STORY: an industrious Little Red Hen single-handedly makes a loaf of bread from a few grains of wheat she has found in the farmyard. Then she eats it, refusing to share it with her ‘friends’, who haven’t lifted a finger to help! This traditional story gives an insight into human as well as animal behaviour, and considers the benefits of sharing workloads as well as food.

Key Stages 1 – 2 (age 5 – 11) ; Duration approximately 30 minutes ;  Cross Curricular Aspects include food, farming and weather, science, geography, citizenship, music, dance, drama, art and design.

CAST:  to suit the number of performers available, the cast size is flexible with 15 to 20 evenly distributed speaking/singing parts and choruses ;  * = solo/small group singing part ;  ^ = solo/small group speaking part

Little Red Hen*^, Cat*^, Rat*^, Pig*^, Miller*^, Baker*^, Narrators, Choruses: Chicks, Trees and Wheat, Windmill

SONGS:  eight songs and dances explore a diversity of musical styles including traditional, blues and calypso.

	Opening Chant – Chorus
	Little Red Hen – Chorus
	Who Will Come And help Me? – Hen & Chicks, Cat, rat, Pig
	Winter Blues – Trees & Wheat
	Wake Up, Sleepy Heads – Hen & Chicks
	Miller’s Song – Miller
	Recipe For Bread – Baker
	A Sharing Day – All

 

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