Lesson 7 (7a & 7b): Paint!

Paint the sky light blue!

Paint the sun yellow and red!

Paint the clouds white and grey!

Paint the day white and black the night!

Paint the trees brown and green!

Paint the flowers purple and pink!

Paint a colourful rainbow!

Paint both the moon and stars yellow!

Stage 1 – Brief Revision

Revise the previous lesson briefly following the procedure of Lesson 3 Stage 1 (here revise: mummy, daddy, grandma, grandpa, I love you, kiss me, hug me, play with me, lull me)

Stage 2 – Vocabulary focus i) NATURAL ELEMENTS: sky, sun, cloud, day, night, tree, flower, rainbow, moon, star ii) COLOURS: the ones already been taught plus black, brown, pink iii) VERBS: to paint iv) (optional - secondary ) adjectives: colourful , light

Prepare flashcards and finger puppets at home that depict natural elements such as clouds, the sun, the moon, stars, trees, flowers etc. Present the flashcards to Ss, use L1 and ask them: “What can you see in the pictures?”, “Can you tell me what you can see outside your window?”, “Are there any clouds / stars upon the sky?”, “Where is the sun?”, “Does the moon / sun appear during the day or at night?”, “Are there any trees or flowers outside?”, “When does a rainbow appear? Have you ever seen a rainbow?”. Present and drill vocabulary items concerning natural elements sky, sun, cloud, day, night, tree, flower, rainbow, moon, star by using the flashcards and / or rhythmical clapping [sun, tree, moon, star (clap one half note, ta-ah), sky, clo-ud, da-y, ni-ght (clap two quarter notes, ta ta), flo-w-er, ra-in-bow (clap three quarter notes, ta ta ta). Then, revise the colours blue, yellow, white, grey, green, purple, orange, red they have already learnt and introduce the new ones black, brown, pink. You can ask Ss to tell you what the colour of these natural elements is and when it comes to the colours they don't know, you will present and drill them. Tell Ss that they will sing a song in which they are asked to paint these natural elements in specific colours. Use mime to teach the meaning of the verb to paint. Play the song on the piano. Ask Ss to i) stand up and move to the rhythm of the music ii) raise the correct flashcard or finger puppet of the natural element that is heard in the song iii) sing the song focusing on vocabulary items concerning natural elements or colours. For example, you can play “Paint the ______ light blue”, where ______ means a short pause and ask Ss to raise their hands, stand up on the board one at a time and sketch the word missing (here the sky). You continue with the following sentence of the song in the same way. You can do the same when focusing on colours e.g. “Paint the sky light _______” (blue) iv) clap their hands (4 quarter notes per measure, ta ta ta ta)

Stage 3 – Incorporating percussion instruments into our activities & practising rhythmical patterns

Divide the class into groups and give them the percussion instruments they are going to use in this song (Always give instructions by following the procedure of Lesson 1 Stage 3). Group A beats 2 half notes per measure using their maracas (ta-ah ta-ah), Group B beats 4 quarter notes per measure using their tambourines (ta ta ta ta), Group C beats 8 eighth notes per measure using their sticks (ti-ti ti-ti ti-ti ti-ti) and Group D beats “2 eighth notes, 1 quarter note, 2 eighth notes, 1 quarter note” per measure using their bells (ti-ti ta ti-ti ta). Practice separately and then altogether as a band. Last, ask Ss to play and sing the song as much as they can.

Stage 4 – Follow-up activities

Ask Ss to draw a natural scenery and include some of the colours and natural elements they have just learnt and/or some of the animals they learnt in previous lessons. In the end, Ss vote for the best drawing and the winner describes his/her drawing in class. Or, play a game where one S will pretend of being a painter and draw some natural elements on the board by using his/ her index finger (and not the board markers) and the rest of the class will be trying to find out what he is drawing. During these activities, Ss could be listening to music (e.g. Rimsky - Korsakov “Flight of Bumble Bee”). Ask Ss to sing goodbye to Mrs Mary (see Lesson 1 Follow-up).

Important Note!: Divide the lesson into two parts ( Lesson 7a and Lesson 7b) ! In Lesson 7a, teach the following words: sky → light blue, sun → yellow / red, clouds → white / grey, day → white, night → black. In Lesson 7b teach the rest : trees → brown / green, flowers→ purple / pink, rainbow → colourful, moon → yellow, stars → yellow.