Unfortunately, I didn’t photograph the display and my old planning records have long since been consigned to the end-of-year skip (so many changes in the National Curriculum over the years rendered the ‘topic’ style of teaching redundant), so I have no record of the “I’m A LittleTeapot” week. 3. I'm a little teapot, short and stout Here is my handle (one hand on hip), here is my spout (other arm out straight) When I get all steamed up, hear me shout Just tip me over and pour me out (As song ends, lean over and tip arm out like a spout. This song is perfect to sing when the children are having 'tea party' or when they are 'cooking'. We spent a whole week on the Nursery rhyme and we created a display board of the children’s creative work. Im a Little Teapot (or 'The Teapot Song') is a nursery rhyme about a tea pot written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelly. We made scones to have with our ‘tea’ (our daily milk in teacups) at snack time (Food technology). I created Maths problems using teacups, teapots and spoonfuls of sugar for them to work out. We even played with plastic teapots and teacups in the water tray! (Maths – capacity) Im a Little Teapot (or 'The Teapot Song') is a nursery rhyme about a tea pot written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelly. Im a little teapot short and stout (point to yourself) Heres my handle and heres my spout, (put one. (Art)Īnd they had a go at creating their own alternative to the third line. Have a look at the video if youre not sure of the tune. We clapped, stamped and chanted “dah-dee-dah-dee-dah-dah” the rhythm (music)Įach child decorated (paint/collage/pencil crayon) a teapot outline, they drew and painted pictures of teapots and teacups from memory and from observation.
The children had to discuss each alternative – they chose the one they preferred and justified their choice (and they made me justify my own choice too!), including whether it made sense, matched the correct rhythm, etc. (There were others but I am afraid they are lost in the mists of time!) When I see the tea cups (my version as taught to me by my grandmother)
I then had the alternatives written on large sheets of paper :
I wrote the whole rhyme on the flip chart (remember those?) with the third line missing. Even within a class of 28 children there was such a wide variation of the third line that we did a creative writing session on it. Many years ago, as a newly qualified teacher, I did a ‘topic’ on Traditional Nursery Rhymes with my mixed Reception/Year 1 class. Words & Music: George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley, Copyright: 1941 Kelman Music Corporation.
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