<h3>Here's the Froggy Again!</h3><p>The children can do actions to this little song. If you can use an outdoor space the children can be spread out. In a hall, each child can have a hula-hoop 'water lily' to sit in and do their hopping and jumping. </p>                                                                                                                                    <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>A little frog in the pond am I</li>            <li>Hippety hippety hop</li>            <li>And I can jump in the air so high</li>            <li>Hippety hippety hop</li>    </ul>

<h3>Pass the Animals Round the Ring</h3><p>Everyone sit in a circle. Have several plush animals in front of you, fewer animals than children. First, go through who the animals are: Who is this? ... Yes it's Froggy! The children need to know what each animal is before you begin. Pass an animal to each child, one at a time, ask in a sing-song voice 'Who's got the elephant?' and model how to reply, 'I've got the elephant'. </p><p>Next teach the song a bit at a time, using <em>First Me, Then You.</em> When the song is known, pass one animal to the child on your right, who passes it to the next child, and so on. When you can see that the first animal is moving round, pass another one. If your group is around 15 children you need maybe 7 animals, otherwise you'll find one child holding onto a whole zoo! Before starting each new verse, it helps the children to start all together if you first sing, <em>Ready!</em> on the note you'll begin with. Here are a few favourite characters from my plush animal collection:</p>                                                                                                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Pass the animals round the ring</li>            <li>round the ring</li>            <li>round the ring</li>            <li>Pass the animals round the ring</li>            <li>And then STOP</li>            <li>Teacher: Who&#039;s got the tiger?</li>            <li>Child: I&#039;ve got the tiger</li>    </ul>                                                                <p>This was the children's first attempt. The song quickly became their favourite and they organised it for themselves when I wasn't there!</p>                                                                                                                                                                                

Pass the animals round the ring - Video

<h3>Tommy Tucker's Dog</h3><p>The song is easy to learn if you teach it a step at a time, First me, then you. You have to be up for a challenge to teach the movements, but it's all good fun! (Watch the video first and try the actions out yourself with a partner.)</p><p>When the children know the song reasonably well, put them into pairs and sort out who will cross their hands (this is the tricky bit) and in which direction they will turn. At this point the singing tends to deteriorate and you'll need to do a bit more work on it. Eventually it will all come together and the singing will be good as well as the movements being great fun. There is a 'progressive' version of this game in which each child turns 180 degrees to a new partner after every verse but, unless you are braver than I am, I think you will decide not to try it with this age-group!</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Bow wow woo</li>            <li>Whose dog are you?</li>            <li>Little Tommy Tucker&#039;s Dog</li>            <li>Bow wow woo</li>    </ul>                                                                <p>Here's one of our early attempts!</p>                                                                                                                                                                                <h4>Solo Version</h4><p>You can easily do this game without the children having partners. The children all stand in a space, inside their own hula hoop. The actions are similar to the paired game so that they can transfer readily, at some point, into working with a partner:</p><ul><li>Bow wow woo - clap hands</li><li>Whose dog are you? - point ahead and wag your finger</li><li>Little Tommy Tucker's Dog - turn around</li><li>Bow wow woo - clap hands</li></ul>

Tommy Tucker's dog - Video

<h3>Pass the Animals Round the Ring</h3><p>Everyone sit in a circle. Have several plush animals in front of you, fewer animals than children. First, go through who the animals are: Who is this? ... Yes it's Froggy! The children need to know what each animal is before you begin. Pass an animal to each child, one at a time, ask in a sing-song voice 'Who's got the elephant?' and model how to reply, 'I've got the elephant'. </p><p>Next teach the song a bit at a time, using <em>First Me, Then You.</em> When the song is known, pass one animal to the child on your right, who passes it to the next child, and so on. When you can see that the first animal is moving round, pass another one. If your group is around 15 children you need maybe 7 animals, otherwise you'll find one child holding onto a whole zoo! Before starting each new verse, it helps the children to start all together if you first sing, <em>Ready!</em> on the note you'll begin with. Here are a few favourite characters from my plush animal collection:</p>                                                                    <div class="img img_sml">        <img class="lazy_img" src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/plush_animals.jpg" alt="Plush Animals">    </div>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Pass the animals round the ring</li>            <li>round the ring</li>            <li>round the ring</li>            <li>Pass the animals round the ring</li>            <li>And then STOP</li>            <li>Teacher: Who&#039;s got the tiger?</li>            <li>Child: I&#039;ve got the tiger</li>    </ul>                                                                <p>This was the children's first attempt. The song quickly became their favourite and they organised it for themselves when I wasn't there!</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/382620630?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <h3>Here's the Froggy Again!</h3><p>The children can do actions to this little song. If you can use an outdoor space the children can be spread out. In a hall, each child can have a hula-hoop 'water lily' to sit in and do their hopping and jumping. </p>                                                                <audio class="lazy_av" controls="" controlslist="nodownload">    <source src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/A_Little_Frog.mp3" type="audio/mp3"></source></audio>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>A little frog in the pond am I</li>            <li>Hippety hippety hop</li>            <li>And I can jump in the air so high</li>            <li>Hippety hippety hop</li>    </ul>

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