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“Energy Foods” Game Instructions
Unit 3
Materials Needed:
Large pictures of high energy foods
Large pictures of low energy foods
Instructions:
The teacher tells the children that nutrients and physical activity are important for their health and growth. To reinforce the nutrients needed for growth, we are going to play “Energy Foods.”
The teacher shows the children pictures of various different foods.
With each picture, the teacher asks the children if the item on the picture will help them grow and have energy.
If the picture is of something that will help the children grow and have energy, the children are invited to do a goofy dance, run in place, or hop. This high energy movement reflects the energy that these foods give our body!
If the picture is of something not beneficial to them, children are will walk slowly in place or not move. This low energy movement shows us that these foods give low or no energy to our bodies.
“Gardener Says” Game Instructions
Unit 3
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 3
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
[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
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