Bonus Free Lesson: "We're Going on a Lion Hunt"

Musically Montessori eCourse:

"Let's All Sing"

BONUS FREE LESSON:

"WE'RE GOING ON A LION HUNT: STOP-LOOK-AND-LISTEN"

HERE is a SAMPLE of what this eCourse is like!

"We're Going on a Lion Hunt"

This repetitive rhyme is fun for Preschoolers and doesn't require a perfectly tuned singing voice. Great for "first days" and great for "warming up" the group

FOR CHILDREN

HERE IS THE LINK TO MY YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR KIDS:

"Let's Go On A Lion Hunt"

https://youtu.be/F1jwC8nw0YE

THE WORDS: Part One

~1. "We're going on a lion hunt,"

~2. "We're going on a lion hunt, to see if we can find one"

~3. "Stop...Look...and Listen..."

~4. "Ribbit!" (this is where the teacher makes a sound that a familiar animal would make, ex: frog, or bird, or cow, etc.)

~5. Everyone says: "No, that's a frog!" (or a bird, cow, snake, dog, cat etc.)

~6. Return to line 1 etc. of the rhyme (see above)

~ Repeat:

~1. "We're going on a lion hunt," etc... (continue with lines ~2, ~3...)

~4. (teacher makes another animal sound, as above, ex: bird)

~5. Everyone says "No, that's a bird!"

~6. Return to line 1 and proceed as above with a different animal sound

Repeat ~1 through ~6 as long as children are engaged (I suggest 5 animal sounds)THE

THE WORDS: Part Two

After several rounds of various animal sounds that are not a lion...

"Stop...Look...and Listen..."

Teacher makes the sound of a lion: "ROAR!!!"

Everyone says, "It's a lion!"

Teacher narrates a story such as the following: (make up motions to act out the story so that the children are participating)

You can make up your own story or tell this one. Don't forget to use motions!

THE STORY: ADDITIONAL EMBELLISHMENT: “HURRY BACK HOME”

"Run back to our house"

"Run up the porch steps"

"Open the door"

"Close the door"

"Lock the door"

"Run upstairs"

"Open the bedroom door"

"Close it"

"Lock it"

"Jump in the bed"

"Pull up the covers"

"Turn on our flashlight"

"Open our book"

"Once upon a time..."

"There was a lion"

"Turn the page"

"Who was sleeping"

"Turn the page"

"Then she woke up"

"Turn the page"

"She was happy to see the sunshine"

"Turn the page"

"She jumped up"

"Turn the page"

"Ran out to look up at the sky"

"Turn the page"

"The end"

"Close the book"

"Put it on the bookshelf"

You can listen to (and download) my funny little recording of how I present this rhyme to the children:

Download

THE ACTIONS

(to go along with the lines of the rhyme above)

~1. Pat alternating knees as if "walking"

~2. Continue patting motions while chanting the rhyme

~3. "Stop"= hold hand up like a stop sign "Look"= make "binoculars" with fingers "Listen"= cup hand up to ear

~4. Make the motions to go along with the sound of the animal the Teacher is making

STOP!

LOOK.

and LISTEN...

EXTENSIONS

+ Change the animal you are hunting for...

+ Substitute rhythm instruments (ex: Rhythm Sticks, maracas, tambourine, drum etc) for the sounds that the animals actually make. Use the pictures of animals and then assign an instrument to each picture. Children respond according to each instrument you play. TIP: a drum makes a good "roar" for the lion!

+ Set up an individualized Shelf Work for free play or work time: Place a plastic model of a lion, child-sized binoculars and a small selection of plastic animal models in a basket. One child hides the animals, then the other child uses the binoculars to "hunt" for the lion. They can sing the rhyme while they play!

+Create a “Rebus” Story with this rhyme using pictures for the key words

+ Make up a "Drama Game": Provide pictures of various animals that you will include in the rhyme, then invite one child at a time to come up and pick a picture and make the sound of the animal pictured.