See-Saw, Margery Daw

Music

Feel the rhythm - choose any instrument or found sound (e.g. tap the floor) to play along with the rhythm of the song. The rhythm is the short and long sounds that fit over the underlying beat.

Challenge - sing and play along to the instrumental version of the song.

Dance

Two children sit opposite each other holding hands and placing feet together. Move forwards and backwards in time to the beat.

Drama

You are in a playground what are you going to play on? E.g. a swing, a see-saw, a slide, a roundabout etc. With a partner have turns miming and guessing.

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.