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

  • Invite children to bring their teddy bears to Head Start. Talk about which teddy bears wear clothes and which ones don’t. Have children sort teddy bears by size or color.
  • Put teddy bear crackers into a jar. Ask children to guess how many teddy bear crackers are in the jar. Count the crackers with children.
  • Read Corduroy’s Day: A Counting Book, by Lisa McCue, to children for story time.

Activity

How to Play

Instruct children to stand in a circle or in place where they can’t reach anyone else. Teach children to sing the following song and encourage them to move as the words of the song describe. Sing the song as many times as the children like. Encourage them to move as much as they can. You can use the Wee Sing music album and Book Collection, Musical Games, Rhymes and Silly Songs, Section One, Track 40, to accompany the activity if you choose.

Lyrics

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.