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Title: Cock a Doodle Moo Read-Out-Loud Play Recommended for: 2-5 Year Olds Objectives:

Children Adults • Following Directions • Language • Predicting • Motor skills • Engagement • Communication • Gross Motor • Nurturing

Materials Needed: • 6-7 copies of the Cock a Doodle Moo Play (at the end of this plan) • Optional: stage decorations and/or costumes Methods: Facilitator Preparation 1. Set up play area with the narrator in a designated spot.

a. Option: create stage decorations prior to activity. Intergenerational Participants 1. Introduction-choose one adult to be the narrator and introduce them to the children.

Sing the hello song. 2. Pair the remaining older adults and children into five IG groups. 3. Give each adult a script with their group’s part highlighted so they know when to

speak. 4. Have the IG groups practice their part in the script (e.g. if the group is chickens have

them practice clucking, snoring, and laughing). 5. Then have the narrator go through the play (see below) with the IG groups acting out

their parts. a. Option: IG groups can dress up or use props.

6. Discuss the play together – which sound did you like the best? Which group was the loudest/most realistic sounds? Which group had the best moves?

7. Sing the goodbye song together holding hands. Special Considerations • Make sure the older adult is comfortable reading a story and taking breaks for the IG

groups to act out their part. The adult may want to practice reading the story in advance.


• Make sure font size of the script is large enough for elders to read; enlarge script font size as needed.

Getting To Know You • Ask your partner what their favorite farm animal is before the play. • Discuss what a farmer does on a farm. Has anyone in the group been to a farm or

worked on a farm? “What needs to be done on a farm?” Encouraging Interaction • Have IG groups discuss the difference between a story, play, and movie. • Have IG groups discuss theme of the play (e.g. What did we learn from the story?

What is a theme? What was the theme of the play?). • Have elder lead the children in acting out the parts in the play, then have the

children lead the adults in acting out the part. Extension Opportunities • Creating stage decorations, costumes, and props before the play. • Creating a play together as a group. • Field trip to a farm and learn what a farmer does and how she or he cares for the

animals and plants.


Cock –A-Doodle-

MOO! A play in one act, based on the book by Bernard Most

Three reading parts: Narrator Rooster

Cow


Five Active Audience Groups: Chicken Family

Pig Family Cow Family Duck Family

Farmer


Narrator: It was a beautiful morning on the farm. The sun began to rise. Time for the rooster to wake everybody on the farm. But when the rooster tried to make a loud cock-a-doodle-doo, only a whisper came out. Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: The rooster tried to wake his family Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: But the chicken family kept snoring (Chicken family snores) Narrator: The rooster tried to wake the pigs Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: But the pig family kept snoring (pig family snores) Narrator: The rooster tried to wake the cows Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: But the cows kept snoring (Cow family snores) Narrator: The rooster tried to wake the ducks Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: But the ducks kept snoring (Duck family snores) Narrator: The rooster tried to wake the farmer


Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: But the farmer kept snoring (Farmer snores) Narrator: Somebody had to wake the farm, so the rooster tried to wake the cow again. He stood right on the cow’s head and said Rooster (whispering): cock-a-doodle-doo Narrator: The cow opened one eye; she saw the rooster’s problem. The cow thought she could help, maybe she could go Cock-a-doodle-doo. Cow (loudly): Mock-a-moodle-moo Narrator: The roster wondered if he could teach the cow how to go cock-a-doodle-doo Rooster (whispering): Cock-a-doodle-doo Cow (loudly): Sock-a-noodle-moo Rooster (whispering): No, cock-a-doodle-doo Cow (loudly): Rock-a-poodle-moo Rooster (whispering): No, no, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo Cow (loudly): Clock–a-roodle-moo Rooster (whispering): No, no, no, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo Cow (loudly): Cock-a-doodle-MOO Narrator: Cock-a-doodle-moo was close enough. So the cow went to the pigs


Cow (loudly): cock-a-doodle-MOO Narrator: They woke up oinking & laughing (Pig Family oinks & laughs) Narrator: Then the cow went to the other cows Cow (loudly): cock-a-doodle-MOO Narrator: They woke up mooing & laughing (Cow family moos & laughs) Narrator: Then the cow went to the chickens Cow (loudly): cock-a-doodle-MOO Narrator: They woke up clucking & laughing (Chicken family clucking & laughs) Narrator: The cow went to the ducks Cow (loudly): cock-a-doodle-MOO Narrator: They woke up quacking & laughing (Duck family quacks & laughs) Narrator: The cow went to the farmer Cow (loudly): cock-a-doodle-MOO Narrator: He woke up laughing (Farmer laughs) Narrator: Everyone woke up with a laugh. So when the rooster finally got his voice back: Rooster (loudly): Cock-a-doodle-doo


Narrator: The cow taught the rooster to cock-a-doodle-moo & they woke everyone on the farm together. Cow (loudly): Cock-a-doodle-MOO Rooster (loudly): Cock-a-doodle-MOO Cow & Rooster together (loudly): Cock-a-doodle-MOO! Narrator: Everyone on the farm Cock-a-doodle-mooed together! All animals: Cock-a-doodle-MOO!


The following pages can be placed on a table to indicate which farm family the audience members represent. The narrator will need to gesture toward them to either snore or make their animal noise when it is the appropriate time in the story.


Chicken Family


Pig Family


Cow Family


Duck Family


Farmer

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