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Galloping Around
Travel and Transport is a fun topic/theme that the children really enjoy. I usually start this topic with the focus of travelling on the land, e.g getting around by walking or by horse. Horse related songs, rhymes and music are great as a stimulus to get children moving as they sometimes struggle to think how to move; having a focus really helps them. e.g. trotting or galloping like a horse.
I sometimes use the hobby horses as shown in the image below. I use these with the children inside an…
We’re Going on a Journey to the Seaside!
We’re going on a journey to the seaside!
Along with the theme Animals, I have found ‘Travel and Transport’ is a firm favourite with the children. ‘We’re going on a journey to the seaside!’ is a line from a song I wrote to get the children to play with sound; I ask them to make the different transport sounds, with the car sound usually being the favourite!
Do you have a collection of travel and transport themed songs and rhymes up your sleeve? Whether you follow a topic/theme or the children’s…
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