ROUND ROBIN - Your child’s entire class switches rooms with another classroom for a 30 minute time period, until all the classrooms are visited. We do this to explore new toys and an new learning environment. (1 x week)

BALL CLASS - While seated on large exercise balls, children participate in a group gross motor activity.

MAT MAN - Working with wooden lines an curves, children build a “man” to promote body awareness, eye-hand coordination and turn taking.

INTEGRATION - Children from Ripen With Us Child Care Center come to Bornhava to visit our classroom and join in our activities. (1 x week)

DANCE - Classes are provided at Mullen Dance Studios. (1 x week)

MUSIC - Provided in our classrooms by Christine Boyd from Community Music School (1 x week)

LIBRARY - We walk to the Snyder Branch Public Library to join in story time. (1 x week)

Classroom Songs and Chants

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?

(Sung to tune of Muffin Man)

Do you know what time it is?
What time it is?What time it is?
Do you know what time it is?
It is time to…
(put away the toys)
                                 (come to the door)
                                (put on our coats)
                                 (go for a walk)

TRANSITION SONG
(Sung to Farmer in the Dell)

We’re walking to our room

Hi-Ho the Dairy-oh

We’re walking to our room

HAND WASHING SONG
(Sung to Here we go ‘round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we wash our hands

Wash our hands, Wash our hands

This is the way we wash our hands

Before we eat our snack/lunch

HELLO SONG
(Sung to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
___(Child’s Name)__ came to school today,
We're so glad let's shout
HURRAY!!!

GOODBYE SONG
(Sung to Good Night Ladies)

Goodbye friends, Goodbye friends,

Goodbye friends

We’ll see you again tomorrow!

ALL THE LITTLE FISHIES

All the little fishies are swimming in the water,

Swimming in the water, Swimming in the water,

All the little fishies are swimming in the water,

Bubble, Bubble, Bubble, Bubble

POP!!!!

TWO LITTLE APPLES

(Spoken as a chant)

Way up high in an apple tree
Two little apples smiled at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came the apples,
MMMMMMMMM, they were good!

LEAVES

(Sung to London Bridge)

All the leaves are falling down,
Falling Down, Falling Down,
All the leaves are falling down,
Red, yellow, orange and brown!

FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS!

(Spoken as a chant)

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate,

The 1^{st one said "Oh My, it’s getting
late!"}

^{The 2nd one said
"There’s dark clouds in the
air."}

^{The 3rd one said
"We don’t
care!"}

^{The 4th one said
"Let’s run, run,
run!"}

^{The 5th one said
"It’s Halloween
fun!"}

^{Then WHOOOOO went
the wind,
and}

^{Out went the
lights, and}

^{Five little
pumpkins rolled out of
sight!}

^{GRIZZLY
BEAR}

^{(Spoken as a chant, and acted out
by children)}

^{Grizzly bear, oh grizzly bear, is
sleeping in his cave
Please be very quiet, very, very
quiet
If you shake him, if you wake
him
He’ll get very mad!!!}

^Actions:

^{Children act as if they are
sleeping on the floor}

^{Someone disturbs the sleeping
bears by tapping their
backs}

^{"Bears"
wake up and growl fiercely and loudly…very
fun!}