Activity

Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity every day and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.

Equipment Required

Learning Objective

For children to accumulate at least 5 to 10 minutes of structured physical activity. Explore new ways to move. Achieve a sense of strength, flexibility and calmness.

Activity

How to Play

Song Words Dance Steps

Refrain:

Cut up a peach and slice it,
Cut up a pear and dice it
Cut up a plum and slice it
Add a little clove to spice it

Start crouched down as small as you can get, jump up at end of each line Repeat 4x or in 4 different groups

Fruit fruit fruit salad
Make a “tutti frutti” salad
Fruit fruit fruit salad
Make a “tutti frutti” salad

Bend forward and knock knees together and apart, brushing hands across knee caps back and forth

Take a ripe yellow banana
Oranges and some papaya

Different colors different shapes
You can even add some juicy grapes

Do the Hand Jive

Slap Knees 4x, Clap Hands (4x)
Cross Hands Right over Left palms facing down (4x)
Cross Hands Left over Right palms facing down (4x)
Beat Fists together Right over Left (4x)
Beat Fists together Left over Right (4x)
Right Thumb over Right Shoulder (4x)
Left Thumb over Left Shoulder (4x)
Repeat until refrain starts

Refrain:

Cut up a peach and slice it....
Fruit fruit.....

Crouch down and jump up at end of each line
Knock knees together and apart

Apple bits and fresh strawberries
Pineapples and sweet red cherries
Squeeze a little lemon or some lime
Watermelon makes it oh so fine

Do the Hand Jive (see above)

Repeat until refrain starts

Refrain:

Cut up a peach and slice it....
Fruit fruit.....

Crouch down and jump up at end of each line
Knock knees together and apart

Stir it up in a great big bowl
I’m as hungry as Old King Cole
Here’s a ladle, take a scoop
Get a piece of that cantaloupe

Do the Hand Jive (see above)

Repeat until refrain starts.
Can try it faster if the kids are ready

Refrain:

Cut up a peach and slice it....
Fruit fruit.....

Knock knees until the end of song

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.

Weekly Log

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.