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Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Hot Cross Buns Little Peter Rabbit Warm-Down Rhyme
Spring Lesson Four: Easter
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, hot cross bun laminate, egg shakers, bunny ears, rabbit hand puppet and magic sparkles
Lesson Plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles See spring lesson one.
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
2. Stretching and curling: Elephants Spraying Water See spring lesson one.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
3. Travel to Danceland: ‘Pegleg Pete’ performed by Brandon Fiechter See spring lesson one.
* Running time approx. 4 mins.
4. Introduce the theme: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ written by Anne Porter Without speaking, get the children into a circle by singing ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ as in spring lesson one.
Ask the children if they know which special holiday is coming up. Tell them you are going to decorate some special Easter eggs. Ask volunteers to choose the size of the eggs, which colours to paint them and which materials to decorate them with (e.g. glitter, feathers, dried pasta, beads, string etc.). Act out painting and decorating the eggs as each suggestion is given.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
5. Fine motor skills: ‘Hot Cross Buns’ (traditional)
N.B. This is a different version of the ‘Hot Cross Buns’ activity seen in other Lucy Sparkles & Friends plans.
Reveal bun laminate. "Today we are going to make hot cross buns." Pour all of the ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, yeast, butter, egg, milk, sultanas and cinnamon) into a big bowl. Stir the ingredients to the pulse using right pointer finger as you sing the first verse acapella once. Repeat using your left pointer finger.
Stir the dough,
Stir the dough.
One a penny, two a penny, Stir the dough.
Roll the dough into balls and place them on the baking tray. Sing the second verse as you draw crosses on the buns with your right pointer finger, then sing the second verse again as you draw the crosses with your left pointer finger.
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out Pegleg Pete Peter Cottontail The Bunny Hop
Props Required
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