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down to the pulse. “If everyone listens well I will put some toys on top.” Place the astronaut soft toy on top and sing:
One toy on the rocket ship, Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. One toy on the rocket ship, Zoom, zoom, zoom.
Add another toy and sing “Two toys on the rocket ship...” Repeat for up to ten toys. Then place as many soft toys and finger puppets as you have (so there are up to about 20 all together) on top and skip to singing “Lots of toys on the rocket ship etc.”. Don’t worry if they fall off. They always do!
7. MUSICAL STATUES: ‘Zardo Zap’ performed by The Wiggles
a) Ask the children if they know the game Musical Statues. Tell them that they’re going to
play a game a little bit like Musical Statues and that if they can beat you to win, you
will give them all a Haribo treat.
b) Explain that they are going to be astronauts and you are going to give them all a
space rock (egg shaker) each.
c) When the music plays they must march their space rocks to the Space Ship
(demonstrate as you tell them). When the music stops it means that the alien is coming! The children must freeze, hide their space rocks behind their backs and be really still and quiet (demonstrate freezing) so the alien doesn't steal their space rocks. “If everyone is really quiet and still when the music stops, you will all win a Haribo treat.”
d) “I am going to turn into the alien every time the music stops.”
e) Give each child a space rock.
f) Play the track. This is your favourite song and so you start doing extremely silly alien
dancing (this should make the children laugh). The children march around the room
and shake their space rocks.
g) You start to hear the space rocks and so you stop the music. The children freeze so
you can’t hear them. You get grumpy because you can’t see or hear anything. You
realise it must be your old age and so play your favourite song again.
h) Repeat several times until you confess that the astronauts have beaten you and
delivered the space rocks to the Space Ship. You cry and say “I want my mummy!”
i) Walk away and when you turn back you are no longer the alien. Tell the children that you’ve turned back into Your Name Sparkles the Astronaut. Congratulate them and
tell them you will give them their Haribo prize before you go home.
8. ACTION SONG OR POEM: ‘Zoom, Zoom, Zoom’ by Traditional
Reveal rocket laminate. “We’re going to use our hands to make our own rocket ship now.”
Sing the song acapella as you do the actions. The children hold the palms of their hands together to make a rocket ship and move them from side to side to the pulse for the first four lines. They walk the fingers of one hand up the arm of the other hand for 'If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocket ship'. They put their hands together to make a rocket ship again for the last two lines before the count down. They hold up the fingers on one hand and hide them away one at a time as they count down. They jump up as high as they can for 'BLAST OFF!' You can watch the actions in the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWw7HuaEpCM
Perform the song three times. First in a normal rocket ship, then in an old, slow rocket ship and then in a super fast rocket ship!
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’ll be there very soon.
If you’d like to take a trip,
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
(spoken) In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BLAST OFF!
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