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Term Two Lesson Three: Mother’s Day Adventure
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle I Love My Mummy
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out Mom
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, a picture of a woman in your life you would like to thank on Mother’s Day (e.g. your mum/aunty/sister) and magic sparkles
Lesson plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
See weekly drama activity break down for video and instructions. Make sure to use lots of energy!
* Running time approx. 1 min 45 secs.
2. Focus activity: Name Game
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
* Running time approx. 3 mins (‘Let’s make a Circle’ should take a MAXIMUM of 30 seconds).
3. Travel to Storyland
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
* Running time approx. 4 mins (‘Let’s make a Circle’ should take a MAXIMUM of 30 seconds).
4. Introduce the theme
“Let’s take a look in the sparkly magic bag and see what clue there is for today’s story.” Reach into your sparkly magic bag and take out a picture of a woman in your life that you would like to thank on Mother’s Day. Ask the children the following questions.
a) “Can you guess who is in this picture?”
b) “CanyouguesswhyI’vebroughtthispictureintoshowyou?That’sright,it’sMother’s
Day! Mother’s Day is a day where we say thank you to the special women in our lives who help to take care of us. They can be our mummies, our aunties, our grannies, or any other special women who help to take care of us.”
c) “Let’s practise saying ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ using different voices. Let’s say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ using our silly voice. One, two, three, ‘Happy Mother’s Day’. Let’s say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ using our angry voices. One, two, three, ‘Happy Mother’s Day’.” Repeat using happy voices, scared voices, excited voices and whispering voices.
d) Ask a volunteer to suggest something we can do to make our chosen person feel special on Mother’s Day (e.g. make a card, cook breakfast, pick flowers, give them a cuddle). You act out performing the suggested activity (using upper body) and the children copy you. Repeat using ideas from three more volunteers.
* Running time approx. 2 mins 30 secs.
5. Action song or poem: I Love My Mummy’ by Unknown
“Let’s learn a song to sing on Mother’s Day.” Choose a woman in your life that you would like to sing about on Mother’s Day (e.g. mummy/granny/aunty). Sing the song acapella with the following actions. Hands on heart to pulse for each ‘I love my mummy/granny/aunty’ and nod head twice for each ‘Yes I do’. Clap hands to pulse for last line.
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