LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

Name:Sheri Johnson
Description of Activity: Doing the Pumpkin alk! "hile playing the song #he Pumpkin in the Patch!
( tune of The farmer in the Dell)

Site: Imagination Station Child Care

#ype of Activity: Creative $ovement Age group: %&' yrs old Num(er in group: ) Concepts 0 Skills: Children "ill develop coordination Children "ill remem(er ho" to (alance Children "ill practice taking turns +uestions to ask: hat is something "e can do "ith our hands to help us "hen "e are standing on one foot/ Can anyone take a great (ig step for me/ 1o" far can you hop/

*pening +uestion,Invitation,Prop,-inger Play: Pumpkin shaped cut outs "ith velcro on the (ack of them. $usic CD Does anyone kno" "here pumpkins gro"/ ho "ould like to hold a pumpkin shape/

Procedure: 1ave the children gather in a large area of the room #ell the children it!s time to stretch out their muscles. Sho" them some stretching e2ercises3 and have them follo" ho" you are doing them. Introduce the pumpkin shapes Spread the pumpkins out on the floor in a large area #urn on the music CD Performance Standards: Health and Physical Development 7.5 $otor Development %a: $oves "ith strength3 control3 (alance3 coordination3 locomotion and endurance

$aterials Needed: Pumpkin cut outs A large open area $usic CD 4 "ith the melody the farmer in the dell! on it5 6yrics to #he pumpkin in the patch!

Potential 8uidance #echni9ues Needed: Children could line up at a line in the side"alk and take turns seeing ho" far they could hop. Children can try to see ho" (ig of a step they could take "ithout falling.