Unit 4 I like bananas

Key language

Focus language Main receptive language What’s inside?

What colour is the (ice-cream)?
sausages What’s the weather like today? Where’s Cheeky going?
eggs Are you hungry? It’s a (green) …
tomatoes (Cheeky) likes/doesn’t like … Where does the (sausage) go?
milkshakes I’m hungry. Yes, please! / No, thank you!
bananas* Can I have (sausages), please? What are these?
cake* Who wants (tomatoes)?
ice-cream* It’s story time. Classroom language
apples* Let’s go …
brown eat / drink Let’s sing/listen …
Concept: like/don’t like lake Draw …
six–ten What a lovely day for a picnic! How many … are there?
hot Point to …
Recycled language Do you want (a sausage)? Show me …
I don’t like (sausages). Stick on …
Hello* I like (bananas). Find …
Bye-bye* Please try one. Match …
It’s raining. Try some! Colour …
It’s snowing. It’s very good for you. Touch …
It’s windy. They’re delicious. Count …
It’s sunny. smile Circle …
red* There are (ten) brown sausages.
yellow* cooking
blue* Does (Cheeky) like …?
green* Do you like (ice-cream)?
pink (Eggs) are good for you.
orange chocolate
one–five picnic basket * Words recycled from Cheeky Monkey 1

Key language learning aims

• Responding to new items of vocabulary via mime, visual recognition, gesture, etc
• Listening to the story
• Acting out the story
• Singing and acting out a song
• Discriminating between ‘like’ and ‘don’t like’
• Recognising the colour brown
• Counting to ten

Main criteria for evaluation

Children should:
• Demonstrate an interest in and a curiosity about what happens in the story
• Recognise characters in the story
• Start to discriminate between different items of food
• Start to identify the colour brown
• Develop an awareness of ‘like’ and ‘don’t like’
• Respond appropriately to instructions
• Participate in games, songs and TPR activities
• Continue to develop spatial orientation, physical co-ordination and fine motor skills
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 Lesson 1 Lesson 2

Lesson 2 Lesson 3

Lesson 4 Lesson 5

Lesson 6 Lesson 7

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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 1
the weather like today? Encourage them to point to
a flashcard. Say (It’s sunny). Encourage the other
children to join in.

2 Play Cheeky likes bananas

• Sit Cheeky on your lap and say Are you hungry,
Cheeky? Rub Cheeky’s tummy and get him to nod
his head. Say Oh, dear! Cheeky’s hungry. Shake the
bag with the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes
and bananas flashcards in. Reveal the eggs flashcard.
Say eggs and encourage the children to join in. Offer
Cheeky the eggs flashcard. Get Cheeky to shake his
head and say No, thank you. Say Oh, Cheeky doesn’t
like eggs. Repeat with the sausages, tomatoes and
milkshakes. Get Cheeky to shake his head each time
Lesson focus: Introducing food and say No, thank you.
• Reveal the bananas flashcard and offer it to Cheeky.
Focus language: sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes,
bananas  Recycled: Hello, Bye-bye Get Cheeky to nod his head enthusiastically and say
Yes, please! Say Cheeky likes bananas!
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like
today? Is it …? Are you hungry? Oh, dear! Cheeky’s
hungry, Cheeky doesn’t like / likes (bananas). No, 3 Play Pass the flashcards with food
thank you! Yes, please! What’s this? It’s …, Yum, yum! • Hand out the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes
Who wants (sausages)? Can I have (sausages), please? and bananas flashcards face down. Tell the children
Classroom language: Let’s sing …, Well done! That’s they must not look at them.
right! Shh! Be very quiet! Draw … • Play some music from the CD. Encourage the children
Main activities: to pass the flashcards around the circle.
• Sing The hello song 2 • Stop the music. Encourage one of the children holding
• Sing I like bananas! a flashcard to reveal it. Say What’s this? Encourage
• Do the worksheet the child to say (milkshakes). If they respond correctly,
• Sing The bye-bye song 2 tell them to lay the flashcard in the circle. Say Well
Materials you need: CD, puppet, bag, It’s raining, done! It’s (milkshakes)! Play the game with different
It’s snowing, It’s sunny, It’s windy, sausages, eggs, children and repeat with the other flashcards.
tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas flashcards, Pupil’s
Books, pencils 4 Play I’m hungry
Getting ready: Put the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, • Lay the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and
milkshakes and bananas flashcards in a bag. bananas flashcards in the circle. Put on the Cheeky
puppet and get him to point to the flashcards in turn.
Say Are you hungry? and rub your tummy. Encourage
Circle time the children to put their hands up if they are.
• Get Cheeky to show the sausages flashcard. Say
Sausages, yum, yum! Who wants sausages? and
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34)
encourage the children who want to eat sausages to
• Organise the children into a circle. Put on the Cheeky
stand up and pretend to eat them. Repeat with the
puppet. Get Cheeky to wave and say Hello! Encourage
other flashcards.
the children to wave to Cheeky and say Hello, Cheeky!
• Tell the children they are going to sing a song about
the weather. Point to the window and say What’s the 5 Play The shopping list game
weather like today? Raise your arms questioningly. • Put the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and
• Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions. bananas flashcards in a pile face down in front of
Encourage the children to join in. Move Cheeky as if you. Reveal the first flashcard and say What’s this?
he’s also singing along. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity Encourage the children to say (sausages). Say That’s
1 for the tapescript.) right! (Sausages!) Repeat with the other flashcards.
• Lay the It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s sunny, It’s windy Lay the flashcards in a line in the circle.
flashcards in the circle. Point to a child and say What’s

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 • Choose a child to play the game using The one 9 Sing I like bananas! and point to the food
banana, two banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages on the worksheet (CD1 track 49)
15–16.) Say Can I have sausages, please? Encourage • Say Let’s sing I like bananas! Play the CD. Sing
the child to give you the sausages flashcard. Say the song and point to the sausages, eggs, tomatoes,
Thank you. Repeat with the other flashcards. milkshakes and bananas. Encourage the children to
If you are short of time, you can leave out Activity 5. join in.

