Punchinello

Music

Feel the beat (the steady pulse). Children choose a percussion instrument or a body percussion sound e.g. slap knees, clap hands to play along to the beat of the song.

Drama

Use props, face paint or make up to turn yourself into a clown.

Dance

Children join hands in a circle and dance in a clockwise direction. A “Punchinello” in the middle of the circle chooses what actions to do for children to copy; Punchinello then closes eyes, points a finger, turns around until the end of the verse to choose another “Punchinello”. Keep repeating the song as many times as you like.

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

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.