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Nursery rhymes

Five Cuddly Teddies Five cuddly teddies sitting

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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