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Term One Lesson Twelve: Easter Downloadable Songs Songs to Source
Let’s Make a Circle Yes We Can Hot Cross Buns
Shake Your Sillies Out
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, Easter Bunny laminate and magic sparkles
Lesson plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
Play the track and perform actions as indicated by the lyrics. Make sure to use lots of energy!
* Running time approx. 1 min 45 secs.
2. Focus activity: ‘Yes We Can’ written by Unknown
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 Easter Bunny laminate. Ask the children the following questions.
a) “Who is in this picture?”
b) “Why have I brought in this picture today?”
c) “What sound do bunnies make?” Everyone does a bunny action (whilst seated) and
makes the sound together.
d) Ask a volunteer to pick up an Easter egg and describe it to you (e.g. yellow with
purple spots). You act out unwrapping the egg, eating it and saying “yum” in a silly
voice and the children copy you. Repeat using ideas from three more volunteers.
* Running time approx. 2 mins 30 secs.
5. Action song or poem: ‘Hot Cross Buns’ (traditional)
"It’s time for us to make some hot cross buns." Pour all of the ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, yeast, butter, egg, milk, sultanas and cinnamon) into a big bowl. Stir the ingredients to the pulse as you sing the first verse acapella twice.
Stir the dough,
Stir the dough.
One a penny, two a penny, Stir the dough.
Roll the dough into balls and place them on the baking tray. Sing the second verse twice as you draw crosses on the buns to the pulse.
Draw the crosses,
Draw the crosses.
One a penny, two a penny, Draw the crosses.
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