BEGINNERS
The Happy Snake
SPECIFIC VOCABULARY
color, eyes, mouth, big,small, ears, head, shoulders, knees, toes, body, circle,
four, five, brown, black, green, is, are
SETTING
a park or garden
CHARACTERS
Sammy, the snake
a girl
a CHORUS: as many students as the teacher wants
Several othersnakes, Sammy’sfriends
THE PLAY
SAMMY: What a nice,sunny day!
CHORUS: What a nice,sunny day!
SEVERAL OTHER SNAKES: Let’s play, Sammy. Let’s have a race!
SAMMY: OK… Let’ssee who isthe fastest. Ready?
CHORUS: Ready? Are we ready?
SAMMY: I’ll count to five. Then we can run. One…two…three….four…..five.
CHORUS: One…two…three….four…five.
SAMMY: GO!
CHORUS: GO! GO! GO!
(All the snakes begin to run as if they are in a race . Then they suddenly stop because they see a girl playing in the park. When they stop, they are in a circle.)
THE GIRL: Oh, wow! Look at the cute, little snakes.
They are in a circle.
They are pretty with colors of green and black. They are small.
CHORUS: They are small! They are small.
THE GIRL: Hello baby snakes. Do you have names?
SAMMY: My name is Sammy. I am small.
You are very big. What are you doing?
CHORUS: What are you doing? What are you doing?
THE GIRL: I am playing and singing. I am singing a song.
Do you want to sing about the body with me?
SAMMY and OTHER SNAKES: Yes, yes. We want to sing.
THE GIRL: How can you hear me if you do not have ears?
SNAKES: We can FEEL yoursong.
THE GIRL: OK… We will sing. (She beginsto sing, using motions…)
“Head and shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees, and toes…
Knees and toes…
Eyes, and ears, and mouth , and nose…
Head and shoulders, knees and toes…
knees and toes.”
SAMMY, ALL THE SNAKES, AND THE CHORUS: They sing the same song that the girl sang.
“Head and shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees, and toes…..” etc.
THE GIRL: This is fun! Maybe we can play again tomorrow.
SNAKES: Yes! Yes! Yes!
CHORUS: Yes! Yes! Yes!
SAMMY: I am a happy snake…I am happy!
EVERYONE: Yes, we are happy!
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