Life cycle song
* Activity =Science, Language Arts * Grades pre K-2
A familiar tune has been reborn! This song can be acted out, or incorporated with finger play. Allows for playful opportunities to practice oral
language, dramatic expression, creative movement and motor skills.
Instructions for acting out each verse:
Verse 1.: Start in squatting position. Slowly raise arms over head, and stand up tall, on tiptoes.
Verse 2: Curl up in a ball, and slowly uncurl - making
munching sounds.
Verse 3: Crawl around the floor on hands and knees.
Verse 4: Stand up, with arms down at sides. Stand very still, and pretend you're hanging from a twig. Then gently shake your body (to ward off predators!)
Verse 5: Stand with arms out, and begin waving arms up and down. Fly around the room.
Verse 6: Stand still, with arms raised over head in a "V." Sway your body back and forth, and look around for
butterflies.
(Sung to the tune of "Brother John" or "Frere Jacques")
- I'm a flower, I'm a flower
Roots below, roots below.
Soil and rain and sunshine
Soil and rain and sunshine
Watch me grow! Watch me grow!
- I'm an egg, I'm an egg
On a little leaf, on a little leaf
Soon I'll be a caterpillar
Soon I'll be a caterpillar
Watch me eat! Watch me eat!
- I'm a caterpillar, I'm a caterpillar
You're one too, you're one too
Soon we'll both be butterflies
Soon we'll both be butterflies
Something new! Something new!
- I'm a chrysalis, I'm a chrysalis
Warm and dry, warm and dry
Changing from the inside
Changing from the inside
Into a butterfly! Into a butterfly
- I'm a butterfly, I'm a butterfly
Flying all around, flying all around
Looking for a flower
Looking for a flower
Searching up and down. Searching up and down.
- I'm a flower, I'm a flower
Open to the sky, open to the sky
I have lots of nectar
I have lots of nectar
For all the butterflies. For all the butterflies.
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Instructions for finger play (while seated):
Introduce to students by reciting the song, or singing
aloud. Demonstrate the gestures, then invite kids to join in!
Verse 1: Raise arms over head and sway.
Verse 2: Curl fingers into a fist, and slowly release.
Verse 3: Walk fingers on the desk in front of you (or on the palm of your other hand).
Verse 4: With one hand, point your index finger (pretend
it's a twig). With the other hand, place your index fingertip (chrysalis) underneath, touching the "twig." Wiggle the "chrysalis" finger.
Verse 5: Hook thumbs together, and flap other fingers in unison - Fly hands around your head.
Verse 6: Raise arms over head and sway.
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Science, 
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