Jump To The Sky

Music

The tempo is the speed of the beat. Listen to the song and ask children to choose two sound sources e.g. body percussion (tap chest), found sound (tap desk or floor) or an instrument - choose one sound source to play the slower sections of the song and another sound source to play the faster sections of the song.

Physical Education/Health

Play the song - create movements to match the words in the song.

Ask children which of the moves made their heart beat faster?

Are there any other jumps that they can think of? E.g. star jump, side jump etc.

Visual Art

Draw or paint a picture of a frog.

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 kind of movements can you spot in the song?

Make different shapes (individually or in groups) e.g. curled, symmetrical, pointy, twisted. The teacher counts back 5,4,3,2,1 FREEZE

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.