Hop, Hop, Hop

Music

Voices sound different! Listen to the song. What can children tell about the voices they can hear? E.g. children singing, man speaking. Children choose two sources of sounds e.g. body percussion (tongue clucking), instrument or found sound (tap pencil on floor). Choose one sound to play when they hear the man and the other source of sound when they hear the children.

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 "Hop, Hop, Hop" and ask children to suggest ideas for moves to go with each verse.

Children view the video song on YouTube and compare the actions with their own ideas.

Maths

Divide the children into groups of 4 - how many groups of 4 are there in the class? Can the number of children divide evenly into groups of 4 or are there some children left over?

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.