Music

• Feel the beat! Use body percussion e.g. slap knees, to play along with the beat (the steady pulse) of the song.
• Walk on the spot in time to the beat, show the actions to the words and sing along!
• Children then view the video song on YouTube and compare the actions with their own ideas.

Drama

• Talk about how facial expressions relate to how you feel e.g. show a scared face.
• “Guess my Feelings” work with a partner and show a facial expression e.g. happy, sad, angry etc. Once the feeling is guessed swop turns.

Dance

• Follow the leader! Choose a leader, children form a line behind the leader, sing and show the actions of the words of the song while following the leader.

Literacy

• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it and hear it!”

Print out the song PDF

• Read the song lyrics – ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. “ ” ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study – phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.