"There's an Eneri in the ring..."

After lunch the older children have been learning a new group song. They take turns to move (show a motion) to "There's a (child's name) in the ring, traa, laa, laa laa, laa", tune from the Boney M song, "There's a Brown Girl in the Ring".
One child has a turn in the middle while the other children hold hands in the ring on the outside, child in the middle chooses a motion to move too.
In these photos Eneri choose to turn around and for Jasper's turn his "show us a motion", was to jump. We all took turns and children had to come up with new motions each time, we had falling over, clapping, wriggling fingers and rolling eyes.
This is a physical movement songs that requires, turn taking, listening and information skills, and having fun!
"Young children have a widening range of opportunities for independence, choice, and autonomy", Well-Being, Te Whaariki.
We have repeated this song since and children knew what to do and enjoyed choosing a movement different from their friends.
Jessie