Food & Eating Level: Key Stage 1 - Introductory

Ten Green Bottles

Holly is singing this song for you!

Two Keeping the Pulse Activities

Mud Pie Chant (tapping the pulse)

This is a rhythmical chant for tapping the pulse on knees while sitting in a circle. You'll need to give a strong lead to model how to do this, making big movements with your own hands.

Of course, making mud pies afterwards is compulsory!

• Two little children, big brown eyes
• Two little children making mud pies
• Muddy little hands and muddy little feet
• Making mud pies is a very special treat
• Pop them in the oven, bake them till they’re brown
• Our mud pies are the best in town
• Ask the other children, 'Won’t you come to tea -
• To eat the finest pies in the whole country?'

Shopping (walking in time, structure)

Before the game starts, set several fruits out on a table (or in a toy shop if you have one). The teacher holds picture cards that match the fruits eg a pear and a picture of a pear (you could have the word written on the back too). This is marching song so encourage walking in time with the words by praising those children who can. Try walking next to those who can't, so they can copy you.

Start every verse with the children looking at you, as you hold up one of the fruit cards. Ask what the fruit is and pass the card to a child who gives the correct reply. All march around the room as you sing the shopping song using sing-song voices. During the song, the child with the card fetches that fruit and puts it into a big bag as everyone shouts PLOP! At the end of the song, wash the fruit well, cut it up and share it out.

• Shopping, shopping in the town
• Walking, walking all around
• Bought a pear from the shop
• Put it in a bag - PLOP!
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• Shopping, shopping in the town
• Walking, walking all around
• Bought an apple from the shop
• Put it in a bag - PLOP!
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