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Autumn Lesson nine: Halloween two
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Sleeping Monsters Tiny Monsters
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out Colonel Hathi’s March Monster Mash
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, pumpkin laminate and magic sparkles
Lesson Plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles See autumn lesson one. Make sure to use lots of energy!
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
2. Stretching and curling: Hedgehogs See autumn lesson one.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
3. Travel to Danceland: ‘Colonel Hathi’s March’ performed by Disney Studio Chorus & J. Pat O’Malley
See autumn lesson six.
* 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 autumn lesson one.
“Did anyone dress up for Halloween? I dressed up as a crocodile!” Ask a volunteer to tell you what they dressed up as for Halloween. The group then mimes putting on the costume and ‘being’ the character. Repeat three or four times, with a different volunteer each time.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
5. Fine Motor Skills: Pumpkin Pie See autumn lesson eight.
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
6. Choreographed Dance: ‘Monster Mash’ performed by Bobby Pickett See autumn lesson eight.
* Running time approx. 5 mins.
7. Action Song: ‘Sleeping Monsters’ (tune of ‘Sleeping Bunnies’, traditional)
Tell all the little monsters to lie down and go to sleep. Sing the song acapella. When you say, ‘wake up little monsters!’, the children wake up and move around the room, roaring like monsters. After the first verse, tell the children you will be singing about lots of different Halloween creatures and that they must listen to the words and think carefully about how each creature moves.
(gently) See the monsters sleeping, ‘till it’s nearly noon. Shall we wake them with a SPOOKY tune?
They’re so still! Are they ill?
(spoken) Wake up little monsters!
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