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Summer Lesson Twelve: In the Jungle
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Down in the Jungle The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out Indiana Jones (Main Theme) The Monkey Dance
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, crocodile hand puppet, parachute and magic sparkles,
Lesson Plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles See summer lesson one. Make sure to use lots of energy!
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
2. Stretching and curling: Moody Cat See summer lesson one.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
3. Travel to Danceland: ‘Indiana Jones (Main Theme)’ performed by Richard Hayman & The Philharmonic Rock Orchestra
See summer lesson 10.
* Running time approx. 4 mins.
4. Introduce the theme: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ written by Anne Porter Without speaking, get the children into a circle by singing ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ as in summer lesson one.
Tell the children that today they will be learning about the jungle. Ask a volunteer to name an animal that can be found in the jungle (e.g. lion, parrot, tiger, gorilla, sloth and snake etc.). Everyone sings a verse of the ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ song, altering the lyrics to be about the chosen animal (e.g. ‘Let’s be a lion, a lion, a lion...’) and uses upper body to pretend to be the chosen animal whilst sitting. Repeat several times.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
5. Fine motor skills: ‘Five Little Crocs’ (adapted from ‘Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day’, traditional)
Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
Say the rhyme and do the actions as seen in the video. Put the crocodile puppet on your LH and hide it behind your back. Hold up five fingers of RH to be the little crocs.
Five little crocs went swimming one day, (move hand with five fingers side to side) Swishing their tails along the way, (big swishing action with arm)
The daddy croc said, ‘SNAP, SNAP, SNAP, SNAP’, (reveal croc on first ‘SNAP’ and hide away again after the fourth)
But only four little crocs came back. (hide one finger) One, two, three, four. (count remaining fingers)
Four little crocs... Three...
Two...
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