To dance a story

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Giant Turnip

﻿Hello, children! Miss Brittain here with my friend Cedric for your fourth lesson of the unit. Now, in the last lesson I left you with a riddle. Let's remind ourselves of what it is. My colour is yellow, I grow on trees, I'm a popular food with apes and monkeys. Cedric, do you think you have an idea? Cedric thinks he has an idea. Do you have an idea, children? It's a fruit, it's yellow, it grows on trees, and monkeys and apes love it. Can you shout at the screen what you think it is? That's right! It's a banana! Well done, Cedric. We're going to give ourselves, if you'd like to, a firework chair. I'll show you first and then you can join in afterwards. Firework chair, are you ready Cedric? Would you like to join in this time? Well done, children. Our learning objective today is to dance the story and that means we're going to be deepening our understanding of our story through dance and using actions. Now, action is one of the building blocks that great writers and storytellers use to tell and write amazing stories. Today's nursery rhyme is a new one and it's called Hickory Dickory Dock! And it's all about a mouse just like the one in our story. Are we ready for our nursery rhyme? It goes like this. Get your arm ready. "Hickory dickory dock." Will you be my mouse, Cedric? "The mouse ran up the clock, the clock struck one, the mouse ran down, hickory dickory dock." Can you join in now, children? "Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock, the clock struck one, the mouse ran down, hickory dickory dock." Okay, to recap the story today we're going to do a quick step of the story. And I'm going to focus on action because that's what we're going to be focusing on. So, I'm going to step the story. If you want to stick with me all the way through that's absolutely fine. But if the sections of the story that you think you can step yourself, feel free to pause the video at any time and have a go. Okay, so the first step. Farmer, farm house, family, planting. Farmer, turnip, pull. Wife, turnip, heave. Jack, turnip, pull. Who came after Jack? Can you do the next step by yourself? Pause the video now and have a go. Jill, turnip, heave. Sheepdog, turnip, grab. Mouse, turnip, pow! Turnip for tea. Okay, now it's time to dance our story. So let's have a little think about the kind of moves that the farmer does throughout our story. And all of the other characters too. So, now it's time to dance our story. And that means putting actions to it. So let's have a little think about what actions happen throughout my story. If I go back to the very beginning, and you can use your story map here to help you, what's the first action that happens? What's the first action that happens? Can you tell your screen what's the first action that happens? That's right, it's planting! So, if you'd like to join in with me, I'm going to do this action for planting. And what I'm going to do- Planting, planting, planting, planting. See if you can join in with me. Now, if you've got your own action that's brilliant as well. Planting, planting, planting, planting. Fantastic! Hmm, what happens next? What does the farmer do next? Well, he waits. He waits. And I might tap my watch or you might drum your fingers. I'm going to tap my watch. You can come up with your own action or you can do the same as me. And we're going to repeat waiting. Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Planting, planting, planting, planting. Okay. The turnip doesn't come up. The farmer's a bit confused. So he shakes his head. Head shaking, head shaking. Can you do that one with me? Shaking, shaking, shaking, shaking. Shaking, shaking, shaking, shaking. How did you find that? How are you finding these actions, so far? Okay, what comes next? Well, it doesn't work so he calls to his wife for help. So he waves. Waving. Can you do it with me? Waving, waving, waving, waving. Planting, planting, planting, planting. Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Shaking, shaking, shaking, shaking. Waving, waving, waving, waving. Okay, then the next thing that happens is they pull! So can you show me a pulling action? You can do the same as me, you can pause the video here and have a go at one of your own and then join us again. For pulling, I'm going to get my arms ready as if I'm holding the top of something and I'm going to do pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling. I might do two on this side and two on that side. Pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling. Can you show me your pulling action? Pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling. Okay then, after pulling, after lots of pulling, the next thing that happens is that the turnip pops out! I love this action. Popping, popping, popping, popping. Can you have a go at that one? Or one of your own actions for popping. It's okay to have different ideas. Popping, popping, popping, popping. Planting, planting, planting, planting. Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. Shaking, shaking, shaking, shaking. Calling, calling, calling, calling. Are you ready for popping? I love this one. Popping, popping, popping, popping. Okay, when the turnip pops out they all tumble to the ground. Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling. What action could we do for tumbling? Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling. You might think of your own. Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling. Then, the wife chops it up for tea. Chopping, chopping, chopping, chopping. Chopping, chopping, chopping, chopping. Then she stirs it in a pot. You ready? Stirring, stirring, stirring, stirring. You could do two hands at once if you wanted to. Stirring, stirring, stirring, stirring. And then finally, what do they all do? The last action! They eat it! Can you have a go at showing me an action for eating? Eating, eating, eating, eating. You could chose any that you like. I'm going to quickly call some out and we'll try and remember the actions for them. Are you ready? Pulling! Pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling. My favourite one! Popping, popping, popping, popping. Stirring. Stirring, stirring, stirring, stirring. Now, pause the video here and have a go at your favourite action! Okay, so now we've thought of some actions. And you might have your own and that's absolutely fine, and well done if you've had a go at creating your own. I'd like us to put our actions into a song. And the song goes like this. "A farmer planted a turnip, a turnip, a turnip. A farmer planted a turnip and it grew very big." You might do a different action for planting. You might do this action. Or you might have come up with your own. Let's sing that one again with your planting action. "A farmer planted a turnip, a turnip, a turnip. A farmer planted a turnip and it grew very big." Okay, the next bit is where the farmer pulls the turnip up. And my action for pulling was this one. You can do your own action for pulling, you might think of something different. It might be like this. So, you can come up with your own action or use the same as me. And the next verse goes like this. "He pulled at the turnip, heave, heave-ho. Heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho. He pulled at the turnip, heave, heave-ho, but he couldn't pull it up." Our action for pulling was this one. You might think of a different action for pulling. You might do pulling like this and that's absolutely fine. So the next verse of the song goes "He pulled at the turnip, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho. He pulled at the turnip, heave, heave-ho, but he couldn't pull it up." I'm going to repeat that verse with the other characters. Now, I'm going to sing along with the wife and up to Jack and then maybe you can have a go at carrying on with the other characters. "His wife came along, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho. His wife came alone, heaven heave-ho, but they couldn't pull it up." Who came along next? It was Jack. "Jack came along, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho. Jack came along, heave, heave-ho, but they couldn't pull it up." And then it was Jill. "Jill came along, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho, heave, heave-ho. Jill came alone, heave, heave-ho, but they couldn't pull it up." Pause the video now and have a go at carrying on with the other characters and trying your new actions for the dog and the mouse. If you managed to give that a go, well done! Don't worry if you didn't and you feel like you want to have a go at that later, that is fine too. Let's sing the last bit of the song together. So, that is where the turnip pops free. One of my favourite bits in the story! And we're going to sing the song like this! "They all worked together, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull. They all worked together, pull, pull, pull, and the turnip popping free." I love that action. "They all worked together, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull. They all worked together, pull, pull, pull, and the turnip popped free." And the final bit of our story that we're going to dance is where the wife chops the turnip. "Farmer's wife chops the turnip, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop. Farmer's wife chops the turnip, chop, chop, chop, and they had it for their tea." If you feel like you'd like to practise your dance moves a little bit more or think of some new dance moves for the song, you can always rewind the video. I wonder if you're feeling super tired from doing all those actions and movements. I know I am. I think I need to stretch my body out. So, I'm going to stretch all the way up, just like the shoots in our story, as high as I can, and then I'm going to stretch all the way down, just like the roots in our story. And then I'm going to stretch forward, as if I'm grabbing somebody to pull them. And stretch all the way back, as if I am pulling them. And then finally, I'm just going to circle my arms, as if I'm stirring the pot of turnip stew. I really hope you enjoyed today's lesson! And learned some new dance moves that's going to help you remember the story. My favourite action has got to be when the turnip pops out of the ground. I just love that action. Can you tell your teddy top hat what your favourite action was? Before tomorrow's lesson, you might like to practise the song with a parent, or a carer, or a friend, and show them the actions. You could even put on your own show! Remember, if you'd like to you can share your work by asking your parent or carer to do so. And then I can see all the brilliant things that you've been doing too! See you in the next lesson, children!

To dance a story

To dance a story

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Literacy