3 Birds

Music

Intro: When you hear the numbers show your fingers to count along.

Children choose a percussion instrument or use a found sound e.g. tap the floor, plastic bottles with fillers like rice, small pebbles, lentils etc.

The teacher uses a puppet, when the puppet is facing the children they play along to the rhythm (short and long sounds that fit over an underlying beat) of the song; when the puppet is hidden behind the teacher's back the children stop playing.

Maths

Ask children to put their hands behind their back and say "show me three fingers?"

Write the number 3

Write the word - three

Draw three objects

Dance

Explore the movements of a bird and build a dance vocabulary e.g. flapping, flying, lightly, pecking etc.

Optional - use dancing scarves.

Teacher beats a drum or claps hand, children show a crab move, when the teacher changes the tempo (the speed of the beat) children change their bird move.

Children need to be aware of their own 'space bubble.'

Visual Art

Ask children to close their eyes and imagine three birds. What do they like? Are they all the same? Are they big birds or little birds?

Draw or paint three birds.

Literacy

Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"

Print out the song PDF

Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.

Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.

Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,

Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).

Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.

Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.