- (An activity to present and practise the vocabulary and the patterns of the lesson and help children reproduce the chant independently.)
Play the chant on the cassette/CD. Children listen and look at the illustration. During the second listening, hold up your book and point to the items/people mentioned in the chant, encouraging children to join in. Play the chant as many times as you feel is necessary.Chant
What have I got?
I ’ll tell you what.
I ’ve got a teddy bear
And a big red car!What have I got?
I ’ll tell you what.
I ’ve got a lovely doll
And a yellow ball!What have I got?
I ’ll tell you what.
I ’ve got a funny kite
And a boat – that’s right! - Repeat the chant without the cassette/CD. Hold up your book and get the children to follow the picture and repeat after you. Then keep the rhythm by clapping your hands or snapping your fingers while pointing to the toys in the picture. Children chant by themselves.
- Variation
Draw simple sketches or pin up pictures of teddy bear, red car, doll, yellow ball, kite on the board in the order they are mentioned in the chant. Point to them and say the chant. The children repeat after you. Then, point to the sketches/pictures and invite the children to reproduce the chant.
