Five cuddly teddies sitting
on the wall
Five cuddly teddies sitting
on the wall
And if one cuddly teddy
should accidentally fall
Oh no!
There'd be four cuddly teddies
sitting on the wall.
Four/three/two/one cuddly teddies/teddy....
Rhyme time
* Introduce the rhyme to the children and encourage them to join in.
* Hold up five fingers to start with, and reduce this to four when the first teddy 'falls off'! Moving one finger or thumb independently will be quite difficult for some children, so model how to do this using the other hand.
* Chant the rhyme again, and this time, choose five children to be 'teddies' and fall off the wall. It's a good idea to provide props such as masks, teddy headbands or even teddy bear 'ears' for them.
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