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"Red Apple, Green Apple” Game Instructions
Unit 10
Materials Needed:
Pictures of yellow, green, and red apples
Instructions:
The children line up opposite the teacher.
When the teacher holds up the green apple, the children begin performing an activity as they make their way toward the teacher. For example, the teacher may tell the children to hop like a grasshopper. When the green apple is showing then the children will hop like a grasshopper toward the teacher.
When the teacher holds up the red apple, the children stop doing the activity.
When the teacher holds up the yellow apple, then the children perform the activity very slowly.
Once the children reach the teacher on the opposite side of the room, then the children start over with a new activity.
“Plant Splash Relay” Game Instructions
Unit 10
Materials Needed:
2 Baskets
Small blue balls for each child
Instructions:
To reinforce the importance of drinking water and watering the plants, the children play the “Plant Splash Relay” game:
The children are split into two teams and line up as far as possible from two baskets set up for each team to run to. The baskets represent a pretend flower.
Each child is given a blue ball, which represents a “water droplet.”
The teacher says “Go” and the first child in each line runs down to the basket and places her/his “water droplet” or ball inside the “flower” or basket and then runs back to his/her line.
Once the first child returns, the second child runs down to the flower and deposits her/his water droplet before returning to the line.
While each child is relaying back and forth between baskets, the children waiting for a turn jump up and down with their arms in the air cheering for each classmate.
This continues until everyone has had a turn. Repeat the relay several times if time permits and have the children hop, skip, and/or run for each additional turn.
For additional physical activity, redistribute the blue balls for each relay by having the children run to the basket to retrieve a ball and run back to get into line.
“Follow the Leader” Game Instructions
Unit 10
In order to emphasize the importance of fruits and vegetables for growth, the teacher leads the students in a game of “Follow the Leader.”
The teacher chooses one of the children to be the leader and the rest of the children line up behind the leader or stand around the leader on the playground.
The teacher teaches the children a simple chant, “[Janet] is growing big and strong, look what she can do!”
The child who is the leader chooses an action such as skipping or hopping around the playground, the children follow the leader until the teacher yells out “Stop!” If necessary, the teacher can suggest actions for the child leader to choose from or tell the children what activity to perform. Options include digging, raking, jumping jacks, hopping side to side, silly dance, etc.
The teacher chooses a new leader and repeats the change, “Kate is growing big and strong, look what she can do!” Repeat this game until several children have had a chance to play.
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