36 seasonal &

everyday activities
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Snap & Tap

Put your hands down to your sides. Snap
the fingers on your right hand one time.
Now quickly use your right hand to tap your
le shoulder. Repeat snapping-and-tapping
5 times. Now switch hands. Snap on the le
and tap your right shoulder. Can you switch
back and forth by snapping and tapping
once on each side?
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Lazy Eights
Look straight ahead and hold your body still.
Just by moving your eyes, follow my finger
in the air as I draw a horizontal figure eight
( ). Now use your right hand to draw your
own lazy 8 in the air. Start small and close to
your body. Gradually make it larger. Dont
bump arms with anybody! Now switch hands
and repeat the process with the le hand.
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Think About It
Stand with your hands at your sides. Listen
to the the body parts I name and touch that
part with the OPPOSITE hand. Le foot.
Touch your le foot with your right hand.
Right ear, make sure you use your le hand
now. Continue with other parts. Examples:
right ankle, le knee, le shoulder, le arm,
right elbow, le hip, right leg, etc.
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Washing Machine
Stand up straight with your arms at your
side. Relax your knees and begin to turn
your upper body from side to side so that
your arms swing out and around your body,
back and forth. Be careful not to get out of
control. Make sure you take deep breaths
as you spin. When the wash cycle is over,
shake yourself dry!
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Time to Hibernate
Choose one student to be Old Man Winter.
The remaining students walk slowly around
the room like a woodland animal. Old Man
Winter comes around and taps each animal
and they immediately go into hibernation.
When Old Man Winter claps his hands,
everyone wakes up again.
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Stretchy Statues

Tongue Out!
Pretend you are catching snowflakes with
your tongue. Use your tongue to spell
these words in the air:
snow
icicle
January
snowboard
miens
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Secret Handshake

Stand and stretch and bend in place until I

say Statue of a ____! Freeze in that shape
until I say Stretch! Then stretch and
bend again.
Examples: snowman, penguin, icicle, skier,
skater, snow shoveler, polar bear, snowy owl,
New Years baby, crackling fire place

Decide on a sneaky, secret handshake.

Secretly choose 1 person to be the Jack
Frost. Have everyone walk around the
room shaking hands normally. If Jack Frost
gives you the secret handshake, freeze in
your spot. Jack Frost continues shaking
hands until someone figures out who it is.

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Riddles

What do you call a small Valentine?

A Valentiny!
What did the farmer give his wife on
Valentines Day?
Hogs and kisses!
What did the stamp say to the envelope?
Im stuck on you!
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Riddles
Who do birds spend Valentines Day with?
Their tweet hearts!
Why do skunks celebrate Valentines Day?
Theyre very scent-imental!
What do squirrels give each other on
Valentines Day?
Forget-me-nuts!
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Riddles
On Valentines Day, what does:
Mr. Bat say to Mrs. Bat?
I love hanging around with you!
Mr. Bear say to Mrs. Bear?
I love you beary much.
Mr. Whale say to Mrs. Whale
Whale you be mine?
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Tongue Twisters
Try out these tongue twisters. Can you say
them five times fast?
Vain Violets velvet valentine vanished.
King Kong kisses Queen Kate.
A cheeky chimp chucked cheap
chocolates.
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Hunt for Gold

Get 2 objects, one smaller than the other.
Have the class sit in a circle. Start passing
the small object around the circle. This is
the gold. When hes partway around the
circle, start passing the bigger object--the
leprechaun! When one person has both
objects at once, the leprechaun has found
the gold and the game is over.
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Erin Go Bragh

Hot Potato
Choose any object to be your hot
potato. Have the class sit in a circle. Play
some music while students start passing
around the hot potato. When the music
stops, whoever is holding the potato must
stand up and do a leprechaun jig. Repeat
as many times as you like.
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In Like a Lion

Call out the words below in any order and

students do the corresponding action. Start
slow at first and then go faster.

Call out the words below in any order and

students do the corresponding action. Start
slow at first and then go faster.

shamrock: move to the right side of the room

rainbow: move to the le side of the room
gold: lean over and pick up pot of gold
leprechaun: put hands on hips

Lion: move to the front of the room

Lamb: move to the back of the room
wind: turn slowly in a circle
rain: walk on tip-toes

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3 Describe 1 in 2
Choose 3 students to come to the front of
the room. Secretly tell them an object (for example, a nest). Each student is allowed to say 2
adjectives to describe the object. Then the
class guesses what was described. If no one
suggests the object, give the 3 kids one more
adjective each. The game is easier
if you list possible answers on the board.
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Mountain Spring
Arrange students in a line. Choose a
volunteer to be it. Start any object on one
end of the line (spring). Pick a category
appropriate for it (animals that fly,
shapes with 4 angles, etc.). Students
in line begin passing the object. It must
name 5 things that fit the category before
the object reaches the end of the spring.
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Spring Soup
Write a big word where everyone can see
it with the leers in mixed up order
(blossom, daffodil, hyacinth, galoshes,
tadpole, umbrella, caterpillar, carnation).
Students suggest smaller words that can be
made from the leers. The goal is to make
as many words as possible. The game is
over when someone discovers the big word.
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I Like To, Do You?

