Presenter Liz Kitchen with songs, movement activities and a story.
Suggestions for use in the classroom
Movement
Movement words: jump and stretch
Actions: Pop goes the toaster!
Crouching down low to the floor, waiting for the popping sound, then jumping and stretching high. This sequence is repeated three times. The children should be encouraged to keep listening carefully, anticipating the pop by listening out for the change in the music. Ask them to hold their stretched up high positions, then to relax.
Rhyme/song
Half-a-pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle,
That鈥檚 the way the way the money goes,
POP goes the weasel!
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That鈥檚 the way the money goes,
POP goes the weasel!
Round and round the chestnut tree,
The badger chased the weasel,
They ran and ran and had great fun,
POP goes the weasel!
Up and down the city road,
In and out the steeple,
Round the town and back again,
POP goes the weasel!
Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle,
That鈥檚 the way the way the money goes,
POP goes the weasel!
The children are asked to listen out for the word POP in the song and to jump up high when they hear it. Play the song several times, teaching the children the words to each verse and then sing it all together as a group.
Story - The magic Jack-in-the-box
Once upon a toy making time鈥 Hedgehog Roy makes a magical Jack-in-the-box. When three squirrels come into his shop, he shows the honey coated acorn to them. But one of the squirrels is rather greedy which has disastrous consequences.
Joining in words: BOING BOING BOING
The children should stretch their arms above their head, then swing them down again, emulating the rhythm of the words.
See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.
Song video: 'Pop goes the weasel'
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