STAGE 0 / LESSON 8: ANIMAL TIME
Vocabulary: Dog, Fish, Mouse, Lion
Big/Small, Loud/Quiet, Slow/Fast
Phrases: The lion is loud. The mouse is quiet. The elephant is big. The mouse is small.
LESSON PLAN
Song: Say Hello to the Animals
1. Show the dog flashcard. Teach “dog”. Teach “woof woof woof” with the paws gesture.
2. Show the fish flashcard. Teach “fish”. Point to the fin, and put your hands together on top of your head like a shark fin. Teach the fish sound by making a popping sound with your lips "pop pop pop"
3. Show the mouse flashcard. Teach “mouse”. Point to the mouse ears, teach "ears / big ears". Cup your hands into mouse ears on your head. Teach “squeak squeak squeak”.
4. Show the lion flashcard. Teach “lion”. Put your hands up like claws. Teach “grrrrrrr”.
5. Talk through the song slowly. To gesture “I”, put your hand on your chest. “I say hello (wave hello) to the dog (gesture dog) woof woof woof”.
6. Sing the song.
LESSON WORKSHEETS
ACTIVITY: Animal Finger Puppets
You can buy animal finger puppets easily on the internet. Teach the names of a selection of the puppets before you hand them out to the students.
1. Say “where is the rabbit?” Students look around for the rabbit. The student who has the rabbit holds it up and everyone says “hello rabbit”. Repeat for all the animals.
2. Call out some actions.
“Animals up”.
“Animals down.”
“Bye bye”. Put the fingerpuppet behind your back.
“Hello”. Bring the fingerpuppet back.
“Animals on your… head. Animals on your…knee”. Repeat for several body parts (head, ear, shoulder, tummy, leg, knee, foot).
3. More actions. Use the phrase “Can you…”
“Can you dance?”
“Can you jump?”
“Can you run?”
4. Ask animals “how are you?” Teacher models this with their own finger puppet.
a) Face the puppet and say “how are you” to the puppet, while tapping it on the nose.
b) Have students do the same. Teacher’s puppet answers “I’m hungry.”
c) Teacher says “Oh! Are you hungry? Here you go!”
d) Teacher holds out hand and puppet eats from it. Students do the same.
e) Ask again "how are you?" “I’m sleepy”. Teacher says “the animals are sleepy!”
Put the animals on the floor, and stroke them as they go to sleep. If you wish, you can sing "I'm sleepy" from Lesson 3. After a minute or so, say “it’s time to wake up!” Have the students shout “wake up”. Puppets wake up! Repeat some earlier actions, and then collect the puppets.