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- ♪ Hello, hello, hello ♪ ♪ Are you ready to play ♪ ♪ Hello, hello, hello ♪ ♪ Are you ready to sing and dance ♪ ♪ With me today ♪ ♪ Hello, hello, hello ♪ ♪ Are you ready to play ♪ ♪ Hello everyone ♪ ♪ Hello, Mrs. Wright ♪ Hello friends.

Are you excited? 'Cause we're going to the woods again today.

We're starting off retracing our footsteps and seeing if we can find if anyone else has been in the woods.

Then we're going to visit the old man in the cottage.

And finally, we're going to find our way back to the little birch tree.

You will need your singing voice, your imagination, and your listening ears.

Right then, everybody.

Shall we go walking? Ready, steady, off we go.

♪ Walking, walking ♪ ♪ Walking, walking ♪ ♪ Walking, walking ♪ Really good.

And we're going to go.

♪ Running, running ♪ ♪ Running, running ♪ ♪ Running, running ♪ ♪ Running running ♪ And we're going to go.

♪ Slowly ♪ ♪ Slowly ♪ ♪ And slowly ♪ Are you ready? ♪ 'Cause we are walking ♪ ♪ Walking in the woods ♪ Let me see you stamp your feet.

♪ 'Cause we are walking ♪ ♪ Walking in the woods ♪ ♪ The trees are green and the sky is blue ♪ ♪ I'm happy 'cause I'm here with you ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are walking ♪ ♪ Walking in the woods ♪ ♪ Stop ♪ ♪ Somebody else has been here too ♪ Who's been here? Can you have a look at the footsteps on the ground? I can see some really big footsteps.

There's a.

♪ Ta-ah ♪ ♪ Ta-ah ♪ ♪ Ta-ah ♪ They're very big and they're very slow.

I think it must be the old man.

He can't walk very fast and he's been walking to his cottage.

So let's walk very slowly.

Here we go.

♪ We are walking slowly ♪ ♪ Walking in the woods ♪ Walking slowly, good.

♪ 'Cause we are walking ♪ ♪ Walking in the woods ♪ Here's the new bit.

♪ The trees are green and the sky is blue ♪ ♪ I'm happy 'cause I'm here with you ♪ ♪ And we are walking slowly in the woods ♪ But wait.

♪ Somebody else has been here too ♪ As well as the big footsteps, there's also some tiny little footsteps.

Whose are the tiny little footsteps? I think it was the songbird.

I think there's a little bird going chip chip chip chip chip.

Running running running.

Shall we go running? ♪ And let's go running ♪ ♪ Running in the woods ♪ ♪ Let's go running ♪ ♪ Running in the woods ♪ ♪ The trees are green, the sky is blue ♪ ♪ I'm happy 'cause I'm here with you ♪ ♪ And we are running ♪ ♪ Running in the woods ♪ But wait.

♪ Somebody else has been here too ♪ It's ta, ta, ta, ta.

Ta, ta, ta, ta.

It's not the little bird.

It's not the old man.

It's the fox.

The fox walks like this, off we go.

♪ Ta, ta, ta, ta ♪ ♪ Ta, ta, ta ♪ Off we go.

♪ Walking with the fox ♪ ♪ Walking with the fox in the woods ♪ Yeah, we're strutting along with that fox.

♪ 'Cause we are walking in the woods ♪ ♪ Walking with the fox in the woods ♪ ♪ The trees are green and the sky is blue ♪ ♪ I'm happy 'cause I'm here with you ♪ ♪ And the fox ♪ ♪ And the little bird ♪ ♪ And the happy old man ♪ ♪ And we're all walking ♪ ♪ Walking in the woods ♪ ♪ Everybody's here now ♪ ♪ Let's sit down ♪ ♪ Let's sit down, down, down ♪ In a cottage, in the wood.

A little old man by the window stood.

Saw a rabbit hopping by.

Knocking at the door.

Help me, help me, help me, he said.

Or the farmer will bop my head.

Come, little rabbit, come inside.

Safely to abide.

This time, join in with the actions.

Ready, steady, off we go.

Little cottage in the wood.

Little old man by the window stood.

Saw a rabbit hoping by.

Knocking at the door.

Help me, help me, sir he said Or the farmer will bop my head.

Come, little rabbit, come inside.

Safely will abide.

This time I'm going to sing.

You do the actions, ready? ♪ Ready, steady, off I sing ♪ ♪ Little cottage in the wood ♪ ♪ Little old man by the window stood ♪ ♪ Saw a rabbit hopping by ♪ ♪ Knocking at the door ♪ ♪ Help me, help me, sir he said ♪ ♪ Or the farmer will bop my head ♪ ♪ Come, little rabbit, come inside ♪ ♪ Safely to abide ♪ That was very kind of the old man wasn't it? I think the little old man in the wood really likes rescuing animals so the nasty farmer doesn't bop them all on the head.

