Lesson video

Hello, there, I'm Mrs. Howley, and I love learning about new things.

I love understanding how and why things happen.

And so does my helper, Cedric.

Hang on a minute, he's supposed to be here.

Can you call him for me? His name is Cedric.

Ready, one, two, three.

Cedric.

Oh, here he is.

And now my helper's here, we can get ready for our learning today.

In this first lesson of this unit, we're going to listen to and join in with an explanation.

We're going to start with a nursery rhyme, one of my favourites, then it's going to be explanation time.

And then we're going to do some learning about a very special word, because.

You will need your brilliant brain, and you might want to bring along a teddy talk partner, to help you, I've got Cedric.

If you want to collect a teddy now, pause the video and then press play when you're ready.

In the next few lessons, we're going to be practising one of my favourite nursery rhymes.

It's got lots of actions when it gets to the chorus, so get ready.

The first part goes like this.

Have a listen.

♪ In my little garden ♪ ♪ Now promise not to laugh ♪ ♪ I haven't any flowers and I haven't any grass ♪ ♪ But now I'll start to dig and plant ♪ ♪ And soon I'll have a show ♪ ♪ With a bit of sun and a bit of rain ♪ ♪ I'll have a lovely row of ♪ ♪ One potato, two potato, three potato, four ♪ ♪ Five potato, six potato, seven potato more ♪ ♪ One potato, two potato, three potato four ♪ ♪ Five potato, six potato, seven potato more ♪ I wonder why I've chosen that song.

That's right, I really enjoyed, a unit of work all about a sweet potato, a talking potato, and that helped me remember my favourite song.

Would you like to join in with the chorus with me? Get your potatoes ready.

♪ One potato, two potato, three potato four ♪ ♪ Five potato, six potato, seven potato more ♪ ♪ One potato, two potato, three potato four ♪ ♪ Five potato, six potato, seven potato more ♪ Well done.

Now, Cedric loved the story of the talking sweet potato.

I wonder if you've heard it before.

Did you enjoy it, Cedric? The king at the end of the story was so amazed because there was a talking dog, I know, a talking loaf of bread, and a talking throne.

But Cedric, I know Cedric, Cedric is always asking me how and why questions.

He always wants to know how something happened or why something happened.

He's always asking me, do you ask how and why questions sometimes? I've got a friend who can help us when we're explaining how or why something happens.

Yeah, Cedric, Doctor Explanation is going to come and help.

Can you say his name? Doctor explanation, Doctor Explanation.

He is funny, and he's so clever.

He can explain all kinds of things, and he's coming to visit us today.

He's going to explain to us why the king was so amazed.

I can't wait.

Should we get ready for learning time? Can you join in with me with my learning chance? It's learning time, it's learning time.

Look, listen, wow.

It's learning time, it's learning time.

Look, listen, wow.

Hello, I'm Doctor Explanation, and I love explaining things.

So I'm here to explain to you and you and you today, why the king was so amazed.

Are you ready? A farmer was scared because a dog spoke, so he ran away.

Next, the farmer was scared because a chicken spoke, so he ran away again.

Next, a farmer was scared because a loaf of bread talked, so he ran away again.

The king stopped him because he was running so fast.

The king stopped and asked him why he was running so fast because he wanted to know.

The king was surprised because chickens and dogs and loaves of bread don't talk.

Then the king was amazed because the throne talked.

Now, there you have it.

It started with a loaf of bread talking, and then before you know it, this happened, that happened, and the king was amazed.

That explains it.

Can you explain it? Thank you, Dr.

Explanation.

I know, he does know a lot of things, and he explains things really well.

What was your favourite part of the explanation, Cedric? When he explained why the farmer was scared? I wonder what your favourite part of the explanation was.

I wonder if you can spot the very special word that Dr.

Explanation used to explain.

A very special word he used.

That's right, Cedric, it's the word because.

So the farmer was scared because he saw a talking dog.

Would you say that with me? The farmer was scared because he saw a talking dog.

The king was amazed because the throne talked.

Could you say that with me? The king was amazed because the throne talked.

That's right, Cedric, because is a really useful word to use when we are explaining.

And we've brought a song all about explaining with because, have a listen, it goes like this.

♪ Why, why, why does it happen ♪ ♪ How, how, how does it happen ♪ ♪ When you explain you need to use ♪ ♪ Because, because, because ♪ Can you join in this time? ♪ Why, why, why does it happen ♪ ♪ How, how, how does it happen ♪ ♪ When you explain you need to use ♪ ♪ Because, because, because ♪ Cedric said he enjoyed that song because it helped him explain.

Wow, Cedric.

Wow, I enjoyed this lesson because I liked meeting Dr.

Explanation.

Why did you enjoy the lesson, Cedric? Cedric enjoyed this lesson, because he loves learning new things.

That's right, I wonder why you enjoyed this lesson.

I wonder how many sentences you can say with because today.

We can't wait to see you in our next lesson, which will be very exciting because you get to be the explainers, we're going to start learning the explanation.

Have a fantastic day and we will see you very soon.

Bye.