Do Your Chores

Music

Divide the children into two groups and allocate music sounds e.g. body percussion (e.g. slap thigh), found sound (e.g. tap pencil on desk or floor) or instruments (e.g. maracas) - one group plays along with the vocals in the song and the other group plays along with the instrumental music in the song. Play the song again and swap.

Drama

Guess the time? Listen to the song. Mime one of the actions - can children remember the time that suits the action?

Dance

What is a locomotor move? A movement in which the body travels across space (running, creeping, rolling). What is a non-locomotor move? A movement in which the body remains anchored to one spot by a body part (for example, bending, twisting, stretching) - what kinds of movements can you spot in the song?

Listen to "Do Your Chores" and ask children to suggest ideas for moves to go with each verse.

Watch the video song and compare the actions with their own ideas.

Challenge - play the instrumental version of the song and match the moves!

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.