Sally Go Round The Sun

Music

Feel the beat. Play the song and 'march on the spot ' and 'clap your hands ' in time to the beat (the steady pulse).

Challenge - sing along and march on the spot to the instrumental version of the song.

Dance

Children form a circle, hold hands and walk in a clock wise direction; change directions for the second verse. This time sing the song in your head and keep the beat with your feet.

Visual Art

Draw or paint a picture of Sally going around the sun or the moon.

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.