Lesson video

Hello everyone, Adam here and Panda.

We are in unit two, and this is lesson four, of Bat Learns To Dance.

Let's see what's on the agenda today.

So we're going to warm up today with learning a new song, and then the main thing of the lesson today, we going to try something amazing, we going to try and tell a story without speaking, only using actions, here we go.

Today's song is lots of fun and there's two and was in it, a worm and a slug.

Both of them are really good at wiggling, and we can imagine, we can make them with our fingers, and the song goes like this, join in when you can, either out loud or in your head, here we go.

♪ There's a worm at the bottom of my garden ♪ ♪ And his name is Wiggly Woo ♪ ♪ There's a worm at the bottom of my garden ♪ ♪ And I don't know what to do ♪ ♪ Wiggling here ♪ ♪ Wiggling there ♪ ♪ He goes wiggling every where ♪ ♪ There's a worm at the bottom of my garden ♪ ♪ And his name is shh ♪ ♪ And his name is shh ♪ ♪ And his name is Wiggly Woo ♪ ♪ There's a slug at the bottom of my garden ♪ ♪ And her name is Wiggly Wee ♪ ♪ There's a slug at the bottom of my garden ♪ ♪ And she lives beneath the tree ♪ ♪ Wiggling here ♪ ♪ Wiggling there ♪ ♪ She goes wiggling every where ♪ ♪ There's a slug at the bottom of my garden ♪ ♪ And her name is shh ♪ ♪ And her name is shh ♪ ♪ And her name is Wiggly Wee ♪ ♪ And her name is Wiggly Woo shh ♪ Panda and I really liked that song.

Now the main activity today is telling the story without words.

Panda and I thought you'd be a good idea to have a look at the story map to help us do that.

But why we are looking at the story map, we might want to think about some extra words to think about.

Have you ever heard a sound, Like that? That's a crunching sound, and sometimes in the winter, if you go out of the house and you put your shoes onto grass, you hear a crunching sound.

So one of the things we thought it'd be nice to add, would be the sound of crunching, as bat walked in the story.

Let's have a look at the story map together, here we go.

So here's the story map, and I drew this line here to remind me that bat lives in a deep, dark cave.

Should we say that together, deep, dark cave.

And she woke up and she shook, I'm feeling cold, and as she stepped outside remember that crunching sound.

crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground, alone she went, and then a friend she found, and the friend she found here was a lady bird who taught her how it's a flap, crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground, on she went, then a friend she found, the rabbit, she told the rabbit about feeling cold and the rabbit taught her to hop, crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground, on she went then a friend she found, this is the worm, and the worm taught her how to wiggle, crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground, on she went not making a sound until she got back home, and there was her mom, a little bat told her story to her mom, she told her how she could keep warm by flapping, and hopping, and wiggling, and then she got into bed, and went fast asleep.

We can have a go at miming that story, we'll do it together first.

So when Panda and I like to tell a story in mime, without speaking, only using actions, we like to do it standing up.

But of course if you're happier not doing that, that's fine too.

Let's stand up if you want to, and we're just going to talk about what some of the actions might mean in words, 'cause we going to add some things.

So when I do this, once upon a time, and I do this, it reminds me of deep, dark cave.

So we should do that together, once upon a time in a deep, dark cave, brilliant.

Now the bat is asleep on the roof, so she drops down and falls to the floor, so I want to remember that bit, so am going to do an action on the remember her dropping to the floor like that, and she shivers, doesn't she? Now do you remember that crunching sound? I might do something like this to remind me, that she's walking and to remind me of the crunch, so crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground, on bat went and then a friend she found, I won't say the words out loud, but I'll do the action remind me of those words, okay.

So that means deep, dark cave, and that means crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground, on went bat then a friend she found, okay.

Now remember, every word quietly said, can still be heard in your head.

Let's do it together.

Were you able to follow the story? Right at the end there, that was, I was imagining in my head, the little bat was telling her mom a story and this gesture with my hands straight together, meant finally.

So would you like to have a try doing that now? So am going to pause the video and I'd like you to try and tell that story, without speaking.

Are you ready for the challenge? And when you're ready, start the video again, see you in a short while.

So how was that, telling a story without speaking, hearing only the words in your head.

What were your favourite moments? My favourite moments are doing this, reminding me about the crunch, crunch winter feet on the cold cold ground on bat went, then a friend she found.

Panda likes it when I do this 'cause it reminds her of the cave where the bats lives with her mom and how she drops from the roof of the cave, whatever your favourite bit of that story was telling it without speaking, it'd be wonderful, if you could show your silent storytelling to somebody, so that's my challenge to you.

So what did we do today? we learned the story of Wiggly Woo and Wiggly Wee, and then we looked at the story map to help us remember the story, then we acted it out together and now you've been practising it on your own.

So in the next lesson, the big challenge we'll work towards you telling that story with all the words all by yourself.

So keep listening out for new words and try new actions, and Panda and I, as always, we'll look forward to seeing you soon, bye bye then.