10 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37)

6 Sing I like bananas! (CD1 track 49) • Put on the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to point to the
• Put the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and clock and say It’s time to stop! Play the CD. Sing the
bananas flashcards in a pile in the order they appear song and do the actions. Encourage the children to join
in the song. Hold them against your chest. in. Move Cheeky as if he’s also singing along. When
• Say Let’s sing I like bananas! Play the CD. Sing the the song finishes, get Cheeky to fly away, wave and say
song and lay out the flashcards in the circle as you Bye-bye! to the children. Encourage the children to
hear them. Encourage the children to join in. say Bye-bye! to Cheeky. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity
9 for the tapescript.)
I like bananas!
Sausages, sausages, I like sausages. Extra activities
Sausages, sausages, I like sausages.
Sausages, sausages, I like sausages. 1 Play The food chain game
Eggs, eggs, I like eggs. • Organise the children into a circle. Hand the eggs
Eggs, eggs, I like eggs. flashcard to the child on your left and say eggs.
Eggs, eggs, I like eggs. Encourage the child to repeat the word and pass
the flashcard onto the child on their left. Each child
Tomatoes, tomatoes, I like tomatoes.
repeats the word as the flashcard goes around the
Tomatoes, tomatoes, I like tomatoes.
circle. Repeat the activity with sausages, tomatoes,
Tomatoes, tomatoes, I like tomatoes.
milkshakes and bananas.
Milkshakes, milkshakes, I like milkshakes.
Milkshakes, milkshakes, I like milkshakes. 2 Play Who’s got …? with food
Milkshakes, milkshakes, I like milkshakes. • Choose five children using The one banana, two
Bananas, bananas, I like bananas. banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) and
Bananas, bananas, I like bananas. tell them to come to the front of the class. Hand out
Bananas, bananas, I like bananas. the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and bananas
flashcards. Tell the children to hold the flashcards
against their chests so that the other children can’t see
Transition time what they are. Say Who’s got bananas? Encourage
the other children to guess who has got the bananas
7 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36) flashcard by saying the child’s name. Tell the child to
• Put your finger to your lips and say Shh! Be very reveal the flashcard. If the children guess correctly, say
quiet! Say the chant and do the actions while leading Yes! (Juan’s) got bananas! and tell (Juan) to sit down.
the children to their tables. Encourage them to join in. If they guess incorrectly, say No! It’s not bananas! Tell
(See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) the child to turn their flashcard over again. Continue
until all the flashcards have been revealed.
Table time
3 Play No, Cheeky! with food
• Organise the children into a circle. Shuffle the
8 Trace the food (Pupil’s Book p41)
sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and bananas
• Hand out the pencils and the Pupil’s Books or the
flashcards. Lay them out face up in the circle. Put on
individual worksheets.
the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to touch the eggs
• Point to the eggs and say Look! Eggs. Encourage the
flashcard and say tomatoes. Encourage the children
children to join in. Repeat with sausages, milkshake,
to say No, Cheeky! Repeat with sausages, tomatoes,
tomatoes and bananas.
milkshakes and bananas. Then get Cheeky to point
• Hold up a pencil and say Draw the eggs. Demonstrate
to the eggs flashcard and say eggs. Nod your head
this by tracing them with your finger. Say Draw the
and say Well done! Eggs! Repeat with the remaining
eggs, sausages, tomatoes, milkshake and bananas.
flashcards.
Encourage the children to trace the food.

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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 2

Lesson focus: Listening to the story for the first time

Focus language: sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas  Recycled: Hello, Bye-bye, It’s raining, It’s snowing,
It’s windy, It’s sunny
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like today? Is it …? It’s …, It’s Cheeky’s town, Where’s Cheeky going
today? Is Cheeky going to (the zoo)? No! Not today! lake, Let’s go …, It’s story time, This is (Cheeky), They’re
having a picnic (by the lake), What a lovely day for a picnic! hot, Do you want a (sausage)? Yuk! I don’t like
(sausages), I (only) like (bananas), Please try one, It’s very good for you, They’re delicious! Try some, yummy, smile,
Where does the (sausage) go? It’s time to stop!
Classroom language: Stand up, Turn around, Clap your hands, Eat (sausages), Drink (milkshake), Make a circle, Sit
down, Look! Let’s listen …, Point to …, Show me …, Stick on …, Draw …
Main activities:
• Sing The hello song 2
• Do Cheeky’s jungle gym
• Listen to the I like bananas story
• Do the worksheet
• Sing The bye-bye song 2
Materials you need: CD, puppet, play mat, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, Cheeky, Rory,
Tom, Ellie, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas flashcards, Unit 4 story cards, Unit 4 stickers,
Pupil’s Books, pencils
Getting ready: Lay out the play mat in the circle time area.

Circle time • Lay the It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny
flashcards in the circle. Point to a child and say What’s
the weather like today? Encourage them to point to
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34)
a flashcard. Say (It’s sunny). Encourage the other
• Organise the children into a circle. Put on the Cheeky
children to join in.
puppet. Get Cheeky to wave and say Hello! Encourage
the children to wave to Cheeky and say Hello, Cheeky!
• Tell the children they are going to sing a song about 2 Do Cheeky’s jungle gym (CD1 track 50)
the weather. Point to the window and say What’s the • Make sure the children are sitting down and that they
weather like today? Raise your arms questioningly. have enough room to move freely.
• Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions. • Play the CD. Do the actions and encourage the
Encourage the children to join in. Move Cheeky as if children to join in.
he’s also singing along. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity
1 for the tapescript.)

