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1 and Teaching materials Dear teacher, We are happy to present Fly Away! a puppet show for very young learners with original songs and handmade props, based on a story about a caterpillar that wishes to fly, but after a few tries, realizes it can t. Our aim is to capture the children s imaginations with the puppets so English language learning becomes a motivating, fun and educational experience. There will be a brief introduction in Catalan if desired to prepare the children to listen to English. In this workpack you will find a CD with 7 original songs. There are a series of activities related to different parts of the story, in order to prepare the pupils and preteach the vocabulary, the simple language structures and, more importantly, the songs that appear in the show, so the children may sing-along and interact. Photocopiable worksheets and general tips are also included in this pack. 2 sets of cards with the relevant vocabulary that appears in the show is also provided at the end fo this pack. We hope you enjoy using the materials, singing the songs in class and during the show! Song list 1. Knock, knock (action song) 2. Good morning! (greetings) 3. It rains (weather action song) 4. I can fly (action song) 5. I like fruit 6. Butterfly (action song) 7. Stars (numbers) 8. Knock, knock (instrumental calmer) 9. Stars (instrumental calmer) 10. Orange Conga (instrumental) 11. Korsakov s Flight of the Bumble Bee. 1

2 Lyrics KNOCK, KNOCK Knock, knock, knock, knock 1, 2, 3, 4 Open the window Open the door Knock, knock, knock, knock 1, 2, 3, Open the window What can you see? Knock, knock, knock, knock 1, 2, 3, Open the door What can you see? GOOD MORNING Good morning! Good morning! Good morning to you! Good morning! Good morning! Good morning! How are you? I m fine, thanks. I m fine thanks. I m fine, thank you. Good morning! Good morning! Good morning to you! IT RAINS It rains, it rains, it snows, it snows And the wind blows and blows. I CAN FLY I can jump, jump jump. I can jump, jump, jump. I can jump, jump, just like this. (x2) Tra la la la la I can run, run, run. It is fun, fun, fun.. I can hop,hop, hop. Never stop, stop, stop.. I can fly, fly, fly. Oh, so high, high, high.. I LIKE FRUIT I Like fruit, I Like fruit, I Like fruit What about you? I Like fruit, I Like fruit I like it too Same with rice, fish and any food of your choice BUTTERFLY Butterfly, butterfly fly fly fly Butterfly, butterfly fly so high Butterfly, butterfly fly in the sky Butterfly, butterfly fly fly fly STARS One, two, three, four, five stars, in the night sky, Six, seven,eight, nine, ten stars, in the night sky, Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen stars, Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen stars, Eighteen, nineteen, twenty stars, in the night sky. Authors: Sue Correa and Julie Langstaff general tips Feel free to alter the activities according to the pupils needs and cognitive level. Most of the songs are action songs. Do the action as you listen to the song. Play the CD as background music whilst pupils complete the worksheets and crafts. In this way they will be learning the songs without even realizing so. The I m happy and I can fly songs are ideal for warmers or transition songs. Use the flashcards not only as a teaching aid, but for the children to colour and play with. These songs are also ideal for use in other topics and areas of language. Flashcards may be photocopied and enlarged if so desired. extra relevant material The very hungry caterpillar story by Eric Carle is a classic about the life cycle of a caterpillar. The tadpole s promise is a story by Tony Ross that explores metamorphosis in 2 characters, a tadpole and a caterpillar. You may find more information about caterpillars and butterflies in these sites: 2

3 The knock knock song. Just use the first 2 lines of the song and mime (i.e knock, knock, knock, knock, 1, 2,,3, 4). This activity may be also useful to present language in any of your lessons. Use an opaque box (could be a shoe box) and place an object or toy animal of your choice. Sing the lines and open the box to reveal what s inside. The aim is for the children to learn these lines so that they accompany the puppeteer whilst singing this song during the show. Butterfly egg Fold the sheet in two. Child decorates the egg, then draws a baby caterpillar on the rear side of this sheet. Cut egg along the marked line and open to reveal caterpillar. Encourage the children to sing the knock knock song with their finished egg. Butterfly life cycle worksheet Children colour the scenes and cut out to put in the right order. I can fly! I can fly is an action song. Do the actions as you listen to the song. Children can do the related worksheet on page 4. Butterfly paper puppet Cut out the butterflies on (page 6). Fold around dotted line and make it fly by twitching your thumb and index finger. Place it in a mystery bag which will represent a cocoon. Sing I can fly, fly, fly (CD track 4) or the Butterfly song (CD track 6) softly and make the paper butterfly flutter around you. Make the butterfly fly to different parts of the room. Hand out a butterfly to each child to colour, cut out and fold. Or better still, hand out a blank sheet of paper and pupils can design their own butterfly, and then fold it to make it fly. Their drawings are always far more interesting. Bee puppet Children draw a bee and stick it on a straw. Observe how bees fly. Can you make your puppet fly in the same way? Vocabulary cards The last two pages of this workpack are illustrations of the vocabulary items that appear in the show. 3

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