Fruit Salad Game

Fruit Salad GAME

Thanks to Dr. Lauren at 

Valdosta State University for this posting.

You need some players and some space...
Watch this video to get an idea on how to play.

YouTube- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_RopphlWY

Activity You can play this game with as many people as you want.

First, arrange a circle of chairs. You will need one chair fewer than the total number of people playing. 

For example, if 5 people are playing, there should be 4 chairs.

Each person will be seated in a chair, except for the ‘in’ player. 

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  Choose one person to be 'in'. This person will stand in the middle of the circle.

   Players will be split into 3 groups of fruit. The ‘in’ player will go around the circle and name each person either apple, orange or banana.

THE 'IN' PLAYER WILL CALL OUT THE NAME OF A FRUIT.

If the ‘in’ player calls out bananas (for example), every player who is banana must get up as quickly as he /she can and change places with another banana player.

Players who are not bananas stay seated.

All players, including the ‘in’ player, tries to sit in an empty chair. The player who cannot find an empty chair is the 'in' player for the next round.

The ‘in’ player can also call 'fruit salad'. When ‘fruit salad’ is called everyone has to get up and change spots, and sit in a different chair. The player who cannot find a chair is ‘in’ for the next round. 

The game is finished whenever players get tired of playing.

HAVE FUN!!!!

 

Carla's Sandwich - Read Aloud Video

• Written by: Debbie Herman
• Illustrated by: Sheila Bailey
• Published by: Flashlight Press
• Read by: Allison Janney
• Suggested grade level: 2nd - 3rd
• Run time: 11 minutes

THANKS to the Screen Actor's Guild for this great read aloud by actress Allison Janney

I absolutely LOVE sandwiches... Do YOU???

Here's a story to listen to and read aloud with about Carla and her sandwich.

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/carlas-sandwich/

ACTIVITY:  This is a perfect story to read just before lunch or dinner. MAKE your favorite sandwich... Maybe you can share it with your friends and family! 

Remember to WASH YOUR HANDS first, and then be sure to clean up.

 Popcorn Poems

Yesterday's post was about the history of popcorn, facts and pictures and a read aloud. 

Today, think about the way popcorn looks, smells, feels, tastes, and SOUNDS when it is being popped!

Poetry is a way to play with words and sounds to describe something. THESE poems are about, you guessed it: POPCORN

Love the Look of Words

by Maya Angelou

Popcorn leaps, popping from the floor of a
hot black skillet and into my mouth.
Black words leap, snapping from the white page.
Rushing into my eyes.
Sliding into my brain which
gobbles them the way my tongue
and teeth chomp
the buttered popcorn.
When I have stopped reading,
ideas from the words stay
stuck in my mind,
like the sweet smell of butter
perfuming
my fingers
long after the popcorn is finished.
I love the book and the look of words
the weight of ideas
that popped into my mind.
I love the tracks of
new thinking in my mind.

And here's one to make you move like you are popcorn!

Pop-Corn

by Evaleen Stein

Pop! Pop!–Poppetty-pop!
Shake and rattle and rattle and shake
The golden grains as they bounce and break
To fluffy puffiness–Poppetty-pop!
Bursting and banging the popper’s top!
Poppetty-pop!
Pop! Pop!

Think of popcorn and make up your own poem or song or dance. Have fun with your friends and family.

POP!

THE POPCORN BOOK - READ ALOUD

written an illustrated by Tomie de Paola

read by Chris Swanson

Tomie dePaola had a HUGE popcorn machine at his studio in New Hampshire. He loved popcorn enough to write and illustrate this book!

Here's a read aloud about a favorite snack: POPCORN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shCSQChDMB4

ACTIVITY:  MAKE AND EAT POPCORN

After you read along and learn lots of things about popcorn, gather your friends and family to make some!

Before you do, have an adult put some kernels in a bag to jar and take turns trying to estimate how many there are. 

Then ask the adult to pop them for you and enjoy your snack together.

HOW many kernels were there? Who was closest? 

What makes the kernels pop? 

What was your favorite fact about popcorn?

Drawing Dots with Author, Peter Reynolds

What Can you do with a Dot? Drawing Dots with Author /Illustrator, Peter Reynolds

Author and Illustrator, Peter Reynolds, shows us how to make a simple dot something else.  

See the post of his book, called simply, The Dot  (that I posted to this blog on June 27, 2020).

You Need: 

Paper (even the bag of old envelopes)

Pencil or colored pencils

Markers

Watercolor paint (not necessary)

Watch the video here, and draw or paint along with Peter.  

https://youtu.be/XDqSZXV13dQ

Don't forget to clean up!

 Blob Tag - GAME

HERE IS ANOTHER VERSION OF PLAYING TAG... 

Thanks to Dr. Lauren at VSU for this post!

In this game, 2 players start as the taggers – they are IT or the BLOB. The IT players must hold hands. As they are holding hands they then chase the other players, trying to tag them. When the BLOB tags players that person/people become part of the BLOB. The game can be played until all the players are part of the BLOB. Make sure you have a designated area where players cannot run out of. If a player runs out of the designated space they are part of the BLOB. 

Bottle Cap Creations

 Bottle Cap Creations

Here are some ideas of ways you can reuse old bottle caps to make something fun and creative... I also use a marker to write letters inside. Then you can spell words with them as a game.

But I liked these creative photos, so I am sharing them with you.

You will need:

old bottle caps. (wash them first)

glue (a strong one)

and your IMAGINATION!

Use the photos to spark your own ideas.