Ten Little Fingers

Music

Make instrument cards. Ask children to close their eyes. Play the sound of one instrument – can children match the correct photo card to the instrument?

Choose an instrument to play to the beat (the steady pulse) or the rhythm of the song (the short and long sounds that fit over an underlying beat).

Play the song again and this time vary the dynamics (play the instruments loudly, normal or softly) for each verse.

Visual Art

Make hand prints using paint and your hands!

Maths

Ask what comes before and what comes after questions e.g. what comes before 10? 9 What comes after 7? 8

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.