EYFS: Wiggle Waggle - Ring-a-ring-a-roses

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Presenter Liz Kitchen with songs, movement activities and a story.

Movement
Movement words: circles and lines
Action: the beam of a lighthouse

1. The children put their arms straight out in front, parallel to each other, to make the beam; then slowly walk round in their own circle to the music.
2. Repeat but turning in the opposite direction.
3. As above. If you can find a picture of a lighthouse, it might be helpful to show that to the children before this programme. Explaining what a lighthouse is for and where you find them. You could try this with one child in the middle of a big circle, being the lighthouse.

Rhyme/song

Ring-a-ring-a-roses
A pocket full of posies
A-tishoo, a-tishoo
We all fall down.

Fishes in the water
Fishes in the sea
We all jump up
With a one, two, three.

Ring-a-ring-a-roses
A pocket full of posies
A-tishoo, a-tishoo
We all fall down.

This is a very lyrical slow tempo version of this song, keeping in the mood of the blinking lighthouse beam. The children can sing along, walking round in a small circle, or skipping. They should follow the words: Ring-a-ring-a-roses – walk/skip in a circle, then falling down. We all jump up – jump up.

Story - Rosie’s lighthouse

Once upon a seaside time… A girl called Rosie visits her uncle Tom who is a lighthouse keeper. One day the lighthouse light goes out and Rosie’s talent for circle dancing becomes very important.

Joining in words: ROUND AND ROUND, ROUND AND ROUND, ROUND AND ROUND
The children should draw a slow circle with their finger through the air, following the rhythm of the words.

See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.

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