French 101: Circle Game Song

Tous en rond dansez (French) Tous en rond dansez, Tous en rond dansez, Tous en rond dansez, Tous en rond dansez. Tous ensemble, tous ensemble, Tous ensemble tous en rond ! Un par un dansez Un par un dansez Un par un dansez Un par un dansez. Tous ensemble, tous ensemble, Tous ensemble tous en rond ! Deux par deux dansez, Deux par deux dansez, Deux par deux dansez, Deux par deux dansez. Tous ensemble, tous ensemble, Tous ensemble tous en rond ! Trois par trois dansez, Trois par trois dansez, Trois par trois dansez, Trois par trois dansez. Tous ensemble, tous ensemble, Tous ensemble tous en rond !

Dance All in a Circle  (English) Dance all in a circle, Dance all in a circle, Dance all in a circle, Dance all in a circle, All together, all together, All together in a circle. Dance all one by one, Dance all one by one, Dance all one by one, Dance all one by one All together, all together, All together in a circle. Dance all two by two, Dance all two by two, Dance all two by two, Dance all two by two All together, all together, All together in a circle. Dance all three by three, Dance all three by three, Dance all three by three, Dance all three by three All together, all together, All together in a circle.

This is a great group game just to get everyone involved and the words are simpkle to really learn a few words and simple numbers 1,2,3.  You don't even need a real tune, but can make it up.

French 101: Farm Animals

You Can Sing Old MacDonald...in french to practice!

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Y'a des centaines de canards, hiya hiya ho (DUCKS)

Y'a des « coin » par-ci, y'a des « coin » par-là

Y'a des « coin », y'a des « coin »

Y'a des « coin coin coin, coin »

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Y'a des centaines de moutons, hiya hiya ho (SHEEP)

Y'a des « bê » par-ci, y'a des « bê » par-là

Y'a des « bê », y'a des « bê »

Y'a des « bê bê bê, bêêêê »

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Y'a des centaines de cochons, hiya hiya ho (PIG)

Y'a des « groin » par-ci, y'a des « groin » par-là

Y'a des « groin », y'a des « groin »

Y'a des « groin groin groin, groin »

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Y'a des centaines de chevaux, hiya hiya ho (HORSE)

Y'a des « hiii » par-ci, y'a des « hiii » par-là

Y'a des « hiii », y'a des « hiii »

Y'a des « hiii hiii hiii, hiii »

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Y'a des centaines de vaches, hiya hiya ho (COW)

Y'a des « meuh » par-ci, y'a des « meuh » par-là

Y'a des « meuh », y'a des « meuh »

Y'a des « meuh meuh meuh, meuh »

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

Y'a des centaines de chiens, hiya hiya ho (DOG)

Y'a des « wouf » par-ci, y'a des « wouf » par-là

Y'a des « wouf », y'a des « wouf »

Y'a des « wouf wouf wouf, wouf »

Dans la ferme de MacDonald, hiya hiya ho

...if the vocab looks different than the picture it's because the song lyrics are written plural.

French 101: Body Parts

Two great songs for learning some body parts...

Finger Family (English version is called "Tommy Thumb")

Papa doigt, papa doigt (Papa Finger)

Où es-tu? (Where are you)

Je suis là, je suis là, (here I am)

Je suis le pouce. (I am the thumb)

Maman doigt, maman doigt

Où es-tu?

Je suis là, je suis là,

Je suis l'index.

Grand frère doigt, grand frère doigt

Où es-tu?

Je suis là, je suis là,

Je suis le majeur.

Doigt petite sœur, doigt petite sœur

Où es-tu?

Je suis là, je suis là,

Je suis l'annulaire.

Doigt petite sœur, doigt petite sœur

Où es-tu?

Je suis là, je suis là,

Je suis l'auriculaire

Head,, Shoulders Knees and Toes

Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds,

Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds,

J'ai un nez, deux yeux, deux oreilles et une bouche,

Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds.

French 101: Color Song

This is sung to the tune "Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes"

Bleu, jaune, rouge et vert, rouge et vert

Bleu, jaune, rouge et vert, rouge et vert

Des crayons pour créer un petit monde coloré

Bleu, jaune, rouge et vert, rouge et vert

Gris, marron, orange et rose, orange et rose

Gris, marron, orange et rose, orange et rose

Des crayons pour créer un petit monde coloré

Gris, marron, orange et rose, orange et rose

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Rhythm & Dance: Yoga Class

Yoga (& Expression/Interpretation)

• Build awareness of what should be a natural, deep rhythm of breath 
• Feel the in and out flow that happens as we expand and contract for each movement
• Imitate nature and animals around through various poses
• Celebrate new awareness of body's abilities through creation of own poses

This is done through focusing on these basic principles

• Breath & Rhythm
• Balance & Focus
• Observation & Imitation

Class Outline

Intro/Warm Up (circle time)

• Rhythm Walk (gather into circle by parading to match leader's beat with feet)
• Yoga Breaths (belly bubble: in and out)
• Basic sitting stretches through story of season cycle  (rest, awake, energized, tired, rest again)
• Deeper breaths through blowing bubble (which travels around round to introduce main lesson)

