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Spring Lesson Eight: Getting Ready for Bed
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
There Were Five in the Bed Warm-Down Rhyme
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out You’ve Got a Friend in Me Splish Splash
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, bubbles, big teddy, parachute 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: ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ performed and written by Randy Newman
See spring lesson six.
* 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 a child to suggest something that they do at night to get ready for bed (e.g. have dinner, clean teeth, take a bath, comb hair etc.). The chosen child then mimes doing that activity and the rest of the group copies. Repeat several times.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
5. Fine motor skills: ‘Getting Ready for Bed’ written by Lucy Milan Davis and Tamara Saffir
Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
Perform the rhyme three times using the finger movements shown in the video. Encourage the children to join in with the words during the final repeat.
I wash my face,
I comb my hair,
I brush my teeth,
I say a prayer.
I read my book,
Kiss teddy goodnight,
I close my eyes,
And then sleep tight.
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
6. Choreographed dance: ‘Splish Splash’ co-written by Bobby Darin and Murray Kaufman and performed by Bobby Darin
Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
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