Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: box, high/low, empty/full, big/bigger/biggest, predicting, blow/blowing, bounce/bouncing/bounced, sitting, standing, my turn, hands, head, pop/popped, What/Where/Who, counting, colors.
Transition Song: Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy by Rachel Arntson
Miss Carrie filmed this song when the schools were closed down for the pandemic. She is at her house.
This week Miss Carrie brought a box full of something. It didn't make much noise. She took something out of the box and hid it in her hand. It was something small, but it was going to get bigger. Everyone tried to guess what was in her hand. It was an empty balloon. What did Miss Carrie have to do to make it bigger? She had to blow into the balloon. She blew and blew. Everyone could tell her if it was too small or if it was big enough. When the ballon was full, we agreed it was big enough, so she tied the balloon.
Is one balloon enough for all of our friends? Everyone helped to count how many friends we had in the room. No, we have too many friends in the room. Good thing Miss Carrie brought more balloons. Teachers helped blow up a balloon for each of our friends. We could choose what color we wanted, Red yellow, orange, blue, green, purple pink, white.
What could we do with our balloons? We could bounce them high with our hands. Sometimes the balloons bounced on our heads! Some balloons went high and some went low. When we were done, we put our balloons in bags and tied the bags onto our backpacks to take home.
DO THIS AT HOME: No balloons? A ball will do. Anything that bounces. Talk about how high it goes. What body part did you use? Did you bounce it with your hand? Did you bounce it with your head? Narrate the activity like a sports announcer. Where did the balloon go?