What other animals do you think we might find in the wood? We might see a rabbit.

We might see.

A fox.

What action shall we do for fox? It looks a bit like a rabbit as well.

Let's do ears again.

More like pointy ears.

Are we ready? ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ In a cottage in the wood ♪ ♪ Little old man by the window stood ♪ ♪ Saw a fox running by ♪ ♪ Knocking at the door ♪ ♪ Help me, help me, sir he said ♪ ♪ Or the farmer will bop my head ♪ ♪ Come little fox, come inside ♪ ♪ Safely will abide ♪ So the old man's now got a rabbit and a fox in his house.

I wonder if any other animals will go hopping or running by.

What other animals might we see in the woods? Foxes? Rabbits? Maybe a little bird.

A tiny little bird.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Little cottage in the wood ♪ ♪ Little old man at the window stood ♪ ♪ Saw a little bird hopping by ♪ ♪ Knocking at the door ♪ ♪ Help me, help me, sir he said ♪ ♪ Or the farmer will bop my head ♪ ♪ Come, little birdie, come inside ♪ ♪ Safely will abide ♪ Well done.

Okay, this last time we do it you can choose any animal you like, or it might be a bird.

I'll do this when it's your turn to sing your animal.

♪ Ready, steady, let's sing together ♪ ♪ Little cottage in the wood ♪ ♪ Little old man at the window stood ♪ ♪ Saw a running by ♪ ♪ Knocking at the door ♪ ♪ Help me, help me, sir he said ♪ ♪ Or the farmer will bop my head ♪ ♪ Come, little, come inside ♪ ♪ Safely will abide ♪ ♪ Well done everyone ♪ Would you like to play it again? I think I'm going to play it with my teddies.

I'm definitely going to play it with my owl teddy because I think that there needs to be an owl in the story somewhere.

Maybe you can go and get some of your toys and play it with your toys, or you might like to sing the song with a friend or a member of your family.

You can pause the video now and sing the song with some other animals.

Listen very carefully.

Because I can hear the wind blowing in the branches of the birch trees.

Can you? I think you're using your imagination really well today.

The wind in the branches sounds just like.

Swish, swish, swish.

Or maybe whisper whisper whisper whisper.

♪ See the little birch in the meadow ♪ ♪ Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Swish, swish swish ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ ♪ Swish, swish swish ♪ ♪ When the wind blow ♪ What can we hear this time? ♪ Loo-loo-loo ♪ ♪ When the wind blow ♪ ♪ Loo-loo-loo ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ ♪ See the little birch in the meadow ♪ ♪ Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Loo-lee-loo ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ ♪ Loo-lee-loo ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ So sometimes the branches sound like swish swish swish.

Sometimes the branches sound like loo-lee-loo.

What else do the branches sound like? Maybe.

Schwoo, schwoo schwoo! Wow, it's getting really windy now.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ See the little birch in the meadow ♪ ♪ Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Schwoo, schwoo schwoo ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ ♪ Schwoo, schwoo schwoo ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ Maybe you think the branches of the birch tree sound totally different to what I just said.

Would you like to do your version now? I'll do this when it's your turn to make the noise of the swishing leaves.

♪ Let's sing together, off we go ♪ ♪ See the lovely birch in the meadow ♪ ♪ Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ ♪ When the wind blows ♪ Wow, that was really good.

Well done.

I love the way you were using your make believe for the different noises.

I really felt like I was in the woods with you then.

Maybe you'd like to pause the video and sing the song again about the little birch tree.

And you can think of lots of different ways that the branches are making sound in the wind.

And don't forget to use your body to dance around in the wind just like the silver birch tree.

Well friends, that's all we've got time for today.

Shall we have a little think over what we've done? First of all, we found some very interesting paw prints in the woodland floor.

Can you remember who we saw? The old man, the fox, and the little bird.

Then we visited the old man in his cottage and saw all the animals that he's rescued.

And finally, we sang the song about the little birch tree.

If you'd like to share your learning with your teacher at school or any friends or family, why don't you send them a photo or video of what you did today.

And if there's an adult in your house who would like to share all of your musical learning on social media, they can do so with the #LearnwithOak and they can tag us @OakNational.

Right then, friends.

It's time to say goodbye.

♪ Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye ♪ ♪ It's nearly the end ♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye ♪ ♪ It's been so fun to sing with you, my friend ♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye ♪ ♪ But now we've got to fly ♪ ♪ Goodbye everyone ♪ ♪ Goodbye, Mrs. Wright ♪.