Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Looking for the Golden Tickets

From Head to Toe

From Head to Toe song

Family Shark

Imaging Monsters. Speaking Activity

Action songs ¡Get moving!

Move your legs and arms

Shake break

Stop!

Numbers songs

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

Ten in a bed

Let's count 1, 2, 3 

Count to 10

Who’s got the ball?

Teaching idea:

All children to line up in the playground.

One child to stand in front of them, turn away from them and close his eyes.

He throws a big ball over his head without looking.

The other children get the ball and hide it up their jumper/T-shirt.

All the children line up again and chant the rap loudly.

The one who threw the ball has to discover who’s got the ball by pointing and asking, “turn around”, or “have you got the ball?

Rhymes and Songs

Rhymes & Songs about or including a lot of topics

NICKY'S NURSERY RHYMES

http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/ANIMALS.html

BBC SCHOOL RADIO

http://www.bbc.co.uk//subjects/earlylearning/nurserysongs

APPLES4THETEACHER

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/mother-goose-nursery-rhymes/

SKIPPING RHYMES

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/studentssite/playgroundrhymes.html

COUNTING AND ALPHABET SKIPPING RHYMES

http://www.skip-hop.co.uk/counting-and-alphabet-skipping-rhymes-c88.html

CLAPPING SONGS

http://funclapping.com/ABC.php

Do the Hokey Pokey

Teaching idea:

Everybody stand in a circle.

Begin with your right arm; put your arm into the circle, then out, then in and out, with the words of the song.

Join your hands and move them for “the Hokey Cokey”.

Turn around with the words of the song.

 In the chorus, everybody joins hands and runs into the centre of the circle to bump into everybody. I

After the right arm, the left arm, the right leg, the left leg, the whole body and lastly the bottom, which children find very funny!

Ring a Ring a Roses

Teaching idea:

Everybody stand in a circle. Begin the song and dance around in a circle. When you sing the last words, “fall down.” Everybody falls down!

This song, like many nursery rhymes is very scary. It’s about the plague!

London Bridge is falling down

Teaching idea:

  Everybody stand in a circle.

Teacher and one child to make “the bridge” by standing each side of the children and joining hands over their heads.

Children to dance round singing the song.

On the last words, “fair lady”, teacher and child drop their hands to catch the child under “the bridge”

  The child who is caught joins teacher to make the bridge.

 Repeat till all the children have been the bridge.

Ten in a bed

Teaching idea:

 Choose 10 pupils to lie down on the floor.

Sing the song.

When we sing, “so they all rolled over”, children all roll over.

 When we sing, “one fell out.” child on the end goes back to its chair.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Teaching idea:

After teaching the rhymes we will use actions, twinkle with all your fingers opening and closing.

The rainbow song

Teaching idea:

All children wearing red stand up when they sing red.

All children wearing yellow stand up when they sing yellow.

All children wearing pink stand up when they sing pink.

All children wearing green stand up when they sing green etc. etc.

Make a rainbow shape with your hands for the last line.

Heads, shoulders, knees and toes.

Teaching idea:

Sing it quietly, sing it loudly, sing it quickly, and sing it slowly.

Boys sing it, girls sing it, and everyone sing it!

Finger Plays

A fingerplay is a short poem or rhyme that is either spoken or sung and involves the use of hands and fingers to help “act” it all out.

Lullabies

Lullabies are often sung by parents in calming children, putting them to sleep, or simply spending time with them. The simple lyrics, nature, and storyline of lullabies are usually intended for children, and are therefore suitable for them.