 'I Am a Robot' dances

Colour in your own bunting for VE Day 75

Join in with your 大象传媒 Local Radio and 鈥楪reat British Bunting鈥 by making and displaying this bunting in your window to mark VE Day 75.

Colour in your own bunting for VE Day 75

10 Music Activities You Can Do from Home

Add Music Education to your daily routine with these games, activities and videos you can play from home.

10 Music Activities You Can Do from Home

Meet the musicians and instruments of National Pioneers

Get to know the musicians and instruments that appear in the video storybook series National Pioneers.

Meet the musicians and instruments of National Pioneers

How to write a song with your children

Dame Evelyn Glennie and Omar with tips for a music jam session.

How to write a song with your children

5 ways to spark your child's interest in music

Tips on music playing and learning at home.

5 ways to spark your child's interest in music

Orchestral Families: Which musical instrument is right for you?

Explore the instruments of the 大象传媒 Philharmonic and choose the one you want to learn.

Orchestral Families: Which musical instrument is right for you?

How eco-friendly is your favourite instrument?

Making your instrument greener could help reduce the amount of waste the UK currently generates.

How eco-friendly is your favourite instrument?

How music can make or break a film

Why the winner of Best Original Score can point to the future direction of film.

How music can make or break a film

Create your own lullaby with Gregory Porter

They've been part of parenting for thousands of years, singing a lullaby to get a baby or small child to sleep is a tradition that spans countries and cultures.

Create your own lullaby with Gregory Porter

How to celebrate Burns Night with traditional music

Burns Night celebrates the life of Scottish bard Robert Burns with food, poetry and music.

How to celebrate Burns Night with traditional music

5 ideas for a musical half term at home

Easy to use ideas for keeping the kids occupied this Autumn half term

5 ideas for a musical half term at home

New Year's Resolution: Learn an instrument

A guide to what to look for if you're considering picking up a musical instrument

New Year's Resolution: Learn an instrument

大象传媒 Philharmonic performances

Explore the workings of an orchestra by watching performances of specially composed songs.

大象传媒 Philharmonic performances

How Strictly's spooky sounds are created

Behind the scenes at Strictly Come Dancing to discover how the band make the show swing.

How Strictly's spooky sounds are created

About Bring the Noise

Find out more about a new initiative to inspire every child to become a musician and discover the joys of music-making.

About Bring the Noise

Halloween ideas and songs

Musical ideas for primary school children for marking Halloween 2019.

Halloween ideas and songs

Musician Profiles

Discover how a wide variety of musicians discovered their callings and how it can inspire your own music education journey.

Gregory Porter performs Hands in the Air

Gregory Porter gives his take on specially composed song Hands in the Air.

Gregory Porter performs Hands in the Air

Bjorn Ulvaeus: Reasons why music is important for children

"Every child deserves to have a teacher who tries to teach them music", says Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus.

Bjorn Ulvaeus: Reasons why music is important for children

Abba reunion like 'going back in time in 30 seconds'

Abba's recording of their first new music since 1982 brought back "bonds that are beyond anything else", band member Bjorn Ulvaeus says.

Abba reunion like 'going back in time in 30 seconds'

CeCe Sammy: Music helped me recover from near-death experience

CeCe's life was turned upside down when she suffered a sudden brain aneurysm, which left her in a coma.

CeCe Sammy: Music helped me recover from near-death experience

Sing along to Winter Wonderland with Gregory Porter

Join soul singer Gregory Porter in this Bedtime Stories lullaby of a wintry classic.

Sing along to Winter Wonderland with Gregory Porter

Connee Boswell: The most popular singer you've never heard of

An A-list female entertainer and one of the brightest stars of American popular music in the first half of the 20th century, but in the age of radio, few of her fans knew that a childhood illness meant she used a wheelchair.

Connee Boswell: The most popular singer you've never heard of

Lil Nas X 'amazing feeling' of number one hit

Lil Nas X has revealed how months before having a number one hit with Old Town Road he was sleeping on his sister's floor.

