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Spring Lesson Nine: Getting Ready for Bed Two
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle 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
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, bubbles, picture of Wee Willy Winky, 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.
“Can anyone remember what we learnt about last week?” 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
See spring lesson eight.
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
6. Choreographed dance: ‘Splish Splash’ co-written by Bobby Darin and Murray Kaufman and performed by Bobby Darin
See spring lesson eight.
*Running time approx. 5 mins.
7. Action song: ‘Wee Willy Winky’ (traditional)
Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
Reveal picture of Wee Willy Winky. “In the olden days there was a special man called Wee Willy Winky. He would run through the street in his pyjamas at night time to tell all the children to go to sleep.” Perform the song three times using the actions from the video.
Wee Willy Winky runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown.
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock.
“Are the children all in bed for it’s now eight o’clock?”
Props Required
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