Walk across the room to their partner who is the table and balance the plate on their back. Waiter places one or two pieces of food, plastic cutlery and a paper cup on their plate and balance plate on open palm (for younger children holding the sides of the plate and keeping the cup upright and walking may be enough). How to play: One person is the waiter/ress.Materials: Large plastic or paper plate (this will be the serving tray), Play food (plastic is best as wooden may be too heavy) paper cups, plastic cutlery.Objective: Work on balancing objects (on hand, on back in table pose) also work on focus.What did you notice in this book? How could you tell it was spring (refer back to opening discussion.).Partner Poses: Rooftop partners, Rain taps on backs partners.Poses inspired by the book: Bird, frog, puddle jumping around the mats, down dog and up dog, tree, flower, baking pie or cookies sequence (see OMazing Kids lesson for Apple Farmer Annie), table, chair, bike pedaling.Read the book RAIN! by Linda Ashman and illustrated by Christian Robinson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (For more about this book visit: ) More song suggestions from OMazing Kids:.Singing in the Rain by Gene Kelly (cute video of school children singing this song with hand movements ).Listen to the song BOOTS by Laurie Berkner – use your imagination and put on each different color boot and dance and stomp along with the words of the song OR use one of the below as a warm up song:.What is the weather like? How does the temperature feel? Do you still have to wear a heavy coat, hat and mittens? What are things you see in nature in the spring? What are sounds that you hear? What do you smell? Talk about why rain is so important in the season of spring and then use one of these fun songs as a warm up. When the two eventually meet, it’s not certain which attitude will win out, but luckily for the diverse townsfolk, the boy’s kindness and openness rule the day.” - Publishers Weeklyĭiscuss all the things that make spring a special season. Along the way, the boy charms everyone he meets-the exact opposite of what the older man is doing (frowns abound when he’s near).
“Rain!” shouts a boy from the window of a building whose sunny color matches his outlook. “Rain!” grumps a cantankerous man, staring at the storm from underneath bushy furrowed eyebrows.
Writing solely in dialogue and exclamations, Ashman contrasts the ways two people view a city rainstorm. This review summarizes the book “Rain!” well: “Good and bad moods alike can be contagious, as this rainy-day story handily demonstrates. Here is Jenny’s lesson plan for kids yoga inspired by the book “ Rain!” by Linda Ashman illustrated by Christian Robinson: It has been so fun to connect and exchange ideas for using kids picture books in yoga with Jenny Williams from Happy Planet Yoga! So it is my pleasure to have her for a Guest Post on OMazing Kids today.
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