To Market, To Market

Music

Partner up with a friend. Play the song and pat each other's hands in time to the beat (the steady pulse) of the song.

Play the song again and pat each other's hands in time to the rhythm (short and long sounds that fit over an underlying beat) of the song.

Use dynamics as variety e.g. tap each other's hands loudly or softly.

Visual Art

Draw or paint a picture of a pig.

Drama

You wake up and find out you are a pig... tell your story and act it out!

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.