Main Lesson (yoga poses & then dancing with them--Can You Hear It Book: picture & song)

• Water Animals: alligator, eel, fish, shark, swan (dance to Carnival of Animals swan or fish)
• Air Animals: bee, bird, flamingo, eagle (dance to "Flight of the Bumblebee")
• Jungle Animals: elephant, cobra, camel, lion, grasshopper (dance to Elephant Waltz)
• House Animals: mouse, cat, dog, cow, horse (dance to horse song)

Cool Down (circle time)

• share favorite pose
• sit/lay down and breathe
• namaste

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Resources:

• Yoga Poses (ABC Yoga Book, Kids Yoga Deck, Cosmic Kids Yoga-Youtube, etc.)

• Can You Hear It Book/CD (imitate and interpret famous songs and art via movement)
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Snack Time: Whole Food

Here is a list of simple whole food snack ideas...

Fruit (This seems easy...)

Vegetables (this seems harder)
carrots (cooked or raw)
cucumber
cooked sweet potato slices
celery (with cheese; or pb and raisins)
peas (cooked or frozen)
olives
pickles
cooked beet slices
Lettuce leaves (for rolling a sandwich)

Protein
Hard boiled eggs
Nuts (almonds, cashews, pistachios, sunflower or pumpkin seeds, peanuts, walnuts or pecans, etc.)
Hot Dog-type Meat (we like natural chicken maple chicken sausages)
Ham, chopped in squares
Patties (we like garden burgers or veggie patties)
Chicken pieces
Tuna (shredded cooked fish or fish patties)

Grains
crackers (we've tried homemade wheat thins, flax seed crackers and others...but I'd rather buy them)
bread (we like open faced sandwiches)
tortillas, wraps, pancakes
Muffins/sweet breads

Other
cheese, slices/sticks/cubes/etc (we love the mini circle cheeses with wax)

Healthier Dips/Sauces
hummus
homemade ranch
Tzatziki sauce
Guacamole

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Putting It All Together
Sometimes things are all about presentation. You can eat the same things over and over and feel there is variety just by different combos. Here are some thoughts...

Sandwiches: (generally mom-made)

• wraps: (can use lettuce or cheese to contain if don't want a grain) We do pickle, ham and cheese wraps and might use a toothpick to hold it together
• open-face: we like stacking cucumbers with cheese and an olive or something or a ham/cheese melt with sliced cucumbers on top, or pb banana toast
• typical: egg salad, tuna cheese melt or tuna/dill/pickle, pb & honey or jam, etc.

Stackers (lets kids choose)

Use toothpicks to let the children choose what they want and how much of each...you can set rules for how many of what they can have at a time so they don't just have cheese stackers or whatever)

• meat, cheese, veggie
• fruit
• ethnic change-up (see my post on this: italian style, american style, etc. )

Mixes & Bars

• Granola 
• Granola Bars (basic chewy choc. chip)
• Power Bars/Lara Bars
• Trail-Mix Bars
• Fruit Leather (just puree fruit and dehydrate very thin...add sweetener as desired, or lemon juice to retain color. Bake on lowest setting on parchment paper/silpat for a few hours if no dehydrator)
• Fruit Snacks (homemade is simply gelatin and juice)
• Simple dried fruit/nut combo: craisins/pistachios, cashews/apricots, dried apple slices (from cannery)/raisins/granola, coconut flakes/pumpkin seeds/dried pineapple or papaya/pecans

Yoga Time

This is a comprehensive list of Yoga sequences and moves I use to tell stories and such. It is a cheesey looking compilation, but it helps me remember them. I'd check out real stuff for details on them. This is just to keep them fresh in your head once you've learned them.
(if you just want something all compiled and easy to use, get the yoga deck for kids or the yoga pretzels.)

Moves

Airplane

Alligator

Arrow

Bee

Bird

Boat

Bridge

Butterfly

Camel

Candle

Cat/Cat2

Chair

Child

Cobra

Dancer

Dinosaur

Do Nothing

Dog

Dolphin

Easy Pose

Elephant

Fish

Flamingo

Flower

Frog

Gate

Grasshopper

Happy Baby

Inhale

Jack-in-the-Box

Kite

Knot or "X"

Lion

Mountain

Mouse

New Pose

Otter

Peacock

Plank

Pretzel

Puppet

Queen

Rocking Horse

Roly Poly

Shark

Slide

Sphinx

Star

Swan

Table

Telephone

Tree

Triangle

Turtle

Unicorn

Volcano

Warrior

Waterfall

Windmill

Yoga

Zero

Sequences
Nature
- Sun Salutation
- Garden
- Flowers:
- Water
- Fruit Tree Harvest
- Leaves

Celebrate:
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- Easter
- Birthday

A good site for detailed explanations: http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/yogapractice/cat.asp
Or videos to practice yoga through cute stories and cahracter development: cosmic kids yoga (on you-tube)