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    Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day
    Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day
    Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day
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    Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day

    By Rae Pica

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    Teachers and caregivers of children ages 3-6
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGryphon House Inc.
    Release dateJan 1, 2003
    ISBN9780876597811
    Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day
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    Rae Pica

    Rae Pica has been a children's movement specialist since 1980. She is the founder/director of Moving and Learning, a company offering services and materials related to physical activity for children from birth to age eight. A popular speaker and workshop leader, she is also co-creator and host of the radio program "Body, Mind, and Child."

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      Book preview

      Teachable Transitions - Rae Pica

      Contents

      Introduction

      Using This Book

      Teaching Fingerplays, Songs, and Movement

      General Tips

      Ready, Set, Go

      Arrival

      Good Morning to You

      Here Today

      Hello, Welcome

      Hello to You

      It’s a Seasonal Thing

      Hello & Welcome

      When I Grow Up

      Come Together

      Good Morning, Good Morning

      How Are You This Fine Day?

      Show and Tell

      Guess What I Did

      How’s the Weather?

      A Holiday Question

      It’s Time to Start Our Day

      This Is My Friend

      Hail, Hail

      We’re So Glad to Be Here

      Call-and-Response

      Stand Up/Sit Down

      The Four Seasons

      Here We Go

      Let’s Solve a Problem

      Separate Ways

      One Little, Two Little

      Moving Like Animals

      Animal Environments

      Pass a Sound

      Cleanup

      It’s Time to Clean Up

      Ready-Set-Clean

      A Flick of the Lights

      Freeze, Shake, & Clean

      A Special Breath

      Hi-Ho

      Let’s Clean the Room

      1-2-3-Clean

      Countdown to Cleanup

      Zoom, Zoom

      A-B-C Clean

      I Spy

      Cleanup Imagery

      The Path to Cleanliness

      Tiptoe to Tiptop Shape

      The Cleaning Machine

      Once Upon a Time

      Singing While We Work

      Time to Clean I

      Time to Clean II

      Happy to Be Clean

      Celebrate Cleaning!

      Clean Up by Color

      Snacks and Lunch

      If You’re Hungry

      My Tummy’s Getting Hungry

      Hey, Hey, It’s Time to Eat

      This Is the Way We...

      Being Food

      Before and After Food

      Get Ready, Spaghetti

      My Favorite Food

      Alphabet Soup

      Food-Related Machines

      Food Forms

      What Food Am I?

      Food-Related Work

      Time to Go

      We’re Heading to Lunch Now

      We Are Hungry

      Popcorn

      Food in Motion

      Food-Related Motion

      The Shape of Food

      Food Transportation

      Yum, Yum, the Food Was Good

      That Was Yummy

      Thank You

      What I Liked Best

      2-4-6-8

      Fill in the Blanks

      I Spy

      Stand Up/Sit Down

      The Color of Food

      Outside the Classroom

      Who’s Ready to Go?

      1-2-3

      Line Leader

      Toward the Door

      What’s My Line?

      The Long & Short of It

      What’s My Shape?

      The Playground’s Waiting

      Climb & Jump & Run Around

      Goin’ on a Field Trip

      Take My Hand

      Chugga-Chugga

      We’re Going Out the Door

      A’ Marching We Will Go

      Follow the Leader

      Problem Solving

      Imagine!

      To the Library

      Row, Row, Row Your Boat

      High-Wire Act

      What’s the Weather?

      Nap or Rest Time

      Soothing Imagery I

      Soothing Imagery II

      Instant Replay

      We’re Getting So Tired

      Slowing Down

      With Feeling

      Soothing Imagery III

      I’m Melting...

      Statues & Rag Dolls

      Being Balloons

      Imagine!

      A Sleeping Contest

      Counting Sheep

      Rest Your Eyes

      Spending Quiet Time

      Sleepy, Sleepy

      It’s Time to Rest Now

      Hush Little Children

      Are You Sleeping?