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 Cheeky’s jungle gym Story time
Stand up. 1, 2, 3.
Turn around. 1, 2, 3. 5 Say The story time chant (CD1 track 14)
Clap your hands. 1, 2, 3. • Say It’s story time and open the palms of your hands
as if opening a book. Say the chant and do the actions.
Eat sausages.
Encourage the children to join in. (See Teacher talk,
Eat eggs.
pages 15–16.)
Eat tomatoes.
Eat bananas.
6 Listen to the I like bananas story (CD1 track
Drink milkshakes.
52, Unit 4 Story cards)
Make a circle. • Say Let’s listen to the story. Read the story aloud or
Sit down. 1, 2, 3. play the CD. Show the Story cards and do the actions.
Sleep. 1, 2, 3. Encourage the children to listen and to look at the
pictures.
• If the children get overexcited, use the Calm down
chant to get their attention. (See Teacher talk, pages I like bananas
15–16.)
Story card 1
Narrator: This is Tom. (Point to Tom.) This is Ellie.
3 Play Going to the lake on the play mat
(Point to Ellie.) This is Mummy. (Point
• Point to the play mat and say Look! It’s Cheeky’s
to Mummy.) This is Cheeky. (Point to
town! Get Cheeky to say Hello! and wave to the
Cheeky.) And this is Rory. (Point to Rory.)
children.
They’re having a picnic by the lake.
• Raise your arms questioningly and say Where’s
(Point to the lake.)
Cheeky going today? Get Cheeky to walk around
Mummy: What a lovely day for a picnic! It’s sunny
the town and stop at the zoo. Say Is Cheeky going
and hot. (Point to the sun and wipe your
to the zoo? Pause, shake your head and say No! If
brow.)
children answer Yes! shake your head and say No!
Not today! Repeat with the school and the doctor’s. Story card 2
Finally get Cheeky to walk to the lake. Mummy: Do you want a sausage, Cheeky? (Point
• Ask the children questions about lakes. Ask them if to Mummy and the sausage, and pretend
they have ever had a picnic by the lake and who they to offer a sausage.)
went to the lake with, etc. Cheeky: Yuk! I don’t like sausages. (Pull a face.)
• Show the Cheeky, Rory, Tom and Ellie flashcards and I only like bananas! (Point to the banana,
say Cheeky, Rory, Tom and Ellie are going to the rub your tummy and smile.)
lake with Mummy. Mummy: Cheeky, please try one. (Mime a pleading
face.)
4 Say The let’s go chant (CD1 track 51) Cheeky: I like bananas! (Shake your head. Point to
• Hand out the Cheeky, Rory, Tom and Ellie flashcards. the banana, rub your tummy and smile.)
Tell the children to pass the flashcards around the Story card 3
circle. Say the chant and encourage the children to Ellie: Do you want an egg, Cheeky? (Point to
join in. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) (You may Ellie and the egg. Pretend to offer the egg.)
choose to make marching movements with your arms. Cheeky: Yuk! I don’t like eggs. (Pull a face.)
Encourage the children to join in.) I only like bananas! (Point to the banana,
rub your tummy and smile.)
The let’s go chant
Story card 4
Let’s go, let’s go. Mummy: Okay. Do you want a tomato? It’s very
Ho, ho, ho! good for you. (Point to Mummy and the
To the lake, to the lake. tomato. Pretend to offer a tomato.)
Let’s go, let’s go. Cheeky: I don’t like tomatoes. (Pull a face.) I only
Ho, ho, ho! like bananas! (Point to the banana, rub
your tummy and smile.)
• Say Point to the lake and encourage the children to
point to the lake on the play mat. Then tell the children Story card 5
holding the Cheeky, Rory, Tom and Ellie flashcards to Tom: Do you want a milkshake, Cheeky?
put them by the picnic area next to (Point to Tom and the milkshake. Pretend
the lake. to offer a milkshake to Cheeky.)

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 Cheeky: I don’t like milkshakes. (Pull a face.) • Say Look! They’re having a picnic. Point to Cheeky.
I only like bananas! (Shake your head. Encourage the children to point to Cheeky. Repeat
Pretend to peel a banana.) with Mummy, Tom and Ellie.
Story card 6 • Hold up the stickers and say Show me the sausage.
Cheeky: Do you like sausages, eggs, tomatoes and Encourage the children to peel off the sausage sticker
milkshakes, Rory? (Point to each item of and hold it up in the air. Say Where does the sausage
food and shake your head.) go? and encourage them to point to the missing
Rory: Yes, they’re delicious! Try some. (Point sausage. Say Stick on the sausage and encourage
to Rory, smile. Pretend to offer food to the children to put the sausage sticker in place.
Cheeky.) • Say Stick on the egg, tomato and milkshake and
Cheeky: No! I only like bananas! (Shake your encourage the children to stick on the food.
head, smile and point to the bananas.) • Hold up a pencil and say Draw Cheeky’s smile.
Rory: I like sausages. Yummy sausages! (Point Demonstrate this by tracing it with your finger.
to the sausages.) Encourage the children to trace Cheeky’s smile.
They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.)
Try some! Mmm! (Smile.) 9 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37)
I like eggs. Yummy eggs! (Point to the • Put on the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to point to
eggs.) the clock and say It’s time to stop!
They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.) • Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions.
Try some! Mmm! (Smile.) Encourage the children to join in. Move Cheeky as
I like tomatoes. Yummy tomatoes! (Point if he’s also singing along. When the song finishes,
to the tomatoes.) get Cheeky to fly away, wave and say Bye-bye! to
They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.) the children. Encourage the children to say Bye-bye!
Try some! Mmm! (Smile.) to Cheeky. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity 9 for the
I like milkshakes. Yummy milkshakes! tapescript.)
(Point to a milkshake.)
They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.)
Extra activities
Try some! Mmm! (Smile.)
Cheeky: Okay! (Mime eating.) Delicious!
1 Make a food mural
Delicious! (Smile and lick your lips.)
• In advance, cut out from magazines pictures of
The sausage is delicious! (Point to a
different foods that can be classed as good for you
sausage. Rub your tummy and smile.)
or bad for you. Take a large piece of card and divide
The egg is delicious! (Point to an egg.
it into two sections. Draw a happy face in the first
Rub your tummy and smile.) The tomato
section and a sad face in the second.
is delicious! (Point to a tomato. Rub your
• Show a picture of fruit or vegetables and say Is it good
tummy and smile.) And the milkshake is
or bad? Encourage the children to say Good! Now
delicious, too! (Point to a milkshake. Rub
show a picture of a cake and encourage them to say
your tummy and smile.)
Bad! Repeat until you have used up all the pictures.
Choose children to stick the pictures in the happy face
Transition time or sad face columns.

7 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36) 2 Sing I like bananas! with the flashcards
• Put your finger to your lips and say Shh! Be very (CD1 track 49)
quiet! Say the chant and do the actions while leading • Say Let’s sing I like bananas! Stick the sausages,
the children to their tables. Encourage them to join in. eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and bananas flashcards
(See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) on different walls of the classroom. Play CD. Sing the
song. Encourage the children to join in and point to the
flashcards. (See Lesson 1 Activity 6 for the tapescript.)
Table time
3 Play Pictionary with food
8 Stick on the food (Pupil’s Book p42 & p43,
• Slowly draw a bunch of bananas on the board,
Unit 4 stickers)
stopping at intervals to say What’s this? Encourage
• Hand out the stickers, pencils and the Pupil’s Books or
the children to say bananas. If the children guess
the individual worksheets.
correctly, say That’s right! Bananas! Repeat with
sausages, eggs, tomatoes and milkshakes.

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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 3
he’s also singing along. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity
1 for the tapescript.)
• Lay the It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny
flashcards in the circle. Point to a child and say What’s
the weather like today? Encourage them to point to a
flashcard. Say (It’s sunny). Encourage the children to
join in.

