Music

• Tempo is the speed of the beat. Listen to the song. Which section of the song has a slow beat? Which section of the song has a fast beat? Keep a beat throughout the medley, using body percussion (slap knees), responding to changes in the tempo.

Visual Art

• Draw or paint a picture of a teddy bear.

Dance

• Children can develop their motor skills through singing games. Explore different ways of moving to match the words in the songs in the medley.
• Children then view the video song and compare the actions with their own ideas.

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.