Page 15 - Pre-school Summer Dance Plans

Repeat the rhyme again walking left pointer finger up right arm for the first line. Repeat again walking right and left pointer fingers up opposing arms simultaneously (so you have two caterpillars) for the first line. Encourage the children to help you say the words on the final repeat.
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
6. Choreographed dance: ‘Caterpillar Conga’ performed by Tim Russ & Jedda Roskilly
Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
Reveal an egg shaker. Explain to the children that they will each get one but that they must practise with an imaginary egg shaker first. Tell them if they listen well they will all get one. Teach the tricky moves first, then hand each child an egg shaker, play the track and perform the dance all together, using the choreography from the video.
*Running time approx. 5 mins.
7. Action song: ‘There’s a Tiny a Caterpillar on a Leaf’ (tune of ‘She’ll be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain’, traditional)
Ask the children to stand up and perform all four verses of the song using the actions below.
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf. (wiggle RH pointer on LH palm) Wiggle, wiggle, (wiggle whole body)
There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf. (as before)
Wiggle, wiggle. (as before)
There's a tiny caterpillar, a tiny caterpillar, (wiggle RH pointer on LH palm) There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf. (as before)
Wiggle, wiggle. (as before)
“Does anyone know what caterpillars eat?”
He will eat the leaves around him till he's full. (mime eating to pulse) Yum, yum!, (rub tummy twice)
He will eat the leaves around him till he's full. (as before)
Yum, yum!, (as before)
He will eat the leaves around him, eat the leaves around him, (mime eating to pulse) He will eat the leaves around him till he’s full (as before)
Yum, yum!, (as before)
“Does anyone know the name of the home the caterpillar builds to sleep in while he turns into a butterfly?”
A cocoon is what he's spinning for his home. (stand still) Spin, spin... (fast roly poly hands)
“And what does he turn into?”
He will be a butterfly and fly like this. (stand still) Flap, flap... (flap arms twice)
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
8. Working with Props: ‘Miroirs: I. Noctuelles - Le Papillons Noirs’ performed by Peter Schmalfuss
Hand each child a coloured scarf, play the track and lead them in the following activities:
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