SONG: “I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS”
(This is a great song to sing as a “round”) I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills, I love the flowers, I love the daffodils, I love the fireside when the lights are low, Boom-de-ah-da, Boom-de-ah-da, Boom-de-ah-da, Boom-de-aye. Boom-de-ah-da, Boom-de-ah-da, Boom-de-ah-da, Boom-de-aye.
SONG: “THERE’S A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS”
Tune: There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea There’s a tree in the middle of the woods There’s a tree in the middle of the woods There’s a tree, there’s a tree There’s a tree in the middle of the woods. There’s a branch on the tree in the middle of the woods… There’s a nest on the twig… There’s a bird in the nest… There’s a wing on the bird… There’s a spider on the wing… There’s a flea on the spider on the wing on the bird in the nest on the twig on the branch on the tree in the middle of the woods.
APPLAUSES/ CHEERS RECYCLE:
Pick up an empty soda can, stomp on it, and throw it into a recycling can SMOKY THE BEAR: “Cough, cough, cough, Don’t play with matches!” SPRING: Jump up and down and say “boing, boing, boing.” LIFETIME OF A TREE: Start as a seed, crouch on the ground, then stretch out arms and slowly stand to represent trunk and branches; sway with wind happily, shake fingers as you lose your leaves, shiver in cold during winter. Say “oh, no! Timmmberrrrr.” RECYCLE 2: Pat yourself on the back several times. LITTERBUG: Slap back of hand several times with a frown on your face. PICKING UP AFTER A LITTERBUG: Spot some trash, pick it up and put it in a can, clap, slide hands together as though you are brushing them off, and smile big. CLEAN UP SCHOOLYARD: Pick up a piece of paper and stuff it into the bag, pick up another, examine and say, “This is the homework I lost yesterday, yeaaaaaaaa!”
MORE RUN ON FUN
1. What is the best kind of paper for making kites?
2. Why is a joke like a coconut?
3. Why did the Cub Scout stand on his head?
4. I asked my mother for some new sneakers for the gym and what do you think she told me?
5. Why does a hummingbird hum?
6. When will a net hold water?
7. What goes hoppity boom, hoppity boom?
ANSWERS TO RUN-ONS
1. Flypaper 2. It isn’t good until it’s cracked. 3. His feet were tired. 4. Have Jim get his own sneakers. 5. It doesn’t know the words. 6. When the water is frozen. 7. The Easter Elephant.
MORE CHEERS:
GARBAGE DISPOSAL:
Turn your face up, open your mouth, make a gurgling sound, swallow big.
GARBAGE TRUCK:
Start with hands overhead together, lower arms, open, clap, lift up, open, and make sounds of compressing garbage.
CLEAN UP PARK:
Pretend to be picking up stuff, examine one piece and exclaim, “A $20 bill!!
PLASTIC BOTTLE STUNT
Set out some 2-liter bottles filled with water and have the group step over them without knocking them over. Produce a blindfold and tell the group they now need to step over the bottles blindfolded. Blindfold the first boy, take him to where the bottles were, and tell him to step as high as he can. After he is blindfolded, have another person remove the bottles. The stepper is stepping over nothing. Another version is to have someone verbally guide the person through the obstacle course which is not there.
THESE ARE NEW WORDS WE NEED TO ADD TO OUR AMERICAN LANGUAGE
1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks'trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar'pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
3. PEPPIER (peph ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.
4. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.