Today Cat Sandion is exploring different seaside sounds and the story is about Tom's day out at the seaside.
Introduction
Key vocabulary: sea, beach, waves, seagulls, sun cream, sandcastle, moat, bucket, spade, ice-cream, fish and chips, t-shirt, shorts, sandals, funfair, donkeys.
Sound discrimination: traffic sounds, horns honking, watery sounds, waves crashing, beach sounds, seagull screeching, digging sounds.
Cat invites the listeners to identify where they can hear the sounds? Cat then encourages the children to imagine that it is a beautiful day at the seaside and that they are applying suncream, digging in the sand, making sandcastles and eating ice-cream.
Rhyme 鈥 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive鈥
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then I let him go again.
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so
Which finger did he bite?
This little finger on my right!
Story time: At the seaside
Once upon a holiday time鈥 If possible have a suitcase with some holiday items, sandals, t-shirt shorts, sun cream, sun hat, bucket, spade, to aid vocabulary and focus attention. These will also aid any additional retelling and sequencing activities. Perhaps you will see a big ship at the seaside?
Final song 鈥 The big ship sails on the ally ally-oh
The big ship sails on the ally ally-oh
The ally ally-oh
The ally ally-oh
The big ship sails on the ally ally-oh
On the last day of September!
Climb the rigging!
Climb the rigging!
Climb the rigging!
Climb the rigging!
The captain said it would never never do
Never never do
The captain said it would never never do
On the last day of September!
Salute the captain!
Salute the captain!
Salute the captain!
Atteeeeention!
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September!
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
The deep blue sea
The deep blue sea
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September!
Help the children to clap with a steady beat. Once they are familiar with the song they could try the traditional game (it works best if adults are Arch and Leader).
Verse 1: they hold hands in a long line. The child at the end (Arch) holds one hand against a wall to make an arch; the child at the other end is Leader. As they sing the first verse (repeating as often as necessary), Leader leads the line through the Arch. When Arch goes under his or her own arm, he or she twists round with arms crossed. Leader then takes the line through the arch formed between Arch and his or her partner, and so on. This continues until all the children have twisted round and crossed arms. Leader then crosses arms and joins hands with Arch to form a ring.
Verse 2: everyone shakes their head.
Verse 3: everyone slowly bends knees and sinks to the floor, ending up falling flat.
Song video: 'The big ship sails'
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