2 Play Lucky dip! with food

• Choose a child to play the game using The one
banana, two banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages
15–16.) Offer the bag to the child. Encourage them
to take out a flashcard and show it to the class. Say
What’s this? Encourage the child to say (milkshakes).
If the child answers correctly, say That’s right!
Lesson focus: Listening to the Story song again (Milkshakes)! Play the game with other children and
repeat until all the flashcards have been revealed.
Focus language: cake, ice-cream, apples  Recycled:
Hello, Bye-bye, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, If you are short of time, you can leave out Activity 2.
It’s sunny, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes,
bananas
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like 3 Sing the Story song (CD1 track 53, Unit 4
today? Is it …? What’s this? I like (sausages), yummy, Story cards)
They’re delicious! Try some! What’s in the bag? Do • Say Let’s sing the Story song. Hand out the sausages,
you like (cake)? Can I have (an ice-cream), please? eggs, tomatoes and milkshakes flashcards. Play the
Thank you, It’s time to stop! CD. Sing the song and do the actions. Encourage the
Classroom language: Let’s sing …, That’s right! Shh! children to join in.
Be very quiet! Look! Find …, Match …
Main activities: Story song
• Sing The hello song 2
• Sing the Story song I like sausages. Yummy sausages! (Point to the
• Introduce cake, ice-cream and apples sausages.)
• Do the worksheet They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.)
• Sing The bye-bye song 2 Try some! Mmm! (Smile.)
Materials you need: CD, puppet, bag, It’s raining, I like eggs. Yummy eggs! (Point to the eggs.)
It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, sausages, eggs,
They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.)
tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas, cake, ice-cream,
apples flashcards, Pupil’s Books, pencils Try some! Mmm! (Smile.)

Getting ready: Put the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, I like tomatoes. Yummy tomatoes! (Point to the
milkshakes and bananas flashcards in a bag (Activity tomatoes.)
2). Put the cake, ice-cream and apples flashcards in a They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.)
bag (Activity 4). Try some! Mmm! (Smile.)
I like milkshakes. Yummy milkshakes! (Point to the
Circle time milkshakes.)
They’re delicious! (Rub your tummy.)
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34) Try some! Mmm! (Smile.)
• Organise the children into a circle. Put on the Cheeky
puppet. Get Cheeky to wave and say Hello! Encourage 4 Play Monkey, look! to introduce cake,
the children to wave to Cheeky and say Hello, Cheeky! ice-cream and apples (CD1 track 9)
• Tell the children they are going to sing a song about • Put the cake, ice-cream and apples flashcards in a bag.
the weather. Point to the window and say What’s the Put on the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to shake the
weather like today? Raise your arms questioningly. bag. Say What’s in the bag? and get Cheeky to look
• Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions. inside.
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 • Say the chant and do the actions. Encourage the Extra activities
children to join in. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.)
• Get Cheeky to slowly reveal the cake flashcard. Say
1 Play Concentration with food mini cards
Look! Cake! Encourage the children to say cake.
(Photocopiable worksheet, p219)
Say Do you like cake, Cheeky? Get Cheeky to nod
• In advance, photocopy and cut out a set of mini cards
enthusiastically. Repeat with the ice-cream and
for every child. Hand them out. Point to the tomatoes
apples flashcards.
and say Look! What’s this? Encourage the children
to say tomatoes. Repeat with the eggs, sausages,
5 Play Can I have …? with food
milkshake and bananas. Point to the tomatoes again
• Choose three children using The one banana, two
and say How many? Encourage the children to say
banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Hand
two. Repeat with the eggs, sausages, milkshakes,
out the cake, ice-cream and apples flashcards.
bananas, apples and cake. Lay four sets of mini
• Say Can I have an ice-cream, please? Encourage the
cards down in the circle. Choose a child to play the
child holding the ice-cream flashcard to give it to you
game using The one banana, two banana chant. (See
and say ice-cream. Say Thank you.
Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Explain that they must
• Play the game again with cake and apples. (You may
find a pair. Encourage them to point to two mini cards
choose to do this activity again with sausages, eggs,
and guess the names. Reveal the mini cards. If they
tomatoes, milkshakes and bananas.)
guess correctly, say (Eggs) and (eggs). Well done! and
move the pair to the edge of the circle. If they guess
Transition time incorrectly, say (Eggs) and (cake). Oh well! and turn
the mini cards back over. Play the game with other
6 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36) children and continue until all the mini cards have
• Put your finger to your lips and say Shh! Be very been revealed. Then count the pairs with the children.
quiet! Say the chant and do the actions while leading
the children to their tables. Encourage them to join in. 2 Play The picnic game
(See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) • Lay out the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes,
bananas, cake, ice-cream and apples mini cards on
a table. Tell the children to form a queue. Say What
Table time would you like? to the first child. Encourage them to
say (Sausages), please? Put one of the (sausages) mini
7 Match the food (Pupil’s Book p45) cards on their plate. Remind them to say please and
• Hand out the pencils and the Pupil’s Books or the thank you. (You may choose to bring paper plates to
individual worksheets. use with this activity.)
• Point to the silhouettes. Say Find the ice-cream and
encourage the children to point to the ice-cream. 3 Play Feely bag with food
Repeat with the sausage, cake, milkshake and egg. • Put a plastic or foam sausage, banana, egg and apple
• Say Match the ice-cream. Demonstrate this by tracing in a bag. Choose a child to play the game using The
a line from the silhouette to the ice-cream and say one banana, two banana chant. (See Teacher talk,
Look! Ice-cream! Say Match the ice-cream, cake, pages 15–16.) Offer the bag to the child and encourage
egg, sausage and milkshake. them to put their hand inside and feel one of the foods.
Say What is it? Encourage the child to say (banana).
8 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37) Show the food. If the child guesses correctly,
• Put on the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to point to the say That’s right! It’s a (banana)! If they guess
clock and say It’s time to stop! incorrectly, say It’s not a (sausage). It’s a (banana).
• Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions. Play the game with other children and repeat until all
Encourage the children to join in. Move Cheeky as the foods have been revealed.
if he’s also singing along. When the song finishes,
get Cheeky to fly away, wave and say Bye-bye! to
the children. Encourage the children to say Bye-bye!
to Cheeky. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity 9 for the
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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 4
Cheeky’s jungle gym
Stand up. 1, 2, 3. Eat cake.
Turn around. 1, 2, 3. Eat ice-cream.
Clap your hands. 1, 2, 3. Eat apples.
Eat sausages. Make a circle.
Eat eggs. Sit down. 1, 2, 3.
Eat tomatoes. Sleep. 1, 2, 3.
Eat bananas.
Drink milkshakes.

• If the children get overexcited, use the Calm down

chant. (See Teacher talk, page 15–16.)

