Information and guidance
Before using the content
Tell the children that today鈥檚 theme is donkeys and that they will pretend to be a donkey during the programme.
鈥 Have any of the children ever seen a donkey? What do they remember about it?
鈥 Do they know what sounds a donkey makes? Or what donkeys like to eat?
鈥 Have any of them ever been for a ride on a donkey - perhaps at the seaside?
Movement language
The following vocabulary will be used in the programme: wiggle, waggle, clip, clop, high, *low, tip-toe, forwards, backwards, flip, flap, flop, sniff, munch.
Movement
During today鈥檚 programme the children pretend to move like a donkey. They make donkey ears, by wiggling and waggling their hands above their head and then use their arms to be front hooves.
They hold their hands up high to 鈥榗lip鈥, down low to 鈥榗lop鈥 and for the medium sounds they place them midway in front of their 鈥榙onkey鈥檚 nose鈥.
The children stand up on their 鈥榖ack hooves鈥, moving forwards and backwards on tip-toe. As they join in with the 鈥楥lippety clop鈥 game they move forwards and backwards on their tiptoes, and use their hands to wiggle and waggle their donkey ears.
Following Steven鈥檚 instructions they think about the front of the donkey with a nose that 鈥榮niffs鈥 and the back of the donkey - with a tail that flips, flaps, flops - and they add these actions to the other donkey movements.
Finally the children think about the donkey鈥檚 mouth - which can 鈥榟ee-haw鈥 and eat - so that with the music they can add munching and crunching to the previous donkey movements. Encourage strong, straight arms at all times.
Song
Donkey, Donkey don鈥檛 you stop
Just let your feet go clippety-clop!
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Now let your ears go wiggle-waggle-wiggle!
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Next let your nose go sniff, sniff, sniff!
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Donkey, Donkey don鈥檛 you stop
Now let your tail go flip, flap, flop!
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Next it鈥檚 time for Donkey鈥檚 lunch!
(Hee-hee-haw! Hee-hee-haw!)
Munch an apple, crunch, crunch, crunch!
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Story: No one talks to a donkey
In a village in India a Little Grey Donkey works very hard. He meets some other animals as he walks along the road, but they are all too busy to talk to him. Finally he meets a little girl who makes him very happy.
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