Unit 7: Route and Transitions

LESSON 1: My Rainbow Route
Age Group: 2-3 years old
Duration: 30 minutes

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Drama: Students will be able to follow the narrator’s cues and act out their character’s journey with clear greetings and transitions.

2. Music: Students will be able to sing the Sharing Song confidently after completing their route.

3. Performance Readiness: Students will be able to move along visual trails with stage awareness, complete greetings, freeze poses, and exit smoothly.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Floor arrows or visual trails (colour‑coded paths)  
2. Stage map (entrance → Bear family → singing spot → exit)  
3. Animal role cards or badges  
4. Narrator script 
5. Percussion instrument (chime or drum)
6. Sharing Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fq4YmYjzQ
7. Lesson PowerPoint:

REMARK: If possible, carry out this lesson on the actual stage or performance space to help children become familiar with entrances, center positions, and exits in the real environment.

LESSON PROCEDURES:
1. Warm-up (3 minutes)

• Invite children to form a circle.
• Sing “Sharing Song” with coordinated gestures.
• Guide simple open‑arm “sharing” gestures.  
 

2. Introduce the Rainbow Route (5 minutes)

• Present the stage map showing each character’s journey.  
• Invite children to look at the floor arrows or visual trails.  
• Guide explanation of the full sequence:  

  “Listen to the narrator → Enter → Greet the Bears → Say your line → Hand the fruit → Sing → Freeze → Exit.”
 

3.   Listen to the Narrator (3 minutes)

• Invite children to stand at the entrance zone.  
• Guide attention to the narrator’s voice or cue.  
• Ring chime to reinforce listening and readiness.  


4. Practice the Rainbow Route (12 minutes) 

• Invite the first animal group to follow their floor arrows into the stage.  
• Guide them to walk to the Bear family.  
• Lead the greeting line:   “Hi Bears! We have [fruits]!”  
• Guide the Bears to respond:   “Thanks!”  
• Invite the group to move to their singing spot.  
• Guide singing of the Sharing Song together.  
• Invite children to freeze in a pose at the end of the song.  
• Guide the group to exit along their visual trail.  
• Repeat with each animal group in order.  
 

5. Full Group Flow (5 minutes)

• Invite all groups to follow their rainbow routes one after another.  
• Guide smooth transitions between entrances, greetings, singing, and exits.  
• Reinforce timing with chime cues.  
 

6. Cool Down (2 minutes)

• Invite children to return to circle.  
• Lead soft breathing and gentle stretching.  

ASSESSMENT:

- Observe ability to follow the narrator’s cue.  
- Assess clarity of movement along the rainbow route.  
- Evaluate greeting line delivery and timing.  
- Monitor freeze poses and smooth exits.