Spring All Around!

KinderJam hopes that Spring is bringing wonderful weather and the start of many happy warm sunny memories to you and your family.  If your region is warm and sunny or still covered in snow, here is a spring time action rhyme for you and your child to do together:

Spring straight  up 

and side to side

Close your eyes and pretend to hide.

Jump up high

Squat down low

Now spin in a circle nice and slow

Speed it up

As fast as you dare

Fall to the ground

and smell the air

Do you smell flowers? Grass and trees?

Do you see butterflies, bugs and bees?

New surprises, 

The sun will bring

Give 3 cheers

It’s time for Spring! 

(jump in the air as you say Spring)

Action rhymes are a great kinesthetic learning tool. New rhymes like this one can be found in children’s magazines like Highlights, or as  traditional nursery rhymes like Ring Around the Rosie or 1,2 Buckle My Shoe. 

Children naturally love to act things out and use their imagination.  Doing the movements in the poem will not only increase their physical strength but will also help your young child to connect the words and movements, increase vocabulary and expressive language skills.

So get out and enjoy the weather.  Keep moving and Keep Jammin’!