3 Introduce like and don’t like

Lesson focus: Reviewing the core concept and story • Put on the Cheeky puppet. Say Are you hungry,
Cheeky? Get Cheeky to nod his head. Say Let’s see
Focus language: like, don’t like  Recycled: Hello, Bye-
bye, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, what’s in the bag and look in the bag.
sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas, cake, • Choose a child using The one banana, two banana
ice-cream, apples, yellow, green, pink, orange chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Encourage
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like them to take a flashcard from the bag. Say Look!
today? eat, drink, Are you hungry? (Eggs) are good for (Tomatoes!) and encourage the child to show the
you, Try some, Delicious! chocolate, Does Cheeky like flashcard to Cheeky. Encourage the children to say
…? Cheeky doesn’t like …, Cheeky likes … (tomatoes). Get Cheeky to shake his head and say
Classroom language: Let’s sing …, Let’s listen … I don’t like (tomatoes). Tell the child to sit down,
Main activities:
keeping hold of the flashcard.
• Sing The hello song 2 • Play the game with other children and repeat until all
• Do Cheeky’s jungle gym the flashcards have been revealed. Get Cheeky to say
• Introduce like and don’t like I don’t like … every time.
• Sing The ice-cream song • Offer Cheeky the bananas flashcard and get Cheeky
• Do the worksheet to say I like bananas and pretend to eat a banana.
• Sing The bye-bye song 2 • Say Eggs are good for you and encourage the child
Materials you need: CD, puppet, bag, It’s raining, holding the eggs flashcard to show it to Cheeky. Say
It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, sausages, eggs, Try some. Get Cheeky to try the food and say Mmm!
tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas, cake, ice-cream, Delicious! I like eggs. Play the game with other
apples flashcards, Unit 4 story cards, Pupil’s Books,
children and other food.
crayons, two blank pieces of paper
Getting ready: Put the sausages, eggs, tomatoes,
4 Play the I like/I don’t like game
milkshakes, cake, ice-cream and apples flashcards in a
bag. Keep bananas to one side. • Take the two sheets of paper with the happy and sad
faces on them. Organise the children into a line. Show
Prepare a happy face and a sad face on two blank
pieces of paper. the happy face and say I like. Show the sad face and
say I don’t like. Place the two faces in a visible place.
Point to each one in turn. Encourage the children to
say I like or I don’t like.
Circle time • Lay out the food flashcards in front of you. Show the
flashcard on the top. Say What’s this? Encourage the
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34) children to say (ice-cream). Say I like and point to the
• See Lesson 1 Activity 1. happy face. Repeat with I don’t like. Encourage the
children to move to the happy or sad face, depending
2 Do Cheeky’s jungle gym (CD1 track 54) on whether they like the food or not. Repeat until all
• Play the CD. Encourage the children to do the actions. the flashcards have been revealed.
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 5 Sing The ice-cream song (CD1 track 55) and do the actions. Encourage the children to follow
• Say Let’s sing The ice-cream song. Play the CD. Sing the story on their worksheets. (You may choose to play
the song. Encourage the children to join in. the CD instead of reading the story aloud.)
• Sing the Story song and do the actions. Encourage the
The ice-cream song children to join in. (See Lesson 3 Activity 3 for the
tapescript.)
Mmm! Ice-cream! Mmm! Ice-cream!
Chocolate ice-cream. Pink ice-cream.
Mmm! Ice-cream! Mmm! Ice-cream! Transition time
I like ice-cream. I like ice-cream.
Mmm! Ice-cream! Mmm! Ice-cream! 9 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36)
Banana ice-cream. Orange ice-cream. • See Lesson 1 Activity 7.
Mmm! Ice-cream! Mmm! Ice-cream!
I like ice-cream. I like ice-cream.
Table time

Story time 10 Colour the sequence (Pupil’s Book p47)

• Hand out the crayons and the Pupil’s Books or the
6 Say The story time chant (CD1 track 14) individual worksheets.
• See Unit 2, Lesson 4, Activity 6. • Point to the first ice-cream in the top row and say
What colour is the ice-cream? Encourage the
7 Review the I like bananas story (Unit 4 children to say pink. Repeat with the green and the
Story cards) yellow ice-creams. Then repeat with the second row.
• Show Story card 1. Say Look! Cheeky and his friends • Hold up a pink crayon and say Colour the ice-creams.
are having a picnic. Point to the sausages and say Demonstrate this by pretending to colour the pink ice-
What are these? Encourage the children to say cream in the top row. Encourage the children to colour
sausages. Repeat with tomatoes, eggs, milkshakes and the ice-creams following the sequence.
bananas. Rub your tummy and say Mmm! Yummy!
• Show Story card 2. Point to the sausage and say 11 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37)
Oh, no! Cheeky doesn’t like sausages. • See Unit 3, Lesson 1, Activity 9.
• Show Story card 3. Point to the egg and say Does
Cheeky like eggs? Yes or no? Encourage the children Extra activities
to say No! Say No, Cheeky doesn’t like eggs.
• Show Story card 4. Point to the tomato and say Does
1 Play I like tomatoes
Cheeky like tomatoes? Encourage the children to say
• Stick the happy face and the sad face on opposite walls
No! Say No, Cheeky doesn’t like tomatoes.
of the classroom. Shuffle the sausages, tomatoes,
• Show Story card 5. Point to the milkshake and say
eggs, milkshakes, bananas, cake, ice-cream and
Does Cheeky like milkshakes? Encourage the
apples flashcards. Show the first flashcard and say
children to say No! Say No, Cheeky doesn’t like
I like (tomatoes). Encourage the children who like
milkshakes.
(tomatoes) to stand next to the happy face and the
• Say Does Cheeky like bananas? Encourage the
children who don’t like (tomatoes) to stand next to the
children to say Yes! Say Yes, Cheeky likes bananas.
sad face. Repeat with the remaining flashcards.
• Show Story card 6. Point to Rory and say Look! Rory
likes sausages. Yummy! Point to the tomato and say
2 Play I spy with the play mat
Does Rory like tomatoes? Encourage the children
• Organise the children into a circle around the play
to say Yes! Repeat with the eggs and milkshakes.
mat. Put on the Cheeky puppet. Point to your eye
Point to Cheeky’s plate and say Look! Now Cheeky
and say I spy (a red tomato). Encourage the children
likes sausages and tomatoes. Does he like eggs and
to touch the (red tomato) on the play mat. If a child
milkshakes? Encourage the children to say Yes!
responds correctly say (A red tomato!) Well done!
Repeat with other food.
8 Listen to the I like bananas story (CD1 track
52, Unit 4 Story cards, Pupil’s Book p41,
3 Sing the karaoke version of The ice-cream
p42 & p43)
song (CD1 track 56)
• Hand out the Pupil’s Books or the individual worksheets.
• Say Let’s sing The ice-cream song. Play the CD. Sing
Say Let’s listen to the story. Read the story aloud,
the song and do the actions. Encourage the children
pausing for the children to say sausages, tomatoes,
to join in. (See Activity 5 for the tapescript.)
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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 5
• Play some music from the CD and encourage the child
to pass the brown flashcard around the circle. Stop the
music. Say Touch brown. Encourage the child holding
the brown flashcard to touch something brown on the
play mat. If they respond correctly, say That’s right!
It’s a brown …!

3 Play Find brown on the play mat

• Show the brown flashcard and say What colour is
this? Encourage the children to say brown.
• Choose five children to play the game using The one
banana, two banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages
15–16.) Say Find five brown things. Count to five
on your fingers and say One, two, three, four, five.
Encourage the children to join in.
Lesson focus: Working with colours and numbers • Encourage the first child to touch something brown
on the play mat. If they respond correctly, say That’s
Focus language: brown, six–ten  Recycled: Hello, Bye-
bye, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, right! It’s a brown …! Do the activity with the other
sausages, cakes, ice-cream, apples, one–five children and repeat with two, three, four and five.
Point to the items again and count them with the
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like
today? Is it …? It’s a (brown) …! It’s Cheeky’s town, children.
What are these? How many … are there? I can count to
ten! Hooray! number(s), There are ten brown sausages 4 Play Guess the number
cooking in the pan, What colour is this? • Lay out the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 flashcards face up on the play
Classroom language: Look! Let’s sing …, Touch …, mat. Point to the 1 flashcard and say one, then turn it
Well done! Find (three brown) things, That’s right! over. Repeat with the 2, 3, 4 and 5 flashcards.
Count …, Show me your fingers, Circle what’s different • Choose a child using The one banana, two banana
Main activities: chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Touch one of
• Sing The hello song 2 the flashcards and encourage the child to guess what it
• Introduce numbers 6–10 is by saying (two). Reveal the flashcard. If they guess
• Sing The numbers song correctly, say Well done! and give them the flashcard.
• Sing Ten brown sausages
If they guess incorrectly, turn the flashcard over again.
• Do the worksheet
• Sing The bye-bye song 2 Play the game with other children and repeat until all
the flashcards have been removed.
Materials you need: CD, puppet, play mat, It’s raining,
It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, brown, sausages, If you are short of time, you can leave out Activity 4.
1–10 flashcards, Pupil’s Books, pencils
Getting ready: Lay out the play mat in the circle time
area. 5 Introduce numbers 6–10
• Slowly reveal the 6 flashcard and say six. Encourage
the children to repeat. Lay the flashcard face up on the
play mat. Repeat with 7, 8, 9 and 10.
• Say the numbers again, this time encouraging the
Circle time children to point to the flashcard each time.
• Say Show me your fingers. Encourage the children to
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34) hold out their hands and wiggle their fingers. Count to
• See Lesson 1 Activity 1. five on your fingers and say One, two, three, four, five.
Repeat with 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. This time count on the other
2 Play Pass and touch brown on the play mat hand. Encourage the children to join in. Repeat until
• Point to the play mat and say Look! It’s Cheeky’s the children are confident.
town! Encourage the children to explore the areas of
the town they know.
• Show the brown flashcard and say Look! Brown!
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 6 Sing The numbers song (CD1 track 57) Encourage the children to say sausages. Point to the
• Say Let’s sing the numbers song. Sing the song and first plate of sausages and say How many sausages
do the actions. Encourage the children to join in. are there? Count them out loud with the children.
Repeat with the other two plates of sausages.
The numbers song • Hold up your pencil and say Circle what’s different
and encourage the children to circle the plate with a
Look at me! (Point to yourself.)
different number of sausages.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. (Count on your fingers.)
• Say Count the apples and cakes and circle what’s
I can count to ten! (Point to yourself.)
different and encourage the children to count and
One, two, three, four, five. (Count on your fingers.)
circle what’s different.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. (Count on your fingers.)
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! (Clap and laugh.)
10 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37)
• See Unit 3, Lesson 1, Activity 9.
7 Sing Ten brown sausages (CD1 track 58)
• Show the sausages flashcard. Say Let’s cook some
sausages. Pretend to toss the sausages in a pan. Show Extra activities
ten fingers and say There are ten brown sausages
cooking in the pan. Mmm! and rub your tummy. 1 Play The counting game
• Say Let’s sing Ten brown sausages. Play the CD. Sing • Stick the 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 flashcards around the
the song and do the actions. Encourage the children to classroom. Put your hands behind your back and tell
join in. the children you are thinking of a number. Say What
number? Encourage the children to guess what it is by
Ten brown sausages saying (seven). Reveal your fingers. Tell the children
Ten brown sausages cooking in the pan. (Show ten to count them and point to the flashcard. Repeat with
fingers.) other numbers. (You may also choose to play this
One goes pop and then goes bang! (Make a popping game with the 1–5 flashcards.)
noise with your mouth and clap your hands together.)
2 Sing and act out Ten brown sausages
Nine brown sausages cooking in the pan. (CD1 track 58)
One goes pop and then goes bang! • Choose ten children using The one banana, two
Eight brown sausages cooking in the pan. banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Tell
One goes pop and then goes bang! them they are going to be sausages. Demonstrate the
activity by showing the children how to jiggle around
Seven brown sausages cooking in the pan.
as if they are sausages cooking in the pan. Show them
One goes pop and then goes bang!
how to Pop! by jumping up in the air with their arms
Six brown sausages cooking in the pan. by their sides. Show them how to Bang! by jumping
Three go pop and three go bang. (Hold up three up in the air with their arms and legs outstretched. Tell
fingers and make a popping noise.) the other children to make popping noises with their
Pop, pop, pop! Bang, bang, bang! (Clap your three mouths, and bangs by clapping their hands as they
times.) listen to the song.
No more sausages cooking in the pan. (Shrug your • Say Let’s sing Ten brown sausages. Play the CD. Sing
shoulders.) the song and encourage the children to do the actions.

3 Colouring dictation (Photocopiable

Transition time worksheet, p220)
• Hand out the crayons and photocopiable worksheets.
8 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36) Point to the different items of food in the fridge and
• See Lesson 1 Activity 7. say What’s this?
• Say Colour the sausages brown and encourage the
Table time children to colour the sausages. Repeat with red
tomatoes, yellow bananas, pink milkshake, and green
apples.
9 Count and circle what’s different (Pupil’s
Book p49)
• Hand out the pencils and the Pupil’s Books or the
individual worksheets.
• Point to the sausages and say What are these?

