Little sparrow dance

Children listen to poems about a little sparrow and do a bird dance.

Steps

1. Read a poem or story about a sparrow, e.g. Hanna Łochocka's Polish poems about Elemelek the sparrow or a favourite from your own country.
2. Children copy a sparrow's movements: hopping, pecking, fluttering.
3. To music they do a 'sparrow dance' and freeze like statues on a signal.
4. Finish by drawing a sparrow.

Tip: Rustle newspapers for the sound of wings; children love it.

Materials needed

• Picture book about a sparrow (1 copy)