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Musical sounds and a story about King Cole, who is sad because he has lost his crown.

Suggestions for use in the classroom

Listening for individual sounds
Encourage the children to listen to the sounds that Cat plays throughout the episode. Listen carefully, do you know what the sound is? What can you hear? What does it sound like? (musical instrument, recorder, violin) Can you add actions to the sound? How would you play a violin? How would you hold a recorder? Have visual aids for children who might need help with the new language.

Rhyme/song
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there’s none so rare, as can compare,
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Story - Old King Cole
To hold attention and to help engage the children you can show pictures and artefacts, such as a fiddle, King, Queen, crown, Sad emotion card, happy emotion card, dragon etc. On second listening, encourage the children to retell the story using the props to help with the story sequence.

Comprehension questions after story
Why was the King sad? How did the Queen try and cheer him up? Who did the King think stole his crown? Who did he ask about his crown? Who had the king’s crown? How did the king feel at the end of the story?

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

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