Summer Dance Lesson 13

Summer Dance Lesson 13: In the Jungle Two
Activity: ‘Down in the Jungle’ (traditional)
Sing the song acapella and perform the actions as described below.
Down in the jungle where nobody goes, (march on spot then shake head)
There's a great big gorilla washing his clothes. (stand on tippy toes and stretch arms up high)
With a rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-dub there, (rub hands together to the right hand side and then to the left hand side)
That's the way he washes his clothes. (point and waggle finger up and down as though telling someone off)
Boom boogie, boom boogie, boogie woogie boo! x 3 (hands on hips, wiggle hips from side to side and then strike gorilla pose as you say “boo”)
That's the way he washes his clothes. (point and waggle up and down as though telling someone off)
Down in the jungle where nobody goes, there's a great big snake...
Boom boogie, boom boogie, boogie woogie sss... (as in gorilla verse only you strike a snake pose as you say “sss”)
Down in the jungle where nobody goes, there's a great big crocodile...
Boom boogie, boom boogie, boogie woogie snap... (as in gorilla verse only you snap arms together as you say “snap”)
Down in the jungle where nobody goes, there's a great big tiger...
Boom boogie, boom boogie, boogie woogie roar... (as in gorilla verse only you strike a tiger pose as you say “roar”)
Other Ideas!
1. Play some upbeat music and move like each of the animals from the song.
2. Ask the children which other animals live in the jungle and then make up new
verses based on the children’s ideas.
EYFS aims
PD (MH)
To develop upper body coordination and control through joining in with the actions
CL (LA) & (S)
To develop listening, attention and speech through singing
CL (U)
To understand the meaning of words through actions
M (SSM), L (R) & CL (LA) & (S)
To pre-empt and join in with the lyrics which follow a repetitive structure/pattern
UW (TW)
To learn which sounds several jungle animals make
EAD (MM)
To move in time with the pulse
EAD (BI)
To pretend to be gorillas, snakes, crocodiles and tigers
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