Investigación de campo

Create your own obstacle course or use the one that follows. Sample obstacle course:

• Crawl under or over a row of chairs.

• Jump into and out of a Hula-Hoop or a circle of string/rope on the floor five times. • Walk in a straight line (heel to toe) for 10 steps.

• Throw a beanbag or soft ball into a basket.

• Balance a beanbag or small book on your head and sing “row, row, row your boat.” • Somersault from one point to another.

• Crawl under a string stretched between two chair legs or across a doorway. • Skip in place while reciting a rhyme.

• Carry an object on a spoon (water balloon outdoors, small ball indoors) • Do ten jumping jacks

Combine the suggestions that follow to create your own obstacle course (using directional words helps girls develop concepts basic to geography—below, behind, to the right, to the left, up, down, beneath, etc.).

• Ways to Move: Step, walk, creep (on all fours), crawl (on belly), scoot (on bottom), roll, somersault, jump (two feet), hop (one foot), leap, run

• Where to Move: Up, upon, down, into, onto, between, beneath, beside, under, over, through, across, around

• Objects: Construction paper shapes, shoeboxes, paper plates, bubble wrap, masking tape, 2- liter soda bottles (can be weighted with water), chairs, bowls, balls, baskets, books,

Ready, Set, Go! Now it is time to start. Pick a beginning and ending point. Also, be sure that they understand what they need to do at each spot (do they climb over or under the string) and explain if they fall or knock something over they must try it again.

VARIATIONS:

Other obstacle possibilities include silly rules like jumping up and down three times after completing certain "stations" or singing a song at a certain point in the course. Use a stopwatch or clock and see if girls can improve the time it takes them to complete the course.

Poem: My Feelings

Girls can learn and recite this poem about feelings. Encourage them to make exaggerated faces to match the feeling in each line.

My Feelings

Sometimes I am happy, (smile)

Sometimes I am sad. (stick out bottom lip)

Sometimes I am frightened, (open mouth and eyes very wide) Sometimes I am mad. (furrow brow, make fists)

I have a lot of feelings (hold hands out, palms up)

And for that I’m glad! (cross arms at chest and look proud)

Try doing the poem again, leaving out the last word of each line, but continuing to use exaggerated faces. Discuss with girls the different ways we can express our feelings – good ways and bad ways. Discuss how we can “read” how other people are feeling and what we can do to help those who are feeling bad.

Action Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Have girls sing along with this favorite tune. For each verse, let a different girl pick an emotion and choose an action to go along with it.

If You’re Happy and You Know It

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you’re ______ and you know it, _______________________ If you’re ______ and you know it, _______________________ If you’re ______ and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re ______ and you know it, _______________________

Discuss about how you can tell when someone is feeling a strong emotion. What do they do or say that lets you know they are feeling that way?

Adapted from Alabama Cooperative Extension System:

http://www.aces.edu/fourh/programs/docs/cloverbuds/Personal%20Format.pdf

Active Game: Red Light, Green Light

When introducing this game, remind girls that Red and Green lights are on traffic lights to tell drivers when to stop and go. Ask “How do we know when it is safe for people to walk across the street?”

One girl is chosen to be the “stop light” or caller in this game. The rest of the players try to touch her without being caught.

At the start, all girls form a line about 15-20 feet from the stop light.

The stop light faces away from the line of girls and says “Green light!” At this point, the girls are allowed to move towards the stop light.

At any point, the stop light may say “Red light!” and turn around. If any of the girls are caught moving after this, they have to go back to the start line.

Play resumes when the stop light turns back and says “Green light!”

The stop light wins if all the girls are sent back before anyone is able to touch her.

Otherwise, the first player to touch the stop light wins the game and earns the right to be the new stop light for the next game.

Traffic Lights

STOP says the red light GO says the green

WAIT says the yellow light blinking in between! Action Rhyme: STOP at the Corner

STOP at the corner (both hands raised) Wait for the light.

Look to the left (turn head to left side) Look to the right (turn head to right side) If nothing is coming

Then start and walk (pick up legs as if walking) Go straight across the street

Be careful and don’t talk (place finger at lips) Safety Rhyme

RED says “STOP!” GREEN says “GO” YELLOW says “S-L-O-W” When crossing the street

These are the colors you need to know!