Parachute Play

Up-Down: Slowly raise the chute up, as you do chant up, up, up. Lower and chant down, down, down

Fast-Slow: Hold taut, start walking in a circle chanting slow, slow, slow, then speed up and go fast, fast, fast

Loud-Quiet: Makes waves so it is loud and chant loud, loud, loud. Then make small quiet waves and chant quiet, quiet, quiet

In-Out: Hold taut, chant in, in ,in as you walk in. Then out, out, out as you walk out

Under-over: Have child hold chute with two hands, then say under and child places one hand under chute. Say over and they place that hand on top of chute.

-From the book Parachute Play for Indoor/ Outdoor Fun by Liz and Dick Wilmes, 1985

Parachute: Row Row Row Your Boat

Have the kids hold the parachute backwards and gently make waves while you sing

Row Row Row Your Boat Gently Down the Stream

Merrily merrily merrily merrily

Life is but a dream

-From the book Parachute Play for Indoor/ Outdoor Fun by Liz and Dick Wilmes, 1985

Oh, the grand old Duke of York

Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the hill (raise the chute)
And he marched them down again (lower)
And when they're up, they're up (raise)
And when they're down, they're down (lower),
And when they're only half-way up, (raise half-way)
They're neither up nor down (raise, lower).

Keep it up!

Place a few balls on the parachute and have the kids move the parachute up and down trying to keep the balls from falling off the parachute.

When the Parachute Goes Up

When the parachute goes up, stomp your feet

When the parachute goes up, stomp your feet

When the parachute goes high, and lifts up toward the sky

When the parachute goes up, stomp your feet

(Repeat with: bend your knees, shake your head, shout hooray!)

Popcorn Chants

One little kernel, sleeping in the pot

Turn on the heat, and watch it pop!

(Add more "Popcorn" to bounce on parachute: Two little kernels sleeping in the pot…)

You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot

You put the popcorn in and you start to grin.

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

POP!

(Children begin in a crouched position, knees bent, then s-l-o-w-l-y rise until the final POP! when we jump up in the air!)

Five little popcorns sitting in a pan

One got hot and it went…. BAM!

(Catch bouncing popcorn, one by one, and remove from parachute)