5 Green Frogs Jumping on the Log
An adapted version of “10 Green Bottles sitting on the Wall” for ESL pre-schoolers. This is a fun and simple song to introduce numbers 1-5 and provides lots of vocabulary practice (frog, green, log, jump, splash).
I bring along to class some frog masks for the children to wear and act out the song themselves. They have great fun jumping and splashing in a pretend pond.
Happy Teaching!
I wrote this mini play for a class of 4-8 year old children. I tried to make it super simple and comprehensive for both children learning English as a second language or very young children who are still unable to memorize longer pieces of dialogue. I also used hand puppets and encouraged the children to make simple prop houses made out of cardboard, sticks and straw. A puppet theatre can be shop bought or if you have a tight budget, a black curtain can be positioned over a hung washing line to create a puppet stage.
2- 10 Characters
1-4 Narrators
Mummy pig
Timmy pig
Sam pig
Jack Pig
Wolf
Brick/Hay/Stick salesman
SCENE 1
Mother pig’s kitchen
Narrator: A Mummy Pig has three baby pigs called Timmy, Sam and Jack. (pigs enter) Timmy likes singing, Sam likes fishing and Jack likes sleeping (Jack can be heard snoring)
Mummy pig: You are too pig for my little house. You must build your own houses
Pigs: Goodbye Mummy
Mummy pig Goodbye little pigs. Be careful of the big bad wolf. He’ll eat you!
SCENE 2
Along the road
Narrator 2 : Timmy Pig meets a man
Salesman : Hello little pig do you want some straw?
Timmy Pig: Yes please, I want to build a strong straw house. (the man gives him some straw) Thank you.
Narrator 2: Sam meets a man
Man: Hello little pig do you want some sticks?
Tommy Pig Yes please, I want to build a strong stick house. (the man gives him some sticks) Thank you.
Narrator 2: Jack meets a man
Salesman: Hello little pig do you want some bricks?
Jack Pig: Yes please, I want to build a strong brick house. (the man gives him some sticks) Thank you.
Timmy pig: This is my new house (a straw house appears)
Sam pig: This is my new house (a stick house appears)
Jack pig: This is my new house (a brick house appears)
SCENE 3
Timmy’s house
Narrator 3: Oh no…here comes Mr Wolf
Wolf: I’m hungry, I’m very very hungry grrrhhhh ! I smell pigs , yummy yummy . Little pig , little pig, let me come in
Timmy pig: No you can’t come in Mr Wolf! Go away go away !
Wolf: Then i’ll Huff, puff, huff, puff ,huff, puff and blow your house in!
(Timmy pig runs away)
SCENE 4
Sam’s house
Narrator 3 The wolf comes to the stick house
Wolf: I’m hungry, I’m very very hungry grrrhhhh ! I smell pigs , yummy yummy . Little pigs, little pig, let me come in
Timmy pig and Sam pig No, no, no you can’t come in Mr Wolf! Go away go away !
Wolf: Then i’ll Huff, puff, huff, puff ,huff, puff and blow your house in!
(Timmy and Sam run away)
SCENE 5
Jack’s house
Narrator 3 The wolf comes to the brick house
Wolf: I’m hungry, I’m very very hungry grrrhhhh ! I smell pigs, yummy yummy. Little pigs, little pig, let me come in
Timmy pig and Sam pig and Jack Pig : No, no, no you can’t come in Mr Wolf! Go away go away!
Wolf: Then i’ll Huff, puff, huff, puff ,huff, puff and blow your house in! (repeat 3 times) Ahhhh, I’m very tired!
Narrator 4 : The pigs put a big pot of boiling water on the stove
Timmy pig and Sam pig and Jack Pig: Mr Wolf, we are ready now!
Narrator 4: The wolf slides down the chimney and falls into the big pot of boiling water
Narrator 4 Timmy, Sam and Jack live together in Harry’s house and are very happy.
THE END
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