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Term Two Lesson Seven: Toyland Downloadable Songs Songs to Source
Let’s Make a Circle
Shake Your Sillies Out Sugar Plum Fairy
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, toy robot laminate 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.” Take out the toy robot laminate. Ask the children the following questions.
a) “What’s in this picture?”
b) “Where can we buy robots and other toys?”
c) “Let’s all say ‘Hello humans’ after three using our best robot voices.” Everyone says,
“Hello humans,” and does a matching robot action after three.
d) “Here I have an invisible toy box (mime). Put your hand up if you would like to reach into my toy box and pull something out.” Choose a volunteer to mime pulling a toy out of the toy box and ask them what it is. You mime playing with the suggested toy (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: ‘Let’s All Go to Toyland’ written by Lucy Milan Davis Stand up and say the poem with the following actions.
Let’s all go to Toyland today, (march on the spot)
Where we can laugh and play, (as above)
Let’s all go to Toyland today, (as above)
And see what’s on display. (hand to forehead looking left to right)
“Now everyone look around and put your hand up if you’d like to tell me what you can see in Toyland.” Choose a volunteer to answer. Everyone acts out picking up and playing with the suggested toy. Repeat several times. Encourage the children to join in with the words (as well as the actions) on the third repeat of the poem.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
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