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“Bunny Hop” Game Instructions
Unit 11
Materials Needed:
Pictures of fruits and vegetables
Instructions:
Large pictures of fruits and vegetables are spread out around the playground.
The teacher tells the children to hop like a bunny to the fruit or vegetable that they like to eat the most.
The teacher calls on a few children to ask them “What is your name?” and “Why do you like to eat the fruit or vegetable that you are standing next to?”
The teacher then yells “Switch!” and the children are instructed to hop to another fruit or vegetable that they like to eat and stand next to that picture.
Each round, the teacher says something different. For example, in the next round, the teacher tells the children to hop on a fruit or vegetable that they have never tried, one that grows on a tree, one that grows in the ground, or one that’s green.
The teacher plays the game until every child has been called upon.
“Exercise When We Rhyme” Game Instructions
Unit 11
The teacher leads the children in singing the “Exercise When We Rhyme” game: If two words rhyme, they must perform the activity identified, and if two words don't rhyme, they must jump up and down.
The additional word pairs in parentheses can be substituted for more options.
Lyrics
Chorus:
[Get your heart pumping
Get your legs running (Run in place)
Get your brain jumping (Jump in place)
Exercise when we rhyme]
If I say two words that rhyme, jog in place
If I say two words that don't rhyme, jump up and down
Yellow – Hello (Mango – Tango)
(You may have to prompt the students asking-do those words rhyme?)
Beet – Grape (Asparagus – Watermelon)
Carrot – Parrot (Beans – Greens)
Berry – Cherry (Pear – Air)
Apple – Avocado (Radish – Orange)
If I say two words that rhyme, clap side to side
If I say two words that don’t rhyme, jump up and down
Potato – Tomato (Parsnips – Turnips)
Lime – Dime (Broccoli – Kohlrabi)
Lettuce – Lemon (Apricot – Squash)
Kiwi – Pee Wee (Yam – Ham)
(Repeat Chorus)
If I say two words that rhyme, clap side to side
If I say two words that don’t rhyme, jump up and down
Banana – Cucumber (Cabbage – Fig)
Pea – Bee (Zucchini – Fettuccine)
Corn – Horn (Kale – Whale)
Spinach – Milk (Cauliflower – Watermelon)
(Repeat Chorus)
C’mon, exercise when we rhyme
“Matching” Game Instructions
Unit 11
Materials Needed:
Pictures of matching ripe and unripe fruits and vegetables
Instructions:
The teacher leads the children in a game of “Matching.”
Pictures of ripe fruits and vegetables are placed face-up on the ground around the playground.
Pictures of unripe fruits and vegetables are distributed to each child.
The teacher tells the children to frog jump to the ripe fruit or vegetable that matches the unripe one they have in their hands.
Once all children have found their matching ripe fruits or vegetables, the children exchange cards and find the new ripe fruit or vegetable, while doing a different physical activity.
The teacher encourages the children to continue exchanging cards and matching them with the correct ripe fruit or vegetable, changing the physical activity each time (i.e. run while flapping arms like a bird, hop while flapping arms and buzzing like a bee, etc.).
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