Materials
none
Instructions
1. Write the words "5 More Minutes" on a piece of poster board to make a sign.
Let the children help create and decorate the sign. They may want to write
the numeral five all over it, or trace someone's hand on it. Attach a string on
it so it can hang over a child's neck.
2. Five minutes prior to a change in activities, select a child to be the "5 More
Minutes" sign helper to carry the sign around for the other children to see.
The sign helper says to the children, "Five minutes left to play" (or snack, or
whatever they are doing), and he makes sure each child sees the sign.
3. Introduce the following song at circle time, letting the children practice the
song and words.
Five More Minutes (Tune: "Skip to My Lou")
Five more minutes left to play.
Five more minutes left to play.
Five more minutes left to play.
Five more minutes to play.
4. Make up other verses depending on the activity, for example, "five more
minutes left for snack," or "five more minutes left to paint."
5. Sing the song while the child carries the sign around the room.
6. As you sing the song, hold up one hand with your five fingers out to show
that there are five minutes left of that activity.
