My Mum Loves To Rock And Roll

Music

Listen to the song. Children choose found sounds (ideas from the environment), body percussion, or instruments to match the style of the music e.g. rock and roll (drums or tap chest), disco (maracas or homemade shakers), Charleston (tambourine or click fingers), waltz (rhythm sticks or tap desk), hip hop (wood block or stamp feet).

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?

Visual Art

Draw or paint a picture of you doing your favourite dance!

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.