We have been learning a song about the Magical Musical box in our F2 music sessions recently.  The box is musical, because as we pass it round the circle is makes a sound which is a little bit like a mixture between a maraca, a jingle bell, a tambourine and a pair of finger cymbals.  The children have really enjoyed listening carefully and distinguishing the different instrumental sounds as we sing and play.  The box is also magical because when we play a special game we can make the box play music just by opening the lid!  To perform this kind of magic, each child in the class had to choose their own instrument to play and when Mr Euan opened the box at a certain point in the song, we all played together watching closely to see when the box would close again and tell us to stop playing.  You can hear what this sounded like by listening to these recordings on our MUSIC BLOG.