Work with a partner. The first player says
something he/she likes to do in spring,
such as, I like to jump in puddles, do you?
The second player says, I like to jump in
puddles and catch buerflies, do you?
Continue taking turns and adding on new
activities until someone forgets the order.
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Heat Wave
Rub the palms of your hands together
quickly. Your hands should start to feel warm
from the friction. Put your warmed hands
on your face and feel the heat making your
face hot. Rub your hands till theyre warm
again. Put your hands on your legs. Keep
warming up until it feels like youre out
in the bright sunshine.
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Lemonade Stand
Pick up a lemon. Cut it open. Twist it as you
press it into the juicer. Keep going until
youve juiced 4 lemons. Pour the juice into a
pitcher. Now pick up the bag of sugar.
Careful--its heavy! Scoop out a big cupful
and pour it into the pitcher. Pour in some
water. Now stir it all together. Pour yourself
a tall glass and take a drink. Refreshing!
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Bubbles!
Twist open a new bole of bubbles. Take
out the plastic wand. Slowly blow a big
bubble. Watch it float away. Now blow a
bunch of lile bubbles. Can you catch them
without popping them? Try catching them
on your hands. Can you blow bubbles and
catch them with your feet? How about your
head? Watch them all pop!
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Hooks Handshake
Curl the fingers of both hands into a hook
shape like youre Captain Hook--with two
hooks! Hook your hands together. Now,
gently pull as though you were trying to
put them apart. Feel the stretch in your
arms, but dont pull too hard! Relax your
hands and rest for a few seconds. Now try
pulling your hooked hands another time.
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Dem Bones!
Spell the word skeleton using one of the
body parts listed below. Print or cursive.
Body parts:
elbow
knee
ankle
shoulder
head
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Creaking Floors
Move (in place) like you are opening the
door of a haunted house. You struggle to
push open the heavy door. Shuffle your feet
nervously across the dusty floor. Pull away
the cobwebs on the staircase. Each stair
creaks as you slowly climb to the top. What
was that sound? Look le! Look right! Run
back down the stairs! Slam the front door!
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Swamped!
Move (in place) like you are walking and you
stumble into a swamp. Your shoes fill with
water and your socks are squishy and wet.
You slowly li your legs but each step your
feet are sinking deeper and deeper. Reach
up and grab a tree branch. Slowly pull
yourself up onto the dry land. Run away
before you slip again!
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Mad Scientist
Decide on a sneaky, secret handshake.
Choose one person to be the mad scientist.
Have everyone walk around the room
shaking hands. If the mad scientist gives you
the secret handshake, you turn into a (silent)
Frankenstein. The mad scientist continues
turning students into monsters until
someone figures out who it is.
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Fact or Opinion?
Stand up. Listen to each statement. If it is
fact, move to the le side of the room. If it is
opinion, move to the right side of the room.
Pumpkin is the best kind of pie. (opinion)
You should always have whipped
cream on your pie. (opinion)
There are about 2,000 calories in an
8 inch pumpkin pie. (fact)

Fact or Opinion?
Stand up. Listen to each statement. If it is
fact, move to the back of the room. If it is
opinion, move to the front of the room.
A female turkey is called a hen. (fact)
Turkeys are beautiful animals. (opinion)
Only male turkeys gobble. (fact)

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Fact or Opinion?

Fact or Opinion?

Stand up. Listen to each statement. If it is

fact, move to the le side of the room. If it is
opinion, move to the right side of the room.
The first Thanksgiving was in Plymouth,
Massachuses. (fact)
The first Thanksgiving was fun. (opinion)
The first Thanksgiving was in 1621. (fact)
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Stand up. Listen to each statement. If it is

fact, move to the back of the room. If it is
opinion, move to the front of the room.
The Macys Thanksgiving parade is
the best part of the holiday. (opinion)
The Macys Thanksgiving Parade
happens every year in New York City. (fact)
The parade route is 2.5 miles long. (fact)
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Santa Says
Listen to Santa. Say Santa says... before
each command.
Examples:
Tap your right knee with your le hand.
Touch your le ankle with your right hand.
Li your le knee and your right arm.
Touch your right heel to your le knee.
Twirl your right foot counterclockwise.
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Loading the Sleigh

You need to help load Santas sleigh. Squat
down to your le and pick up a large, heavy
gi. Turn to your right and set it into the
sleigh. Be careful! These presents are
very heavy. Continue liing presents into
the sleigh until youve lied ten boxes.
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Rudolph Requests
Listen to Rudolph. Say Rudolph requests...
before each command.
Examples:
Toss a snowball over your right shoulder.
Draw a figure 8 in the air.
Li your right knee and your le ear.
Touch your le hip with your right elbow.
Cross your feet and jump to uncross.
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Calming Cocoa
Pretend you are standing at the stove
stirring a big pot of hot chocolate. The liquid
is hot and bubbly. Use a large spoon to
slowly stir. Stir with the other hand now.
Feel the warm steam on your face. Take in a
big, deep breath. Mmmm. Spoon some into
your cup. Sprinkle some marshmallows on
top. Now take a big drink. Yum!
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