Lettersfor and Sounds Revised5 Helen Dineen Amanda Erb Bodies Can Anything!Do
Written by Helen Dineen Illustrated by Amanda Erb Bodies can do anything! Contents Bodies can do anything! 2 A celebration of knees 5 Why I fidget 9 Learning to ride a bicycle 12 A muddy marching song 16 Hair in our class 18 Time to rest 20 Bodies can do anything! 22
Bodies can do anything! Heads and shoulders, knees and toes, Fingers, thumbs, now here we go, You can dance and move and sing, Bodies can do anything! 2
There’s no need to ask permission, Get yourself into position, More and more, let’s move and sing, Bodies can do anything! 3
Dance is all about connection, There’s no need to chase perfection, Find your passion, move and sing, Bodies can do anything! 4
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A celebration of knees
Robyn’s got protection on her knees to help her skate. Noor’s done keepy-uppies with her knees since she was eight.
Fred’s knees like adventures and they help him to explore.
Archie’s got artistic knees. They help with his audition …
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Peyton’s knees are made to keep possession, shoot and score.
… and Angela’s got springy knees to face her competition. Marco’s got ambitious knees to steer him to the top. But Dylan’s got delicious knees … Hey, Dylan! Danger! Stop! Caution! Climbingwall 7
Phonemes covered: /ai/ aigh, ea, eigh, ey /ear/ ere, eer /i/ y /j/ dge, ge /m/ mb /n/ kn, gn /or/ our, oar, ore /sh/ ti, ssi, si, ci A collection of poems to explore our fantastic bodies. Bodies Can Anything!Do Stretch and Phasechallenge5Set5 A collection of poems collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat
