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"Red Apple, Green Apple” Game Instructions
Unit 12
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.
“Gardener Says” Game Instructions
Unit 12
In order to further emphasize gardening as physical activity and practice the use of gardening tools, the teacher leads the children in a game of “Gardener Says” (played like Simon Says).
Children line up and the “gardener” says “Gardener Says to Dig,” and the children make a digging motion pretending to have a shovel in their hands.
This game is repeated as the children practice other gardening actions such as raking, watering, harvesting down low (bend at the waist and bend their arms at the waist, moving them back and forth to pretend like they are picking fruits and vegetables), and harvesting high (children stand on their tiptoes and pretend to pick apples from the top of the tree by reaching up high with their left and right hand).
“Exercise When We Rhyme” Game Instructions
Unit 12
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
“Plant Splash Relay” Game Instructions
Unit 12
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.
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