Preschool Circle Time
Purple People Eater Song & Activities
Purple People Eater - Preschool Circle Song
I was walking in the jungle one fine day,
When I saw a purple people eater come my way.
He took me and he put me in a great big pot,
Man oh man, was it ever hot!
We're makin' a purple stew,
Whip-a, whip-a, whip-a.
Makin' a purple stew,
Scooby, dooby, dooby doo.
With purple potatoes, and purple tomatoes,
And (Child's name), (child's name) and (child's name) too!
Preschool Song & Circle Time Activity For 'Purple People Eater'
When you call the children's names, have them crouch down into a ball in the
middle of the circle (the pot).
Continue the song until the entire class is in the "pot", calling 4-5 names
at a time if necessary depending on the size of your class.
Once all the children are in the pot ask them if they can find the purple
eater in or under different areas in the room.
When they say no, then, tell them to close their eyes and ask the purple
people eater to play his song.
When all their eyes are closed and they "ask", play the purple people eater
song, allow them to dance in the pot with their purple people eater puppets.
You can print off a picture of the purple people eater that the children can
color and paste on popsicle sticks as their own puppet.
I was walking in the jungle one fine day,
When I saw a purple people eater come my way.
He took me and he put me in a great big pot,
Man oh man, was it ever hot!
We're makin' a purple stew,
Whip-a, whip-a, whip-a.
Makin' a purple stew,
Scooby, dooby, dooby doo.
With purple potatoes, and purple tomatoes,
And (Child's name), (child's name) and (child's name) too!
Preschool Song & Circle Time Activity For 'Purple People Eater'
When you call the children's names, have them crouch down into a ball in the
middle of the circle (the pot).
Continue the song until the entire class is in the "pot", calling 4-5 names
at a time if necessary depending on the size of your class.
Once all the children are in the pot ask them if they can find the purple
eater in or under different areas in the room.
When they say no, then, tell them to close their eyes and ask the purple
people eater to play his song.
When all their eyes are closed and they "ask", play the purple people eater
song, allow them to dance in the pot with their purple people eater puppets.
You can print off a picture of the purple people eater that the children can
color and paste on popsicle sticks as their own puppet.
Purple People Eater Video & Printable for Kids
*The picture is available in our
coloring pages section and will be named
'purple people
eater.'
Also, be sure to view the Purple
People Eater video below. It gives
an example of this preschool
song you can use with your kids and the preschool circle activity for kids and how you can use it
in the prek classroom.
Starting A Preschool Circle:
Getting Children's Attention When Starting Circle:
When in a preschool classroom, with children playing and interacting with one
another it can be difficult for a teacher at times to get the attention of the
preschool children and have the children focus on what it is that you want.
Getting the preschoolers to focus when you want to conduct a circle requires
using something that will grab the childrens' attention, something that they
like.
You can start a fun attention grabbing circle song like this while you are
sitting ready for circle to begin.
The song is sung in the video above. The lyrics for the song are below,
however BE SURE TO WATCH the video above for all the actions that the preschool
educator uses to really make the song fun and exciting for the children.
Hello To Everyone (Circle Song for Starting Circle Time)
Hello to everyone, and how are you today?
We come to our circle time to laugh and sing and play,
and when you're up, you're up,
and when you're down, you're down,
and when you're only half way up, you're neither up nor down,
Now roll your hands so slowly, and roll them all so fast
Give our hands a clap, clap, clap, and fold them in your lap tap, tap.
This is a fun, simple circle time song to get the children's attention, and
get them to focus on the start of your circle time activities. This is a
fantastic way to start all your circle time activities in your preschool
classroom.
When in a preschool classroom, with children playing and interacting with one
another it can be difficult for a teacher at times to get the attention of the
preschool children and have the children focus on what it is that you want.
Getting the preschoolers to focus when you want to conduct a circle requires
using something that will grab the childrens' attention, something that they
like.
You can start a fun attention grabbing circle song like this while you are
sitting ready for circle to begin.
The song is sung in the video above. The lyrics for the song are below,
however BE SURE TO WATCH the video above for all the actions that the preschool
educator uses to really make the song fun and exciting for the children.
Hello To Everyone (Circle Song for Starting Circle Time)
Hello to everyone, and how are you today?
We come to our circle time to laugh and sing and play,
and when you're up, you're up,
and when you're down, you're down,
and when you're only half way up, you're neither up nor down,
Now roll your hands so slowly, and roll them all so fast
Give our hands a clap, clap, clap, and fold them in your lap tap, tap.
This is a fun, simple circle time song to get the children's attention, and
get them to focus on the start of your circle time activities. This is a
fantastic way to start all your circle time activities in your preschool
classroom.
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Preschool Games Online for Kids
Looking for some fun online games for preschool and kindergarten children. Play these games online for free.
Preschool Learning Ideas
Latest preschool activities, prek lesson plans and teaching ideas for parents and educators of children.
Reading Head Start Review
Reading Headstart is a reading program for kids ages 2-14 yrs old Check it out. Children have started reading as young as 2yrs. old.
Preschool Circle Time Books
Preschool circle time books that make circle time for kids educational and fun. Hungry Catapillar
Book explained.
Preschool Circle Time Songs
Preschool circle
time songs and circle time activities for effective circle time activities and
learning.