Category Archives: Extension Activity

Table Rounds – Extension Activity

Purpose:

To encourage social and family discussions during meal times while teaching children proper table manners.

What You will Need:

Two or more players

“We love the Company” book

Playing Instructions:

•Begin by singing the Table Round song (sung to the tune of the Wheels on the Bus)

Keep the conversation going round and round, round and round, round and round.

Keep the conversation going round and round, all through the meal!

•Select the first host/hostess. That person will select a topic. Then, going clockwise around the table, the host/hostess will ask each person about the selected topic.

•After everyone has spoken, the person to the left of the host/hostess selects a topic and begins a new table round. This is done until everyone has had a chance to be a host/hostess.

•Be careful…talking out of turn will cause you to lose a turn and sit silent until the next round.

•Suggested favorite topics: table manners (do’s & don’ts); favorite foods, family trips; things for which you are grateful.

Healthy Eating Habits Story Time – Extension Activity

Purpose: To encourage healthy eating for preschoolers through stories, songs, movement and felt board activities. What You will Need: We Eat Food That’s Fresh! • Flannel Board • Felt Activity Template1 Felt Board Activity and Action Song: •Begin by reading the “We Eat Food That’ Fresh!” book •Felt Board Activity: Healthy eater, healthy eater, what…

Does a Pumpkin Pump? – Extension Activity

Purpose: To engage children and caregivers in creative movement using a play on words. This is designed to be a non-locomotor song, which means that it can be performed with your feet remaining stationary on the floor. What You will Need: Smart & Yummy 1: Good Food Tunes CD One or more children Playing Instructions:…

Shake Mix Pound Roll – Extension Activity

Purpose: To engage children in fun, creative movement activity using sequence and repetition. The interactive CD used in this game is currently featured in Head Start’s “I am Moving. I am Learning.” anti-obesity campaign. What You will Need: We Eat Food That’s Fresh! book Smart & Tasty 1: Good Food Tunes CD One or more…

Place mat Scramble – Extension Activity

Purpose: To teach children proper etiquette and table manners. What You will Need: We Love the Company book Laminated placemat1 Place setting kit Two or more players Playing Instructions: •Show each player the place mat and describe where each item goes on the table. •Put the place mat out of sight and place all the…

Fruits and Veggies Makin Faces – Extension Activities

Purpose: To reinforce positive experiences with fruits and vegetables. Also reinforces shape and color recognition for younger players. Game comes with age-appropriate levels of play designed for ages 5 to adult. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s…worth a taste! What You will Need: We Eat Food That’s Fresh! book Making Faces card game One or…