Information and guidance
Before using the content
Tell the children that today鈥檚 theme is tadpoles and frogs.
鈥 Share simple ideas about tadpoles and frogs.
鈥 What happens to a tadpole?
鈥 How do they move?
鈥 Where do they live?
鈥 What do they eat?
Movement language
The following vocabulary will be used in the programme:jump, swim, wiggle, waggle, dive, splash, wag, side to side, hop, turn, bounce, blink, boing.
Movement
During today鈥檚 song, the children pretend to be tadpoles swimming, growing and changing in a pond. They begin by wiggling and waggling their 鈥榯adpole鈥 fingers. Then putting both hands together they waggle them from side to side with wriggling fingers for the tadpole鈥檚 tale.
Then the children stand up to follow Steven鈥檚 instructions to hop on the spot, like a baby froglet, crouching down and 鈥榖oinging鈥 up, while taking care not to bump into anyone nearby. They continue to hop on the spot, this time turning as they bounce.
Still crouching, the children lift both hands and spring up, landing gently with hands and feet together on the floor. Finally they find their froggy voices, as they blink their eyes and stick out their froggy tongues, as they make croaky froggy sounds.
Song
Tiny tadpole, tiny tadpole,
Wriggle-wriggle-wriggle-wriggle-wriggle.
Tiny tadpole, tiny tadpole,
Wriggle-wriggle-wriggle-wriggle-wriggle.
Little froglet, little froglet,
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, BOING!
Little froglet, little froglet,
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, BOING!
Frog go this way, frog go that way,
Hop, hop, hop, hop, SPLASH!
Frog go this way, frog go that way,
Hop, hop, hop, hop, SPLASH!
(croaking in time:)
Cro-ak-ak-ak, Cro-ak-ak-ak,
Cro-ak-ak-ak, ak-ak,
Cro-ak-ak-ak, Cro-ak-ak-ak,
Cro-ak-ak-ak, ak-ak鈥
Story: Tadpole tails
The story of Freddy, who lives in a pond in Nigeria with his five brothers. Unfortunately Freddy doesn鈥檛 know what kind of creature he is. He meets various other creatures during his travels with his brothers and eventually discovers his true identity鈥
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