Page 14 - Spring Drama Lesson Plans

c) Repeat activity b several times, experimenting with using a baby knife for smaller fruits (saying the rhyme quickly with small, quick movements) and a sword for bigger fruits (saying the rhyme slowly with big, slow movements).
d) End by getting the children to serve themselves a large bowl of fruit salad. Everyone counts to three and guzzles it down speedily. Then you say “Mmmm, delicious!” using a loud, silly voice.
Chop, chop, choppity chop.
Chop off the bottom and chop off the top. What we have left we will put in the pot. Chop, chop, choppity chop.
Stir it round, stir it round,
Tell me what you have found. * Running time approx. 3 mins.
6. Create the story
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
Opening lines: “One day, the children from Your Nursery Name went to the local food market. Freddie walked over to his favourite stall to try some Ethiopian curry.”
* Running time approx. 4 mins.
7. Act out the story
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions. *Running time approx. 5 mins.
8. Action Game
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
Jelly = wiggle whole body as you say “wibble wobble, wibble wobble” using a silly voice
Sausages = lie on the floor like a sausage (with arms by sides and legs together), wiggle around and make a sizzling sound
Popcorn = jump four times as you say “pop” four times
Banana = stand with arms stretched up above heads and hands together (like a banana) and slowly move arms apart and downwards until they are by your side (like you are being peeled) as you say “peel banana, peel, peel banana” (listen to the recording provided)
Sandwich = find a friend or two and hug them as you say “yum!”
*Running time approx. 3 mins.
9. Travel back to the real world and give out magic sparkles
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions. * Running time approx. 3 mins 45 secs.
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