Presenter Liz Kitchen with songs, rhymes and the story of the house that Jack built.
Suggestions for use in the classroom
Listening for individual sounds
Listen all around: building site. Individual sounds: lorry, saw, hammer.
Rhyme/song
(Tune: Here we go round the mulberry bush)
This is the way we lay the bricks
To make the walls strong and thick.
This is the way we lay the bricks
All day long.
This is the way we saw the wood
Strong and good, strong and good…
This is the way we hammer a nail
Hammer a nail, hammer a nail…
This is the way we clean the glass
Clean the glass, very fast…
Help children mime each action as they join in with the song.
Story - Jack and Jill build a house on the hill
Once upon a building time… Use pictures to introduce the lorry, bricks, wood, tiles for roof, glass window. Encourage children to mime the actions to go with the sound effects.
Follow-up ideas
- Create a building site role play area with off-cuts of wood, boxes, polystyrene ‘blocks’
- Furnish with tools and had hats
- Include role-play print materials: signs saying 'Danger', 'Hard hats must be worn', etc, clipboards, delivery notes.
See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.
Song video: 'This is the way we lay the bricks'
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