The LIRIC Framework

Teaching children to read and write ​should be an artistic process. ​

The LIRIC Framework is a music-based, research-backed framework and practical tool which brings creativity and feeling back into the primary English classroom to support oral language and writing​.

Why do we need music in the primary English classroom?​

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The Framework

The LIRIC Framework sees creative work as requiring a focus on structural design elements to cohere the work but also cyclic iterations of focus and enjoyment​

  • Listening

  • Interpreting

  • Rehearsing

  • Improvising

  • Composing

Rhythm and music in the English classroom:

  1. Composition as interdisciplinary and metacognitive work​

  2. Movement, music, speech and sound are needed for writing​

  3. Linguistic grammar is underpinned by rhythm

  4. Creative work requires both play and precision​

  5. Rhythm is a basic temporal principle for life not only in terms of music ​

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