Activities and Song List for Scarves and Streamers Activities: 1 .“Green means go. Go, go, go. Yellow means slow. Slow, slow, slow. Red means Stop”​
[Have them hold up and wave the correct scarf while saying the words. With the last one have them hold the red scarf out in front of them and declare, “Stop”] This was from www.jbrary.com 2. Tell a story​
. For example: Create the waves of the ocean. Tell a story about a boat on the ocean and instruct everyone to have their scarves move in response to the words that you say. You can start out with calm water as the boat sets out in the morning to fish, having them gently wave the scarves or streamers, introduce gathering clouds and increasing waves culminating in a great storm that passes by, leaving the boat exhausted by safe as it makes its way home. 3. Jesus Calms the Storm​
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is a story you could use in Sunday School letting the children wave the scarves about wildly until Jesus says, “Peace, be still.” 4. Toss the scarf up and catch it.​
This is great for younger children especially as the scarves fall very slowly allowing them to build hand­eye co­ordination for catching. Combine this with memorizing facts for older kids​
(Try to add two numbers together before you catch the scarf for adding number to ten). 5. Little Bo Peep has Lost Her Sheep.​
Encourage the children to find places to hide the scarves, bringing the scarves back out to wave for “...wagging their tails behind them.” (Rhymes are great for helping children develop phonemic awareness and this activity gives them something to do with their bodies while their learning, also a great learning aid.) 6 Follow the Leader.​
Let everyone take turns being the leader and have the others do whatever that person does as they march around the room waving the scarves or streamers, throwing them, shaking them, spinning. Whatever the leader does, the followers do as well. Songs: 1. If You’re Happy and You Know it Toss Your Scarf ​
[spin around, wave your scarf, clap your hands]. 2. All the Fish are Swimming in the Water​
, by Miss Jen the Librarian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60XJblVEyA8 3. London Bridges Falling Down 4. Wave Your Scarf ​
(to the tune of London Bridges): Sing while giving instructions of what to do with the scarf, “Wave Your Scarf Up and Down,” “Side to side, “Round and Round.” www.jbrary.com 5. Popcorn​
, sung to the tune of ​
Frere Jacques​
, Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels [wave the scarf back and forth]. Put them in a pot, put them in a pot [Scrunch it into a ball between your hands]. Shake shake shake shake shake shake, shake shake shake shake shake shake [Shake the scarf vigorously]. Watch them pop, watch them pop [Throw the scarf up and catch it each time it “pops”]. www.futurelibrariansuperhero.com 6. The Fish in the Sea go Swish, Swish Swish​
(all day long). Make other verses describing the waves (up and down), the dolphins (round and round). www.jbrary.com 7. We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop​
. Tune is similar to ​
Follow the Yellow Brick Road​
from the Wizard of Oz. “We wiggle and wiggle and stop. We wiggle and wiggle and stop. We wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and stop.” This is a good challenge for awareness of rhythm and learning self­control to stop. You can substitute “We wave and we wave,” or “Twirl and we twirl” to use this with scarves. 8. Dancing Scarf Blues​
on of my favorites from Macaroni Soup http://www.macaronisoup.com/songs/dancing­scarf­blues.htm 9. For some cultural enrichment​
, put on some lovely Chinese instrumental music and let the everyone take their streamers or scarves and dance to their hearts content.