Page 2 - Pre-school Dance Plans: Autumn

Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Four Autumn Leaves Autumn Time is Coming
Autumn Lesson One: Autumn
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, green, red, yellow and brown leaf laminates, coloured scarves and magic sparkles
Lesson Plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
Play the track and perform actions as in the video. Make sure to use lots of energy! * Running time approx. 2 mins.
2. Stretching and curling: Hedgehogs
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“Hedgehogs are nocturnal which means they go to sleep in the day time and wake up at night time!” Perform the activity as in the video. Below is a summary:
a) The hedgehogs are asleep (sitting with head tucked into knees, arms wrapped around legs and toes pointed).
b) “Alrighthedgehogs,thesunisgoingdownsoit’stimetowakeup!”Theygradually straighten their legs and open their arms out to the side as they wake up (over about 4 counts). Encourage the children to push their knees down to touch the floor.
c) Say “hedgehog spikes” and everyone spreads their fingers wide.
d) Say, “Oh no, there’s an owl. Ahh!” Everyone quickly curls back up to a sleeping
position to hide. The children join in with the “Ahh!”.
e) Whilehiding,askavolunteertodecidewhichanimaltheyshouldhidefromnext.
f) Repeat the activity replacing the owl with the chosen animal.
g) Repeat one more time taking a suggestion from another volunteer.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
3. Travel to Danceland: ‘The Walking Song’ performed by Peter Combe Click activity name to open YouTube video link.
Play the track and perform this activity as shown in the video. The main aim is to get the children walking in time (counting “walk two, three, four” or similar will help with this) and using their bodies in different ways. Towards the end of the song, you can come up with your own ways of moving and/or you can take suggestions from the children.
* 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 acapella:
Let’s make a circle, A circle, a circle. Let’s make a circle, Here today.
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out The Walking Song Four Seasons
The Four Seasons, Autumn Movement One
Props Required
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