Five Little Men

Music

Listen to the song. What instrument can you hear? Guitar. What instrument can you hear in between the verses? A slide whistle

Make your own guitar out of a tissue box, card board roll and rubber bands and play along to the song.

Maths

Count down from 5 e.g. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Ask what comes before 4? 3 What comes after 4? 5 What comes before 2? 1 What comes after 2? 3

Drama

Mime the actions to the song with a cast of 5. What costumes or props can you make to enhance the performance? E.g. big floppy hats or big cardboard hats, capes etc.

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.