Lil Nas X 'amazing feeling' of number one hit

Omar: Music makes me 'happy and relaxed'

Omar describes how music can change his mood and give him energy.

Omar: Music makes me 'happy and relaxed'

JP Cooper's tips for budding musicians

Why allowing children to express themselves is important.

JP Cooper's tips for budding musicians

Bring the Noise: Our Partners

Organisations supporting 大象传媒 Bring the Noise.

Bring the Noise: Our Partners

Mark Ronson's childhood inspiration

Mark Ronson was surrounded by music from an early age.

Mark Ronson's childhood inspiration

Fun and Games

Take a break with our articles about unusual music facts and music-themed quizzes.

Why music from our teens stays with us forever

How a reminiscence bump in our brains means the soundtrack of our teenage years sticks with us forever.

Why music from our teens stays with us forever

World Book Day: Literature inspired songs

The music and artists inspired by famous novels.

World Book Day: Literature inspired songs

How reggae conquered the world

The Jamaican sound that influences artists like Sean Paul, Rihanna, Protoje and Chronixx.

How reggae conquered the world

5 women who have made their career in music

The gender balance in music is in the headlines but how hard is to make a successful career in the music industry? Five women explain how they hit the top of their profression.

5 women who have made their career in music

Empowering breakup songs

Some of the best songs of solace for the suddenly solo.

Empowering breakup songs

Leap Year Day: 5 musical leaplings you need to know about

The Leap Year Day musicians you didn鈥檛 know were leaplings. They share a rare birthday between them every four years. Find out the impact they've made on the world musically.

Leap Year Day: 5 musical leaplings you need to know about

Infamous fails from the Super Bowl half-time Show

Some of the most memorable moments from the Super Bowl half-time breaks.

Infamous fails from the Super Bowl half-time Show

Gathered Round the Christmas Tree sing-along

Our special CBeebies sing-along film featuring schools from around the UK.

Gathered Round the Christmas Tree sing-along

Take the quiz: Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas 25 years old

A quarter of a century of seasonal fun. How well do you know Mariah Carey's Christmas classic?

Take the quiz: Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas 25 years old

Nine heart-warming nativity fails

Stories of nativity's gone wrong from teachers at the coal face.

Nine heart-warming nativity fails

National DJ Day 2020

What's the story behind National DJ Day?

National DJ Day 2020

Why do kids love George Ezra's Shotgun?

How easy is it to write a song that children will love?

Why do kids love George Ezra's Shotgun?

Would Dickens have shown carol singers the door?

Was Dickens as much as a fan of Christmas as we think?

Would Dickens have shown carol singers the door?

Five times Coldplay did the most Coldplay thing

From the Super Bowl to placing classified ads in local newspapers. How to behave if you're one of the world's biggest bands.

Five times Coldplay did the most Coldplay thing

The ultimate Christmas music quiz

Test your festive music knowledge.

The ultimate Christmas music quiz

When is it acceptable to start playing Christmas songs?

Is it ever too early for festive hits? How peaking too soon might ruin your Christmas.

When is it acceptable to start playing Christmas songs?

The secrets of a spectacular musical firework display

Synchronisation and a feel for music are key in setting fireworks to songs.

The secrets of a spectacular musical firework display

Five reasons everyone should have music in their lives

Most of us come across music pretty much every day but why is it so important?

Five reasons everyone should have music in their lives

Sports stars who sing

From 1980s footballers to top tennis stars, these sporting heroes tried a second career in the music biz.

Sports stars who sing

Seven child music stars who made it big

They hit the charts as kids and never really left.

Seven child music stars who made it big

Why do kids love George Ezra's Shotgun?

How easy is it to write a song that children will love?

Why do kids love George Ezra's Shotgun?

Magic moments from Jools Holland's annual hootenanny

Some of the greatest appearances from almost three decades of musical new years.

Magic moments from Jools Holland's annual hootenanny