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Tell the children that today鈥檚 theme is the seaside.
鈥 How many of the children have been to the seaside?
鈥 How did they get there?
鈥 What did they take with them?
鈥 What did they see? What did they do? What did they eat?
Movement languageThe following vocabulary will be used in the programme:digging, splashing, packing, paddling, kneeling, building, listening.
Movement
During today鈥檚 song, the children pretend to be visiting the seaside. They begin by packing a bag to take with them; bending, leaning and stretching as they pack. Standing up, they follow Steven鈥檚 instructions for the journey. They show travelling by making circular 鈥榳heel鈥 movements with their hands by theirsides.
The children arrive at the seaside. On tiptoes they pretend to paddle and dip their feet in the water. Next they pull out the bucket and spade and use their whole body to mime the effort of digging in the sand. Kneeling down they use their hands to build a sandcastle, and fill buckets of water to pour in the moats.
As the waves approach the children stand up, paddling and splashing with their feet, rolling their arms up and over each other like the waves. Finally, as the children sit down they notice a beautiful seashell. They mime looking closely and carefully at its patterns and lifting the shell to their ear and listening to the sounds of the sea, before placing it somewhere safe for later.
Song (tune: 鈥業f you鈥檙e happy and you know it鈥)
We are going to the seaside, yes we are!
We are going to the seaside, yes we are!
We are going to the seaside,
Going to the seaside,
Going to the seaside, yes we are!
We have got a spade and bucket in our bag!
We have got a spade and bucket in our bag!
We have got a spade and bucket
Got a spade and bucket
Got a spade and bucket in our bag!
We are digging, digging, digging in the sand!
We are digging, digging, digging in the sand!
We are digging, digging, digging,
Digging, digging, digging,
Digging, digging, digging in the sand!
We are paddling as the water splashes in!
We are paddling as the water splashes in!
We are paddling as the water
Paddling as the water
Paddling as the water splashes in!
Story: Sandcastle memories
It鈥檚 a rare sunny day and Rory and his family have left the noisy city behind for a day at the beach鈥
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