Page 2 - Princesses & Knights 2 hour

Set One (45 mins)
1. INTRODUCTION
3-4s: “Hi everyone. Firstly let’s all say thank you to Child’s Name for inviting us to his/her birthday party by giving him/her a great big round of applause! My name is (name of princess you are dressed as or ‘Your Name the Knight’) and today I’m going to teach you all about princesses and knights. Everyone who joins in will get some magic sparkles and a Haribo treat. But before we begin, I’m going to give you a little test to see how much you already know!”
5-6s: “Hi everyone. Firstly let’s all say thank you to Child’s Name for inviting us to his/her birthday party by giving him/her a great big round of applause! My name is Your Name Sparkles and you can remember my name because I have a sparkly magic bag and at the end everyone who joins in will get some magic sparkles and a Haribo treat. Does anyone know who I’m dressed as? That’s because today we’re going to learn all about princesses and knights. But before we begin, I’m going to give you a little test to see how much you already know!”
2. ACTION GAME: ’Princesses and Knights’
Use this game as a chance to introduce the children to the theme and warm them up.
Princesses = pull a muscle pose as you say “I’m strong and brave!”
Brave Knight = move one arm like a sword as you say “I’m coming to the rescue!”
Dragon = say “roarrrrr” with scary hands
Castle = stand up straight, put arms above head, put fingertips together and sing “there is a castle on a cloud” from the song ‘Castle on a Cloud’ from the musical Les Miserables
Fairy godmother = wave magic wand and sing “bibbidi bobbidi boo”
a) “Every time I say ‘princesses’ you have to remember to say, ‘I’m strong and brave’.” Demonstrate the action listed above as you say the words. Then, you say ‘princesses’ and the children pull a muscle pose as they say ‘I’m strong and brave’. Practice several times.
b) One by one add in the rest of the characters/objects listed above. Make sure to mix up the order in which you are saying the character/object names as you teach the game.
c) At first, do all the actions and sounds with the children.
d) When they have got the hang of it, you tell them you are now watching to see if they can be really
clever and remember all of the sounds and actions without your help.
e) Lots of energy!
3. WARM UP DANCE: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
Click on song name to open the video in YouTube.
“Well done everyone! I can tell you already know lots about princesses and knights and so we’re ready to begin the party! The first thing we need to do is warm up our bodies by shaking our sillies out!” Play the track and perform the dance as in the video. Make sure to use lots of energy!
4. GET THE CHILDREN INTO A CIRCLE: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ written 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 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.
5. WISHING SONG: ‘Starlight Starbright’ by Traditional
“Let’s see what I have hiding in my sparkly magic bag today.” Reveal magic wand. “Does anyone know what this is? And what do magic wands do? Today we’re going to use it to wish for things you need to become a real princess or a real knight. You can wish for a tiara, a castle, a horse, a sword or anything else you need to become a real princess or knight. 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.
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