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Term 1 – Nursery Rhymes: Teddy bear, Teddy Bear
Learning Outcome:
Students will be introduced to homemade toys. Students and parents will learn to use items around the house to
make toys.
Target Language:
Toys, teddy bear
Introduction to Topic:
Circle Time: Register and Songs
Before lesson starts preparation: Make the following toys at home. Sensory bottle, musical instrument, toys to
practice fine motor skills. Sample pictures attached to the lesson. (Attachment 1) Use materials you can find at
school.
Theme Introduction: Let the students sit in a circle with their Teddy bears on their laps. Put the playgroup toys
you’ve made in the middle of the circle. Ask them about their Teddy’s. Let them touch the toys displayed in the
middle.
Song: Teddy bear, teddy bear (Attachment 2)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpCeMySBE_c
*Tell the parents that with the students help, you are going to show them how to make toys at home.
Main Activity:
Craft 1: Sensory bottle – Sample pictures attached to the lesson. (Attachment 3)
Craft 2: Musical instrument – Shaker - Let students decorate a cup. Put a few seeds or beans in the cup.
Cover the top with crepe paper and tape it down around the edge.
Craft 3: Homemade paint – Show the parents how to make paint at home. A few recipes attached to the
lesson. (Attachment 4) Let students use their hands/paint brushes to paint on A4 card.
Colouring page: Teddy bear – Attachment 5
Sensory Play:
Homemade playdough – Use a recipe from the resource book. Show parents how to make the playdough and
let students play.
Or
Fine motor practice – Punch a few holes in A4 card. Let students use a long piece of string to string through all
the holes.
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Game/Movement Activity:
Sing the Teddy Bear song using your new homemade musical instruments.
Extension Activity for 2+yrs:
Print a copy of (Attachment 5) for each student. Cut the pictures into big strips. Number each piece. Let
students put the “puzzle” together by putting them in the correct order according to numbers. Sample picture of a
puzzle attached to the lesson. (Attachment 6)
To close…
Goodbye Song
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
Sing our Farewell Song.
It's time to say goodbye,
It's time to say goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye
It's time to say goodbye - GOODBYE!
Activities to be included:
Story: Teddy bear, Teddy bear by Annie Kubler
Songs: Teddy bear, Teddy bear turn around
Resources:
Needed for this lesson plan:
 Introduction: Homemade toys
 Craft 1: Plastic bottles, water, pompoms, glitter etc.
 Craft 2: Paper cups, beans, crepe paper, stickers
 Craft 3: Shaving foam, food colouring, playsand / water, cornstratch, sugar, food colouring
Supplied with the lesson:
 Attachment 1: Sample pictures of homemade toys
 Attachment 2: Song lyrics
 Attachment 3: Sample picture of craft 1
 Attachment 4: Homemade paint recipes
 Attachment 5: Colouring page
 Attachment 6: Sample picture of 2+yrs activity
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Attachment 4
Homemade Paint Recipe
Shaving Cream
Food coloring
Play Sand
Method
Add the desired amount of shaving cream to each bowl, add a few scoops of play sand along with a
few drops of food coloring, and mix. That's it! This homemade paint recipe is easy to make and,
the process of making the paint is fun for the kids. Squirting the shaving cream, squeezing the food
coloring, tossing in the sand, and mixing it all together is a big part of the FUN!
Once the puffy sand paint is good and mixed kids can simply explore the texture for some fabulous
sensory play .
Edible Paint
2 cups cold water
1/2 cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons sugar
food coloring
I added everything but the food coloring to the Vitamix and blended it together on high for
about six and a half minutes.
Whisk together all ingredients on the stove over medium heat until thickened.
Once thickened, separate into smaller portions depending on how many colors you'd like to
make.
Add color and mix well.
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