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

Suggestions for use in the classroom

Movement
Movement words: hop and skip
Action: Frog jumps

1. Hopping up and down on the spot like a small frog.
2. Making bigger hops for a big frog.
3. Hopping around the space like a bouncy frog.

Encourage the children to show the difference between the quality of their jumps for each type of frog.

Rhyme/song

Froggie went a-courtin’ and he did ride, a-hum, a-hum!
Froggie went a-courtin’ and he did ride, a-hum, a-hum!
Froggie went a-courtin’ and he did ride,
A sword and a pistol by his side.
A-hum! A-hum! A-hum!

He rode up to Miss Mousy’s door, a-hum, a-hum!
He rode up to Miss Mousy’s door, a-hum, a-hum!
He rode up to Miss Mousy’s door,
He’d been there many times before.
A-hum! A-hum! A-hum!

Froggie went a-courtin’ and he did ride, a-hum, a-hum!
Froggie went a-courtin’ and he did ride, a-hum, a-hum!
Froggie went a-courtin’ and he did ride,
With Miss Mousie by his side.
A-hum! A-hum! A-hum!

The children are asked to join in with the repeating refrain:

A-hum, a-hum ahum

Take time to teach the children the words (you can print them off from the website in big lettering). You could make up some of your own actions to the song too. Or ask the children to act it out: galloping along on a horse, knocking at the door, riding along as a pair. One being Froggie and one being Mousie.

Story - Felix Frog makes a splash

Once upon a lily pad time… There is a frog who is frightened of water. One day he overcomes his fear by rescuing one of his baby frog friends!

Joining in words: HOP SKIP, HOP SKIP, HOP SKIP
The children should use their hand to make a small frog hopping across from one knee to the other with the HOP SKIP words.

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

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