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by Margaret Wild
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Chatterbox
by Margaret Wild
Notes
My First Word
• Find out the first words spoken by the children.
........................... • Have the children draw or paint a picture of themselves
as babies.
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• Write their first words in speech bubbles and display
........................... them with their portraits.
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Baby Show and Tell
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• Invite the children to bring in a photo of them as a baby
........................... or something they had as a baby, eg, toy, clothes, bottle
........................... etc…
• Encourage the children to talk to the group (or small
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group) of children about their ‘Show and Tell’.
........................... • Children will love hearing about you as a baby as well.
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• Begin with lots of discussion with the children’s
experiences of zoos. Make a list with the children of all
Page 2 of 7 the things that a zoo needs.
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• Provide dress ups, a telephone, cash register, paper and Notes
pens.
• Get the children involved in making:
• A Zoo sign ...........................
• Open and closed signs ...........................
• Signs for opening times and feeding times
• Maps ...........................
• Information posters about the animals
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• Tickets
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• Use boxes and other recycled materials to make
homes for the animals. Discuss with the children what ...........................
the animals need in their home, eg, bedding, food,
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containers for food and water, toys etc…
• Enquire about a visit to or from the local zoo. ...........................
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Telephones
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• Display a collection of different telephones for children
to explore. ...........................
• Talk to the children about telephones, what do they ...........................
know about them?
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• Encourage children to draw telephones.
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• Provide materials for children to make telephones.
• Show children how to make a telephone with two ...........................
plastic cups and a piece of string. ...........................
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Farms
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• Incorporate farm experiences into the children’s play
through: ...........................
• Puppets
• Memory and lotto games ...........................
• Farm animals in the block corner, sand tray etc… ...........................
• Farm animal figures or pictures at the drawing table
to encourage observational drawing ...........................
• Play dough cutters
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• Singing songs about farms
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Chatterbox
by Margaret Wild
Notes
Exploring Our World
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Nothing stimulates children’s speech as much as
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new and exciting experiences.
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Here are a few ideas for outings:
........................... • Library
........................... • Post Office
........................... • The local park
• Pet shop
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• Cafe
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• Music shop
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• Fruit and vegetable shop or market
........................... • Bus trip
........................... • Plant nursery
........................... Some suggestions for visitors:
........................... • Police Officers
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• Fire Department
• Native Animal rescue
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• Doctor or Nurse
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• Musician
........................... • Puppeteer
........................... • Farmer
........................... Pets
........................... • Talk about pets:
• Who has a pet?
........................... • What type of animal is it?
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Music and Movement
Notes
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Guess The Baby by Simon French ...........................
Baby Sisters Are and Baby Brothers Are by Beth Norling ...........................
When I Was A Baby by Deborah Niland ...........................
The Baby’s Catalogue by Janet Ahlberg ...........................
There’s A House Inside My Mummy by Giles Andreae ...........................
Does A Cow Say Boo? By Judy Hindley ...........................
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Farmyard Hullabaloo by Giles ...........................
Andreae
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Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton
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Let’s Go Walking by Julie Vivas
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Farm by Mary Novick
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Animal Hide-and-Seek by Jenny Taylor
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Farm Animals by Nicola Tuxworth
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Chatterbox
by Margaret Wild
Notes List any other books, rhymes
or activities the children have enjoyed.
Songs & Rhymes:
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Everybody Do This Open, Shut Them
........................... Move the children into a circle and Open, shut them
........................... invite one child into the centre to Open, shut them
lead the song.The other children Give a little clap
........................... copy the leaders actions.
........................... Open, shut them
Everybody do this, do this, do this, Open, shut them
........................... Everybody do this Lay them in your lap
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Just like me.
Creep them, creep them
........................... Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands Creep them, creep them
Clap clap clap your hands Right up to your chin
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Clap your hands together Open wide your little mouth
........................... Clap clap clap your hands But do not let them in
Clap your hands together
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Shake them, shake them
........................... La la la la la Shake them, shake them
La la la la la la Shake them just like this
........................... La la la la la
........................... La la la la la la Roll them, roll them
Roll them, roll them
........................... Stomp stomp stomp your feet etc… Blow a little kiss
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Peek – A – Boo
........................... Twinkle twinkle little star Hide a farm or zoo animal behind your
........................... How I wonder what you are back.
Up above the world so high
........................... Like a diamond in the sky Peek – a – boo, Peek – a – boo
........................... Twinkle twinkle little star Who is hiding there?
How I wonder what you are
........................... Peek – a – boo, Peek – a – boo
Old MacDonald had a farm It’s (rooster) hiding there.
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Old MacDonald had a farm
........................... E–i–e–i–o Show the animal as you sing the last line.
And on that farm he had a cow
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E–i–e–i–o
........................... With a moo moo here
And a moo moo there
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Here a moo
........................... There a moo
Everywhere a moo moo
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Old MacDonald had a farm
........................... E–i–e–i–o
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Daddy’s Taking Us to the Zoo Notes
Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
the zoo tomorrow, the zoo tomorrow,
Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow, ...........................
and we can stay all day.
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CHORUS: ...........................
We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo
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How about you, you, you
You can come too, too, too ...........................
We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.
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See the elephant with the long trunk swinging ...........................
Great big ears and the long trunk swinging
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Stuffing up the peanuts with a long trunk swinging
And we can stay all day. ...........................
Chorus
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See all the monkey’s they’re a scritch scritch scratchin’ ...........................
Jumping around and a scritch scritch scratchin’
Hangin’ by their long tails scritch scritch scratchin’ ...........................
And we can stay all day. ...........................
Chorus
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There’s a big black bear he’s a huff huff huffin’ ...........................
Coat’s too heavy he’s a huff huff huffin’
Don’t get too near the huff huff huffin’ ...........................
Or you won’t stay all day ...........................
Chorus
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Well the seals in the pool are honk honk honkin’ ...........................
They’re catchin’ the fish and honk honk honkin
The little tiny seals all honk honk honkin’ ...........................
And we can stay all day.
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Chorus
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Well we’ve stayed all day and I’m gettin’ sleepy
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Sittin’ in the car getting sleep, sleep, sleepy
Home already and I’m sleep sleep sleepy ...........................
‘Cause we have stayed all day
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We’ve been to the zoo, zoo, zoo
We’ve been to the zoo, zoo, zoo ...........................
So have you, you, you
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You came too, too, too
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Mamma’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
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zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow
Mama’s taking us to the zoo, tomorrow
and we can stay all day!
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