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Term One Lesson Thirteen: Being Healthy
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Chop, Chop
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, fruit salad 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: 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 fruit salad laminate. Ask the children the following questions.
a) “What is in this picture? Which fruits can you see in the picture?”
b) “We eat fruit to help us feel healthy, happy and strong. Let’s all eat some fruit salad now!” Everyone mimes eating fruit salad. Rub tummy and say “mmm,
delicious!”
c) “To be healthy we also need to keep nice and clean.” Everyone acts out washing
themselves in the bath.
d) “Exercise also helps us to be healthy, big and strong. There are lots of kinds of
exercise like swimming, running, bike riding and playing football. Put your hand up if you would like to tell everyone your favourite type of exercise.” Choose a volunteer to answer. 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: ‘Chop, Chop’ (traditional)
a) “We’re going to make a healthy vegetable soup. First we need a giant bowl.” Mime
taking out a giant bowl and the children should naturally copy you. Ask a volunteer
to suggest a vegetable to include.
b) “Now we need to chop up our vegetable!” Make your left hand the chopping board
(flat palm facing up). Mime placing the suggested vegetable on top of the chopping board. On the first, second and fourth lines of the rhyme, use your right hand to chop the vegetable to the pulse. On the third line (“What we have left...”), brush the chopped-up vegetable into the bowl to the pulse. During the final section (“Stir it round”), make a stirring action to the pulse. Have a taste. “I think we need more vegetables! Ask a volunteer to suggest another vegetable to include.
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).
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out I Like to Move It
Props Required
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