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Learning Block 1: How are we the

same? How are we different?
Activity 1: Learning our names

Circle greetings
Introduce actions to your morning greeting routine, with the following rhyme, sung to the rhythm of
‘This is the way we brush our teeth’. Sing the words while the children clap along:
How shall we say hello today? Hello today. Hello today.
How shall we say hello today? Who will show the way?

Name a child. Then sing the following, using their name. For example:
Peter, can you show the way. Show the way. Show the way.
Peter, can you show the way, to say hello today.

Then, sing one of the following action rhymes (or make up your own) for the chosen child to
perform. Model the actions along with them, doing these slowly until children are accustomed to
the movements. For example:
Wiggle your fingers. Shake your feet. Stretch your arms. Clap to the beat.
Wiggle your fingers. Shake your feet. Stretch your arms. Clap to the beat.
It’s good to meet!

Other actions might include:

Stand up, sit down. Wave your arms. Nod your head. Touch your palms.
Stand up, sit down. Wave your arms. Nod your head. Touch your palms.
It’s good to meet!

Lean to the front. Lean to the side. Touch your nose. Blink your eyes.
Lean to the front. Lean to the side. Touch your nose. Blink your eyes.
It’s good to meet!

Name train song

Children can sing/chant the song as they move carefully together in a line:

(sung to ‘The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!)’ from the musical, Calamity Jane’)

Oh our little name train is rolling on through the hills – choo choo!
With <name of leader> leading us carefully on our way
A beautiful sky, a wonderful day
Choo choo away, choo-choo away, choo-choo away.

Oh our little name train is rolling on through the hills – choo choo!
With <name the next child in the line> riding carefully along the way
A beautiful sky, a wonderful day
Choo choo away, choo-choo away, choo-choo away.
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Activity 2: Learning the parts of our body

Body parts game board

Leg Head Arm

START

Card
Foot Leg

Hand Hand

ad Arm Head Foot Leg Arm

Card
Leg

Hand

eg Arm
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Activity 3: Exploring hands and feet

Hands and feet song

Gather the children in a circle. Then sing the following.

We have hands and feet  (Children can clap and stamp to the first verse)
Two of each,
To help us work and play.

We have fingers and toes, (Children wiggle fingers and toes)

In neat little rows,
To help us work and play.

(Repeat the first and second verse, then continue with…)

We can… (add in an action that relates to hands and feet that childrencan perform.
You could link this to a daily sequence, such as jumping out of bed,
brushing teeth, washing face, eating breakfast, walking to school,
painting a picture, writing our name, running in the playground,
kicking a ball and so on)

We can jump out of bed – jump, jump, jump

We can jump out of bed – jump, jump, jump

We can brush our teeth – brush, brush, brush

We can brush our teeth – brush, brush, brush

We can wash our face – wash, wash, wash

We can wash our face – wash, wash, wash
There are lots of things,
That we can do,
So, let’s have a round of applause! (Everyone claps their hands)

(Then repeat the first and second verse, and then

explore three more actions with hands and feet.)
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Twister game
A fun balancing game that children can play in small groups.

First, create a three-by-three play mat using large sheets of sugar paper. Have a shape drawn in each
space. Tape this on top of PE mats so that there is a soft surface underneath.

Have one child stand on one of the middle outside squares. Then another child can spin a spinner
which has the shapes displayed on it. A third child can spin another spinner with a hand and foot
symbol on it to get a hand or foot result.

Spinner 1 Spinner 2

The child on the play mat then has to place either a hand or foot (depending on what was shown on
the spinner) on the shape that was called out.(For example, hand on square, foot on circle, and so on.)

The game continues with the children spinning for a new shape and a hand or foot command. The
child on the play mat must continue to move a foot or hand each time, to touch the next shape that
was mentioned. If they lose their balance then they are out and another child can take a turn.

How many spins can they last before they lose their balance?
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Activity 5: Exploring our feelings

Emotion puppets

Happy Sad

Angry Worried
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Learning Block 3: My family and me

Activity 1: My family

Family finger song

Daddy finger, daddy finger, where are you? (Start with hand clenched tight)
Here I am, here I am (Raise thumb)
How do you do?

Mommy finger, mommy finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am (Raise first finger)
How do you do?