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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 6
• Tell the children they are going to sing a song about
the weather. Point to the window and say What’s the
weather like today? Raise your arms questioningly.
• Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions.
Encourage the children to join in. Move Cheeky as if
he’s also singing along. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity
1 for the tapescript.)
• Lay the It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny
flashcards in the circle. Point to a child and say What’s
the weather like today? Encourage them to point to a
flashcard. Say (It’s sunny). Encourage the children to
join in.

2 Do Cheeky’s jungle gym (CD1 track 54)

• Make sure the children are sitting down and that they
Lesson focus: Performing the story with the Press out have enough room to move freely.
• Play the CD. Encourage the children to do the actions.
Focus language: sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes,
(See Lesson 4 Activity 2 for the tapescript.)
bananas, cake, ice-cream, apples  Recycled: Hello,
Bye-bye, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s • If the children get overexcited, use the Calm down
sunny, thank you chant to get their attention. (See Teacher talk, pages
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like 15–16.)
today? Is it …? eat, drink, I’m hungry! What’s in the
bag? Are you hungry? What’s this? They’re … Let’s 3 Play Monkey, look! with food
have a picnic! (Eggs), please! Here you are, picnic • Put on the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to shake the
basket, It’s story time, What’s inside? It’s time to stop! bag, look inside and say I’m hungry! What’s in the
Classroom language: Look! That’s right! Shh! Be very bag?
quiet! Let’s sing …, Point to …, Let’s listen …, Count, • Say the chant and do the actions. Encourage the
Circle children to join in. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.)
Main activities: • Get Cheeky to slowly reveal the tomatoes flashcard.
• Sing The hello song 2 Say Look! What’s this? Encourage the children to say
• Do Cheeky’s jungle gym tomatoes. If they guess correctly, say That’s right!
• Make the Press out They’re tomatoes! Repeat until all the flashcards have
• Listen to the I like bananas story
been revealed.
• Sing The bye-bye song 2
Materials you need: CD, puppet, bag, Press out Unit 4, If you are short of time, you can leave out Activity 3.
Unit 4 story cards, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy,
It’s sunny, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes,
bananas, cake, ice-cream, apples flashcards 4 Play Let’s have a picnic
Getting ready: Put the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, • Lay the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes,
milkshake, bananas, cake, ice-cream and apples bananas, cake, ice-cream and apples flashcards in the
flashcards in a bag. (You may choose to use plastic food circle. Say Let’s have a picnic! Mmm! and rub your
or magazine cuttings of food instead.) tummy. Say I’m hungry. Are you hungry? Encourage
the children to respond by rubbing their tummies.
• Choose eight children using The one banana, two
banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.)
Circle time Encourage one of them to say (Eggs) please? Give
the child the (eggs) flashcard and say Here you are.
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34) Encourage the child to say Thank you.
• Organise the children into a circle. Put on the Cheeky • Repeat until all the flashcards have been taken. (You
puppet. Get Cheeky to wave and say Hello! Encourage may choose to play the game with plastic food or
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 Transition time Extra activities
5 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36) 1 Count the food and circle (Photocopiable
• Put your finger to your lips and say Shh! Be very worksheet, p221)
quiet! Say the chant and do the actions while leading • Hand out the pencils and photocopiable worksheets.
the children to their tables. Encourage them to join in. Point to each group of food and say What are these?
(See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Encourage the children to answer (cakes). Say Count
the (cakes). Count the (cakes) with the children. Say
How many (cakes) are there? Encourage the children
Table time
to say (ten). Say Circle (ten). Demonstrate by circling
10 with your finger. Repeat with the other food.
6 Make a picnic basket Press out (Press out
Unit 6)
2 Play What’s missing? with food
• Hand out the Press outs. Demonstrate how to remove
• Lay the ice-cream flashcard face up in the circle
the Press out. Encourage the children to copy.
and say ice-cream. Repeat with the sausages, eggs,
• Show the Press out and say Look! A picnic basket!
tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas, apples and cake.
What’s inside? Say Point to the eggs. Encourage the
Tell the children they must remember the flashcards.
children to point. Repeat for the tomatoes, sausages,
Shuffle the flashcards then remove one without
bananas and milkshake.
letting the children see what it is. Lay the remaining
flashcards in the circle. Say What’s missing?
Story time Encourage the children to say (milkshakes). Show the
flashcard. If the children answer correctly, say Well
7 Say The story time chant (CD1 track 14) done! It’s (milkshakes)! Shuffle the flashcards and
• Say It’s story time and open the palms of your hands play the game again until all the flashcards have been
as if opening a book. Say the chant and do the actions. revealed.
Encourage the children to join in. (See Teacher talk,
pages 15–16.) 3 Play The memory game
• Organise the children into a circle. Show the children
8 Listen to the I like bananas story (CD1 track Story card 1. Point to the tomatoes and say What’s
52, Unit 4 Story cards, Press out this? Encourage the children to say tomatoes Repeat
Unit 4) with other food on the Story card. Turn the Story card
• Say Let’s listen to the story. Read the story aloud or over. Encourage the children to say the food they can
play the CD. Show the Story cards and do the actions. remember. Show the Story card again to check.
Encourage the children to listen and to look at the
pictures.
• Encourage the children to point to the correct food in
the picnic basket Press out as they listen to the story.
• Sing the Story song and do the actions. Encourage the
children to join in. (See Lesson 2 Activity 6 for the
tapescript.)

9 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37)

• Put on the Cheeky puppet. Get Cheeky to point to
the clock and say It’s time to stop!
• Play the CD. Sing the song and do the actions.
Encourage the children to join in. Move Cheeky as
if he’s also singing along. When the song finishes,
get Cheeky to fly away, wave and say Bye-bye! to
the children. Encourage the children to say Bye-bye!
to Cheeky. (See Unit 3 Lesson 1 Activity 9 for the
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 Unit 4 I like bananas Lesson 7
2 Play Colours
• Choose seven children using The one banana, two
banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.). Give
them each a colour flashcard, either red, yellow, blue,
green, pink, orange or brown. Tell them not to let the
other children see what colour they have got.
• Say Yellow, (Sara). If (Sara) has got the yellow
flashcard, encourage her to show it. If she hasn’t,
encourage her to shake her head and say No! Continue
with the other children until you find out who has got
the yellow flashcard. Repeat until all the colours have
been revealed. (You may choose to invite the children
to guess the colours instead.)
If you are short of time, you can leave out Activity 2.

