'O trenzinho do Caipira' by 20th century Brazilian composer is brilliantly descriptive piece, can pupils identify what part of the train each group of instruments represents? Also notice the changes in timbre and tempo.

KS1/2 idea: Play from beginning and ask ch to make a 'train' action, with hands by their sides, in time with the music. Why is it so difficult to keep in time at first? The tempo is unsteady and keeps changing until finally settling into a steady beat when the melody begins.