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2. WARM UP DANCE: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
Click on song name to open the video in YouTube.
Play the track and perform the dance as in the video. Make sure to use lots of energy!
3. GET THE CHILDREN INTO A CIRCLE: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ by Anne Porter Without speaking, get the children into a circle by singing:
Let’s make a circle,
A circle a circle.
Let’s make a circle,
At insert child’s name’s birthday party.
Repeat until everyone is in a circle. Please use this song every time you need the children in a circle throughout the duration of the party.
4. WISHING SONG: ‘Starlight Starbright’ by Traditional
“Let’s see what we’re going to do first.” Reveal wand. “Does anyone know what this is? And does anyone know what it’s used for? Today we’re going to use the magic wand to wish for our very own dinosaur pets. You can wish for a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Stegosaurus, a Triceratops or any other dinosaur that you’d like. But first you need to learn the magic wishing song and it goes like this.” As you sing the song, point your wand to different children to the pulse.
All: (sung)
Starlight, starbright,
First star I see tonight.
Wish I may, wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight.
You: (sung) Which dinosaur do you wish for? (to the birthday boy/girl the first time) (you may need to give some more suggestions)
Child: (spoken) I wish for a Triceratops. (the child invents their own wish)
You: (spoken) Now, let’s all say “One, two, three abracadabra”!
All (spoken): One, two three, abracadabra! (the children wave their imaginary wands)
Repeat several times as above, except for at the end of each verse when you ask the children to put their hand up if they would like to make a wish. You then sing “Which dinosaur do you wish for?” to a child that has their hand up. If you have more than ten children, you could try asking a few children at a time (at the end of each verse before saying “one, two, three abracadabra”) to speed up the activity. If you have more than 20 children you can ask everyone that hasn’t had a turn to shout their suggestion at once.
5. CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE ONE: ‘Walk the Dinosaur’ written by Was (Not Was) and performed by The Tin Lids
Click on song name to open the video in YouTube.
“Now I’m going to teach you a silly song about taking your pet dinosaur for a walk!” Go through the tricky moves then play the track and perform the dance as in the video.
6. PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WITH TOY/S ON TOP: ‘One Dinosaur Went out to Play’ (sung to the traditional tune of ‘Five Little Ducks’)
“Now it’s time for us to play with the parachute! But first we’re going to practice with the imaginary one. If everyone listens really well and does a good job of practising then I’ll take the real one out.” Sing the song acapella and move the imaginary parachute as instructed below.
One dinosaur went out to play, (move parachute from side to side to the pulse) On a bright and sunny day. (as above)
He had such ginormous fun, (as above)
That he called for another dinosaur to come. (as above)
One, two, three ROAR! (gently lift the parachute up a little three times for each number, then lift it up high quickly as you say “dinosaur” flinging the puppet/s high up into the air)
Take out the real parachute and place one dinosaur finger puppet on top. Sing the song again, moving the real parachute as instructed. Place another dinosaur finger puppet on top of the parachute. “How many are there now?” Count out loud with the children. Repeat the activity,
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