Materials
"magic wand" (a rhythm stick or paper towel tube decorated with glitter
and streamers)
Instructions
1. Use markers to label four large sheets of construction paper with theseheadings: Fly, Swim, Run, Hop, orWalk.2. Ask the children to look through magazines for pictures of animals. Helpthe children tear or cut out the pictures.3. Help the children sort the pictures by how the animals move.4. Have the children arrange the pictures on each chart and glue them inplace using regular glue or a glue stick.5. Place the posters on the wall where the children can see them easily.Encourage the children to talk about the different types of animals oneach poster.More to do Field Trip: Go on a field trip to a zoo or pet store to observe how animalsmove.Home-School Connection: Ask the children to bring in photos of theirown pets to add to the posters.Movement: Have the children move like the animals to creative music,such as Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" or "Carnival of the Animals" bySaint-Saens.More Movement: Recite the following poem. Walk in a circle and imitateeach method of movement as you sing the songEarly in the MorningDown on the farm early in the morningSee the little ducks all in a row.See them waddle here and there.See them waddle everywhere,Quack, quack, quack, quack,Off they go!Down on the farm early in the morningSee the little ponies all in a row.See them run here and there.See them gallop everywhere.Run, gallop, run, gallop,Off they go!Down by the pond early in the morningSee the little fish all in a row.See them swim here and there.See them swim everywhere.Splish, splash, splish, splash,Off they go!Up in the sky early in the morningSee the little birds all in a row.See them fly here and there.See them fly everywhere.Flap, flap, flap, flap,Off they go!