Cat Sandion has more songs, rhymes and listening games to join in with and today the story is ‘Pot of Gold.’
Suggestions for classroom use
Listening game:
The listening game focuses on weather sounds: rain; thunder; lightening; wind.
Song: 'I can sing a rainbow'
Children can reach up high to make a rainbow shape with their hands. They can use alternate hands for each colour.
Story time: The Pot of Gold
Once upon a rainbow time… To engage the children, provide a large cooking pot or cauldron. Use pictures to introduce the rainbow, selection of colours, fabric, crayons, pot, cauldron, selection of golden items, coins.
Final song: 'If you’re Happy and you know it'
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, stamp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it, stamp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, stamp your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it, shout “Hurray!”
If you’re happy and you know it, shout “Hurray!”
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, shout “Hurray!”
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three.
Children join in with the appropriate actions.
Follow-up ideas:
- Small group discussion: what did Heather see in the pot? Was it better than gold? Why? What did she learn? What do the children think is best? Why?
- Go for a colour hunt in your outdoor environment. Provide colour strips or swatches (available from DIY stores) encourage the children to look carefully and see if they can finds items to match. A selection of shades of greens, browns, greys are useful for the outdoor focus.
- Can the children reproduce the shades when colour-mixing using various media such as paints, pastels, crayons?
Colour-mixing activities initially using primary colours: to create different shades add white, black paint, provide different sized brushes. - It is also useful to investigate mark-making and colour-mixing in non-permanent ways such as chalking, coloured sand (in salt cellars), wipe clean boards and markers.
- These activities involving small-scale movements will also help to develop fine-motor control and support early writing.
See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.
Song video: 'I can sing a rainbow'
Song video: 'If you're happy and you know it'
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