- (An activity for children’s language development).
Play the song on the cassette/CD. Children listen, count and say how many boys go to school on Monday (five). During the second listening, hold up your book and point to the items/people mentioned in the song, encouraging children to join in. Next, demonstrate the actions and play the song, encouraging children to participate fully.One boy goes to school (hold up one finger)
Goes to school on Monday,
One boy and his chimp (put hands under armpits)
Go to school on Monday!Two boys go to school (hold up two fingers, etc)
Go to school on Monday,
Two boys, one boy and his chimp
Go to school on Monday!Three boys go to school
Go to school on Monday,
Three boys, two boys, one boy and his chimp
Go to school on Monday!Four boys go to school
Go to school on Monday,
Four boys, three boys, two boys, one boy and his chimp
Go to school on Monday!Five boys go to school
Go to school on Monday,
Five boys, four boys, three boys, two boys, one boy and his chimp
Go to school on Monday!(See Introduction for further ideas on how to exploit songs,)
Ending the lesson
- Divide the children into groups. Provide each group with a large piece of paper on which you have written the numbers 1-5, evenly spaced on the page. Provide the children with magazines and scissors. Ask them to cut out objects (whatever they want) and place the correct amount of objects next to each number.