      Time to Wake

      Up Go the Children

      Wake Up, Wake Up

      Waking Imagery

      Countdown

      Departure

      1-2-3

      Circle, Circle

      Come to the Center

      Tummy to Tummy

      Ring Around the Rosie

      Come to the Circle Area If...

      The Train

      Punchinello

      The End of the Day

      One Word

      A Very Good Day

      This Is My Friend

      We Have Had a Wonderful Day

      We Wish You a Pleasant Evening

      Time to Go

      It Was Good to Have You With Us

      We’ll See You Tomorrow

      High-Five

      If You’re Happy

      ABC Departure

      Leave Like a ...

      References

      Teachable Transitions

      190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day

      Rae Pica

      Gryphon House

      Lewisville, NC

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my mother, Eleanor Pica-Merrill, for her steadfast love and for the pride in me that she never fails to display.

      Acknowledgments

      I’d like to offer my gratitude to my editor, Kathy Charner, for being such a pleasure to work with—and to everyone at Gryphon House. I’m delighted to be a member of the family! Special thanks to Leah Curry-Rood for her part in bringing me into the clan.

      Author Availability

      Rae Pica is internationally known for her workshops and presentations on movement’s role in children’s lives and education. To arrange for staff development training, conference workshops, or keynote speeches, contact her through Gryphon House, PO Box 10, Lewisville, NC 27023, or at raepica@movingandlearning.com.

      Copyright 2002 © Rae Pica

      Reprinted May 2014

      Published by Gryphon House, Inc., PO Box 10, Lewisville, NC 27023

      800.638.0928 (toll free); 877.638.7576 (fax)

      Visit us on the web at www.gryphonhouse.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without permission of the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to Gryphon House, Inc.

      Illustrations: Kathy Dobbs

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Pica,Rae, 1953-

      Teachable transitions: 190 activities to move from morning circle to the end of the day

      / Rae Pica; illustrations, Kathy Dobbs-

      p. cm.

      Includes index.

      ISBN 978-0-87659-281-6

      1. Early childhood education-Activity programs. 2. Movement education. 3.

      Classroom management I- Title,

      LB1139.35.A37P53 2003

      372.21--dc21 2002151263

      Bulk Purchase

      Gryphon House books are available for special premiums and sales promotions as well as for fund-raising use. Special editions or book excerpts also can be created to specification. For details, contact the Director of Marketing at the address above.

      Disclaimer

      Gryphon House, Inc. and the author cannot be held responsible for damage, mishap, or injury incurred during the use of or because of activities in this book. Appropriate and reasonable caution and adult supervision of children involved in activities and corresponding to the age and capability of each child involved, is recommended at all times. Do not leave children unattended at any time. Observe safety and caution at all times.

      Introduction

      Teachable Transitions: 190 Activities to Move from Morning Circle to the End of the Day will help you move children from one area of your classroom or school or one time of day to another. The activities, which include games, songs, and chants, are designed to help children learn to bring satisfactory closure to activities, to move easily into and out of group situations, and to hold their attention while waiting for their turn. The activities are so enjoyable that you may find that children look forward to daily transitions. The activities will also help children learn to follow directions from the simple to the complex and concerned with locations, object descriptions, and sequences of actions (Allen & Hart, 1984, p. 104). Because these activities are organized by time of day and many are linked to traditional themes, they can be easily integrated into the curriculum, so they add continuity and more opportunity for learning to the day’s components.

      The transitions in this book offer children valuable learning experiences, including the chance to review something experienced previously in the day or week. For example, they can demonstrate that they remember a movement that they learned earlier in the day, or they can move from one situation to another the same way as a character in a favorite book they read earlier.

      Many of the activities reinforce popular classroom themes. Activities connected to specific themes have icons that help you locate them at a glance. The activities focus on language arts and music through chants, poems, and songs. In addition, the cooperative group activities build a sense of community and

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