RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi
OLD HOUSE Preparation • Collect pictures of older houses—preferably those from the 1940s – 1950s. Presentation • Share and discuss the house pictures with the class. • Say the rhyme with the actions for the class. • The class claps the beat while saying the rhyme. • The class says the rhyme with the actions. Additional activities/information • Read the information to the class. In 1950, Jack Smith and his wife and family moved into their new war service home in Boronia Street. Their house had two bedrooms and a sleep-out. One bedroom was for the mother and the father, the other bedroom was for the younger children and the sleep-out on the back veranda was for the two older boys. The kitchen had a gas stove and an ice chest. The ice chest was used to keep food like butter and milk cold on hot days. Twice a week the iceman would come to the back door of the house with a fresh block of ice and put it in the top of the ice chest for Mrs Smith. There were no shops nearby and every Monday Mrs Smith telephoned the butcher and the grocer and gave them the weekly orders. The butcher and grocer delivered the orders to the house on Fridays. The baker and the milkman who drove carts which were pulled by horses, called at the house each day. The family would sit in the lounge room and listen to the wireless and on cold winter nights they would sit around the open fi replace to keep warm. The laundry, which was part of the back veranda, had a large copper for boiling clothes and a cement trough and a door which led from the laundry into the toilet. There was also a clothes ringer with a handle which was turned by hand to drain the clean washing. In the backyard, Mrs Smith had a very long clothes line and a prop she used to hoist the washing up to catch the breeze. Mr and Mrs smith were saving up to buy a Hills ® hoist. The Smith family had no air-conditioning, no car, no garage, no washing machine, no refrigerator, no vacuum cleaner and no power mower. Such luxury items were too expensive for most families at that time. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy • Discuss the difference between old houses and houses of today. I can dance the barramundi 26 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
Old house Old house Creaking door Rusty Hills ® hoist Dusty fl oor. Weeds where fl owers Grew before ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy No-one lives here Anymore Lines 1. Touch fingertips. 2. Sway arm slowly. 3. Stretch arms out stiffly. 4. Spread fingers. 5. Droop fingers. 6. Open fingers. 7 & 8. Shake head slowly. R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au 27 I can dance the barramundi ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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- Page 3 and 4: Foreword I can dance the barramundi
- Page 5 and 6: Teachers notes Action rhymes serve
- Page 7 and 8: Bush dance I can dance The barramun
- Page 9 and 10: Echidna Rustle Rustle Hustle Hustle
- Page 11 and 12: Emu feather As I was fl oating In t
- Page 13 and 14: Pet cat My lady cat strolls In and
- Page 15 and 16: Getting up Woke up Out of bed Queas
- Page 17 and 18: Dugite Br-ea-th-ing in Th-ink-ing t
- Page 19 and 20: Gum tree Diddledy diddledy Dumpty A
- Page 21 and 22: Bush damper Flour and water Pinch o
- Page 23 and 24: Wombat It was a wild and Windy nigh
- Page 25 and 26: Crossing a creek Stepp-ing o-ver st
- Page 27 and 28: Trolley Shopping trolley trundling
- Page 29: Where am I? Feeling funny Squirm in
- Page 33 and 34: Jackaroo I crack my whip I gallop m
- Page 35 and 36: Cane toad It chomps up the middle I
- Page 37 and 38: Magpie I love My dappled magpie tre
- Page 39 and 40: Koala Crunch Crunch Munch Munch Yum
- Page 41 and 42: Spring things Butterfl ies Buzzy be
- Page 43 and 44: Ducksailing On the water Crumpled,
- Page 45 and 46: Veranda When I stay with Grandpa An
- Page 47 and 48: Southern Cross I’m looking for Th
- Page 49 and 50: Joey In his mother’s pouch When h
- Page 51 and 52: Hills ® hoist Washing on the Hills
- Page 53 and 54: Walking bus Off we go On the walkin
- Page 55 and 56: Kakadu Skip with me Mum and Dad And
- Page 57 and 58: Bunyip Rompa Stompa Rompa Stompa Be
- Page 59 and 60: Sandcastle I built a castle On the
- Page 61 and 62: Matilda waltzing I saw Matilda walt
- Page 63 and 64: Karri We love The giant karri trees
- Page 65 and 66: Platypus Dig your burrow Deep and d
- Page 67 and 68: A bird’s-eye view I spread my win
- Page 69 and 70: Windmill Windmill turning Round and
- Page 71 and 72: Dingo Lost dog dingo Running down t
- Page 73 and 74: Tin roof Snug and warm In my soft b
- Page 75 and 76: Crocodile Deep down on the riverbed
- Page 77 and 78: Daintree Come with me Take my hand
- Page 79 and 80: Rottnest Cuddly little quokkas Snoo
Old house<br />
Old house<br />
Creaking door<br />
Rusty Hills ® hoist<br />
Dusty fl oor.<br />
Weeds where fl owers<br />
Grew before<br />
©R.I.C. Publications<br />
Low Resolution Images<br />
Display Copy<br />
No-one lives here<br />
Anymore<br />
Lines 1. Touch fingertips.<br />
2. Sway arm slowly.<br />
3. Stretch arms out stiffly.<br />
4. Spread fingers.<br />
5. Droop fingers.<br />
6. Open fingers.<br />
7 & 8. Shake head slowly.<br />
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I <strong>can</strong> <strong>dance</strong> <strong>the</strong> barramundi<br />
ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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