I Am Slowly Going Crazy
(Tune: Reuben, Reuben, I’ve Been Thinking)

I am slowly going crazy, (Cross right ankle on left knee.
Place right elbow on right knee and place chin on palm.)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, switch. (Cross left ankle on right knee and place
chin on left palm.)
Crazy going slowly am I, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, switch.
Continue singing faster and faster.

Activities: This is a great activity to relieve stress and make you smile!
Let the children make fiddle sticks by tying a 20” piece of string to a craft stick. When they are anxious they can take out their fiddle stick and wind and unwind the string.
Brainstorm other things you can do when you feel like you’re going crazy!
Make a class book of “Things That Drive Us Crazy!”

Chair Can Can

Oh, fun! We get to do the “Chair Can Can.”
Sit in your seat and bounce your feet up and down to the beat.
Bend right knee and then kick. (Right knee up and kick out.)
Bend left knee and kick. (Left knee up and kick out.)
Cross kick right and then cross kick left. (Kick feet in opposite directions.)
Rainbow arms from left to right. (Swish arms in a big arch.)
Bounce your feet up and down as you rainbow your arms.
Right heel up. (Put up right heel.)
Left heel up. (Put up left heel.)
Open and close arms like an elevator door. (Open arms out and together.)
Hands on the sides of your chair and lift and sit. (Lift body.)
Lift, hold, hold, sit. (Lift, hold for several seconds, and sit.)
Kick right leg out straight and the left leg out straight. (Kick straight leg.)
Wave arms high in the air. (Arms up and move back and forth.)
Take a bow.

Activities: Play follow the leader and let children follow along as classmates make up exercises to do sitting down.
Play country music and do “seat square dancing” by with the do-se-do, honoring your partner, shaking hands, etc.
Give children paper plates to clap, shuffle, wave, and make other motions to music as they sit in their chairs.

My Bonnie Bounce
(Tune: My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean)

We’re going to sing a song you all know called “My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean” except every time we come to a word that starts with the /b/ sound we are going to stand up or sit down.

My Bonnie (Stand up.)
Lies over the ocean.
My Bonnie (Sit down.)
Lies over the sea.
My Bonnie (Stand up.)
Lies over the ocean.
Oh, bring (Sit down.)
Back (Stand up.)
My Bonnie (Sit down.)
To me.
Bring (Stand up.)
Back (Sit down.)
Bring (Stand up.)
Back (Sit down.)
Oh, bring (Stand up.)
Back (Sit down.)
My Bonnie (Stand up.)
To me, to me.
Bring (Sit down.)
Back (Stand up.)
Bring (Sit down.)
Back (Stand up.)
Oh, bring (Sit down.)
Back (Stand up.)
My Bonnie to me. (Sit down.)

A little faster…
Super fast…

Activities: Play other alliteration games where children jump up, hop, squat or do other movements when you say a word that starts with a particular sound.
Have children listen for similar sounds in “Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater,” “If Peter Pipe Pecked a Peck,” and other rhymes.
Think of an adjective for the beginning sound in each child’s name. For example: Sunny Sarah, Laughing Leon, or Helpful Hannah.

Wiggle Willy

I know a little boy. (Dance from side to side to the beat.)
His name is Wiggle Willy.
He is so very nice, but oh, he is so wiggly!
And so go his fingers and his fingers go like so
And his fingers are always soooooo… (Wiggle fingers.)
And so go his arms…(Wiggle arms and fingers.)
Legs…(Wiggle legs, arms, and fingers.)
Head…(Wiggle head, legs, arms, and fingers.)
Tongue…(Move tongue back and forth along with the other body parts.)
Wiggle Willy!

Activities: Why is Willy so wiggly? What makes you wiggly?
Have the children brainstorm how they can get rid of wiggles on the bus, in the car, sitting in their seat at school, etc.
Let children draw their interpretations of Wiggle Willy.

Banana Dance

Form the banana, form, form the banana. (Bring your right arm up
as you say this.)
Form the banana, form, form the banana. (Bring your left arm up.)
Peel the banana, peel, peel the banana. (Bring your right arm down.)
Peel the banana, peel, peel the banana. (Bring your left arm down.)
Go bananas, go, go bananas. (Jump around and act crazy!)
Go bananas, go, go bananas.

Form the corn, form, form the corn. (Bring your right arm up
as you say this.)
Form the corn, form, form the corn. (Bring your left arm up.)
Shuck the corn, shuck, shuck the corn. (Bring your right arm down.)
Shuck the corn, shuck, shuck the corn. (Bring your left arm down.)
Pop the corn, pop, pop the corn. (Jump on the word “pop.”)
Pop the corn, pop, pop the corn.

Form the mango…
Do the tango! (Dance with a partner.)

Form the orange…
Squeeze the orange! (Hug a partner.)

Form the tomato…
“Th” the ketchup! (Make a “thump” sound as you pretend to shake a
ketchup bottle.)
Form the carrot…
Feed the bunny! (Fingers over head like ears and put top teeth
on bottom lip.)

Form the avocado…
Guacamole! (Shake your head and pretend to shake maracas.)

Activities: Have a tasting party where children bring in snacks to share.
Ask children to draw a time line to show how the tomato gets from the vine to the ketchup bottle.
Discuss all the things you can put ketchup on. Let each child draw a picture and then make a class book called “We Like Ketchup On….”
How many servings of fruits and vegetables do you need every day? Have children keep a food journal to see if they’re eating all their fruits and veggies.
Ask children to collect seeds from different fruits they eat, such as apples, oranges, avocadoes, etc. Plant these and observe.