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Welcome to SMILE
This free resource for teachers in special schools contains simple and effective music lesson plans on common curriculum topics. Each lesson plan comes with demo videos and backing tracks.
Pupils with profound learning difficulties. ‘Sound-makers’ experience music in a sensory way.
Pattern-makers
Pupils with profound or severe learning difficulties; may include autism. ‘Pattern-makers’ are able to recognise, anticipate, and copy simple patterns of sound.
Motif-makers
Pupils with moderate or severe learning difficulties; may include autism. ‘Motif-makers’ can recognise and create longer chunks of music.