Lesson focus: Consolidating unit songs and new

language 3 Play What’s on the mat today? (CD1 track
Focus language: sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes, 59)
bananas, cake, ice-cream, apples, like, don’t like, red, • Lay out the sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and
yellow, blue, green, pink, orange, brown  Recycled: bananas flashcards in a pile face down in front of you.
Hello, Bye-bye, It’s raining, It’s snowing, It’s windy, Say Let’s be detectives! and mime looking through a
It’s sunny magnifying glass. Say the chant and do the actions.
Main receptive language: What’s the weather like Encourage the children to join in.
today? What’s on the mat today? Is it …? Hip, hip,
hooray! Put your hands up to play, Point and say, What’s on the mat today?
Find …, Do you remember …? What’s your favourite
song? Our favourite song is …, What’s this? Do you What’s on the mat today? (Mime looking through a
like (sausages)? What colour is the (apple)? It’s time to magnifying glass.)
stop! What’s on the mat today? (Mime looking through a
Classroom language: Let’s sing …, Let’s be detectives! magnifying glass.)
Put your hands up for …, Shh! Be very quiet! Choose Put up your hand to play. (Put your hand up.)
/ Draw your favourite food, Well done! Very good! Find sausages. (Show the sausages flashcard.)
Excellent! Find sausages. (Show the sausages flashcard.)
Main activities: Find sausages on the mat today. (Point to the play
• Sing The hello song 2 mat.)
• Play What’s on the mat today? Point and say (Point and mime speaking.)
• Sing our favourite song
Hip, hip, hooray! (Throw your arms into the air with
• Do the worksheet
• Sing The bye-bye song 2 excitement.)
Materials you need: CD, puppet, play mat, It’s raining,
• Pause the CD. Choose a child to point to a sausage on
It’s snowing, It’s windy, It’s sunny, sausages, eggs,
tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas, cake, ice-cream, the play mat. Encourage them to say sausages. If they
apples, blue, red, yellow, pink, green, orange, brown respond correctly, encourage the other children to clap.
flashcards, Pupil’s Book, pencils and crayons, Cheeky Do the activity with other children and repeat with
award stickers eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes and bananas.
Getting ready: Lay out the play mat in the circle time
area. Find eggs. (Show the eggs flashcard.)
Find eggs. (Show the eggs flashcard.)
Find eggs on the mat today. (Point to the play mat.)
Point and say. (Point and mime speaking.)
Circle time Hip, hip, hooray! (Throw your arms into the air with
excitement.)
1 Sing The hello song 2 (CD1 track 34)
• See Lesson 1 Activity 1. Find tomatoes. (Show the tomatoes flashcard.)
Find tomatoes. (Show the tomatoes flashcard.)

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 Find tomatoes on the mat today. (Point to the play basket and colour it in.
mat.) • Circulate and ask the children about their work. Say
Point and say. (Point and mime speaking with your What colour is the apple? and Do you like cake? etc.
hand.) • When the children have finished, tell them to show
Hip, hip, hooray! (Throw your arms into the air with their pictures to the class and say I like (bananas).
excitement.)
Find milkshakes. (Show the milkshakes flashcard.) 7 Hand out Cheeky award stickers
Find milkshakes. (Show the milkshakes flashcard.) • Praise the children for their good work by saying Well
Find milkshakes on the mat today. (Point to the play done! Very good! or Excellent! and put a Cheeky
mat.) award sticker on their worksheet. (You may choose to
Point and say. (Point and mime speaking.) let the children stick on the award sticker themselves.)
Hip, hip, hooray! (Throw your arms into the air with
excitement.) 8 Sing The bye-bye song 2 (CD1 track 37)
• See Unit 3, Lesson 1, Activity 9.
4 Sing our favourite song See Multi-ROM for fun interactive activities
• Ask the children if they remember all the songs from on this topic.
Unit 4. Play the beginning of I like bananas! Say
Do you remember I like bananas? Encourage the
children to sing any words or phrases they remember Extra activities
from the song. Repeat with the Story song, I like ice-
cream and Ten brown sausages. 1 Play Cheeky’s whisper with food
• Say What’s your favourite song? Tell the children • Organise the children into a circle. Shuffle the
they must decide what their favourite song from Unit 4 sausages, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes, bananas, cake,
is. Say Put your hands up for I like bananas! Count ice-cream and apples flashcards. Lay them out face up
the number of votes. Repeat with the Story song, I like in the circle. Put on the Cheeky puppet.
ice-cream! and Ten brown sausages. • Tell the children that Cheeky wants to share a secret
• Say Our favourite song is (The ice-cream song) Let’s with them. Get Cheeky to whisper tomatoes to a child.
sing (The ice-cream song). Play the CD. Sing the song • Tell the child to pass the whisper on. Continue until
and do the actions. Encourage the children to join in. reaching the last child in the circle. Encourage them
to pick up the tomatoes flashcard. Play the game with
Transition time other children and repeat with the other flashcards.

5 Say Transition chant 2 (CD1 track 36) 2 Act out the I like bananas story (CD1 track
• Put your finger to your lips and say Shh! Be very 52)
quiet! Say the chant and do the actions while leading • Choose four children using The one banana, two
the children to their tables. Encourage them to join in. banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) Give
(See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.) them each a role, either Cheeky, Rory, Tom or Ellie.
You will play the part of Mummy. Play the CD.
Encourage the children to act out the story. (Use the
Table time story activity in Lesson 2 as a guide.) Encourage the
other children to join in with the Story song.
6 Draw your favourite food (Pupil’s Book
p51) 3 Play Guess the food with the play mat
• Hand out the pencils and crayons and the Pupil’s • Lay out the play mat in the circle time area. Hide
Books or the individual worksheets. the (ice-cream) flashcard behind your back. Choose
• Point to the sausage and say What’s this? Encourage a child to play the game using The one banana,
the children to say sausage. Repeat with banana, egg, two banana chant. (See Teacher talk, pages 15–16.)
tomato, milkshake, cake, ice-cream and apple. Encourage the child to guess what the flashcard is by
• Say Do you like sausages? Encourage the children pointing to the item on the play mat and saying the
who like sausages to put their hands up. Repeat with name. If the child guesses correctly, say Well done!
bananas, eggs, tomatoes, milkshakes, cake, ice-cream Play the game with other children and repeat with the
and apples. other food.
• Say Choose your favourite food. Encourage the
children to point to their favourite food. Hold up your
pencil and say Draw your favourite food. Encourage
the children to draw their favourite food in the picnic

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