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

Before the Lesson

Ensure there is enough space for children to move as they please.

Learning Objective

For children to accumulate at least 5–10 minutes of structured physical activity.

Enrichment

  • Read Shake My Sillies Out, by Raffi.

Activity

How to Play

Children stand on the spot shaking their arms and legs while singing the song below.

Lyrics

Children wiggle their bodies all over. You can vary this each time you do it by singing the song with different words and changing your movements, for example:

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.