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Movement
• The children pretend to dig up potatoes, bending knees and their back as they push their foot onto the fork. Sound effects reveal if they have been successful.
• Sitting down again, gentle scrubbing and brushing actions are performed to wash the potatoes before cooking.
Chant: ‘One potato…two potato’
One potato, two potato, three potato, four
I made a bowl of boiled potatoes but dropped them on the floor.
Crash. Uh - Oh!
Five potato, six potato, seven potato, eight
I stamped them into mash potato and plopped them on a plate.
Yuk!
Nine potato, ten potato, what a mess I see No more counting potatoes
I’ll have chips for tea. Yummy!
The children can count the potatoes out loud and on fingers, joining in with the crash, uh-oh, yuk and yummy exclamations.
Story: The potato feast
A story about Sam’s potato patch and the different ways his Mum can cook the home-grown potatoes.
See the Teacher's Notes for more information and guidance on using the content.
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