Brother finger, brother finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am (Raise middle finger)
How do you do?

Sister finger, sister finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am  (Raise third finger)
How do you do?

Baby finger, baby finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am  (Raise little finger)
How do you do?

We are a family, waving hello  (Wave hand)

Here we are, here we are
How do you do?
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Activity 4: Planning a birthday party

Listen to the month game

Sing the following listen-and-respond song:

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,

Listen to the month I say.
If you were born in… (insert a month),
Then jump up and say ‘Yay!’.

Children can dance and clap their hands.

When their month is called out, they can jump up into the air with their arms outstretched
and call ‘yay!’.

Repeat the song, moving through the months of the year. Don’t worry if you have months where
there are no birthdays – it will still be fun to see if children can be caught out, and encourages them
to listen out for their own birthday month to be called.
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Learning Block 4: Looking after

myself and others
Activity 1: Washing my hands

Messy hands song

Sing the following action song with the children, encouraging them to join in with the actions.

I’ve got mud on my hands, what am I gonna do?  (Wave hands in the air)
I’ve got mud on my hands, what am I gonna do?  (Wave hands in the air)
I better rub, I better scrub, I better wash that mud away.  (Pretend to wash hands)
Hey, now we can play!  (Put thumbs in the air)
Oh wait…  (Open hands and look at palms)

Now, I’ve got paint on my hands, what am I gonna do?

I’ve got paint on my hands, what am I gonna do?
I better rub, I better scrub, I better wash that paint away.
Hey, now we can play!
Oh wait…

Now, I’ve got food on my hands, what am I gonna do?

I’ve got food on my hands, what am I gonna do?
I better rub, I better scrub, I better wash that food away.
Hey, now we can play!
Hooray!

Repeat the verse as many times as you like, adding in other things that can make hands dirty, such
as clay, sand, dust, glue, soil, chalk and so on. Then finish your song with a final hooray – and give
everyone a round of applause for having clean, healthy hands!
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Activity 2: Brushing my teeth

Brush our teeth song

Brush our teeth. Brush our teeth,  (move your brush from side to side)
Brushing twice a day.
Round and round, and round we go, (make circular motions with your brush)
Brushing the right way.

Brush our teeth. Brush our teeth,  (move your brush from side to side)
Brushing twice a day.
Up and down, and back we go, (move brush up and down, then after ‘back we go’
open mouthwide and pretend to do back teeth)
Brushing the right way.  (move your brush from side to side)
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Activity 4: We can be friends

Friendship scenarios

It’s not fair!

I want to play
with that toy!
This is my
favourite toy.
I love to play
with it.

I feel sad. I never

have any friends
to play with.

Hooray! It’s
playtime. I love
playing games
with my friends!

The other children

call me names and
make me cry.

Sophie is
always crying.
I wonder why.

It’s my first day.

I am worried.

I get shy talking

to new people.
Hope they don’t
talk to me!
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Activity 5: We can learn and play together

We are a family song

In a circle, begin with everyone moving in the same direction:

We learn together, you and me

You and me
You and me,
We learn together, you and me
We’re a happy family.

Then instruct the children to change direction for the next verse.

We play together, you and me

You and me
You and me,
We play together, you and me
We’re a happy family.

Continue the song by adding in something that you do together as a class (for example, sing, dance,
paint, draw etc.). Change the direction of movement each time.
Then, standing still and clapping hands, sing the following verse:

Who’s in the family, say their name

Say their name
Say their name
Who’s in the family, say their name
It begins with the letter…

Choose the first letter of one of the children’s names. Have the children in the circle say the name
of the child. Invite the named child to stand in the middle of the circle. The other children link hands
again and move in one direction as you sing:

<Child’s name> is in the family,

The family,
The family
<Child’s name> is in the family,
Just like you and me.

Then stop and clap hands again, repeating the naming verse:

Who’s in the family, say their name

Say their name
Say their name
Who’s in the family, say their name
It begins with the letter…

Let the child in the middle of the circle choose a letter of a child’s name. Assist them if necessary.
Then the children swap places and the song continues. Try and ensure that every child gets a chance
to stand in the middle of the circle. If there is more than one child with the same starting initial, then
prompt the naming child to pick who it is they want to swap places with.
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