Parachute songs

Parachute games are such a classic! Here are some fun and exciting PE parachute games to try with your preschoolers.

One of my daughter's favorite toys is her parachute. We have played so many parachute games for toddlers specifically. They keep her so busy and entertained. Parachute games can help kids with social skills, coordination, and fine motor skills. It is great for a single child or a large group of kids. This is the

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Parachutes can be a great addition to your preschool circle time. Learn how to make sure your activity is a success with these tips.

Hannah Zimmermann on Instagram: "Snail, Snail - parachute activity 🙌🏻 The kids love this so much that we usually do this in kinder and 1st, but here I even pulled it out for 2nd! I use this to either prep so and mi or prep la. It’s also great for quarter notes and eighth notes OR to have a discussion about tempo. As we learn this song, I like to have the students move around the room like a slow snail. Then I will ask them what other slow animals there are? We’ll act those out too, and…

A great way to encourage your students to work together while having fun! The parachute is a wonderful way to introduce your students on how to work together to achieve a common goal. My students played the hello game as we learned the basics of how to use a parachute...

Howdy This is an update to my first Parachute Play post. That post was a full program based around the parachute; it also included some stories. This post will be songs and rhymes that I have been using lately at the end of a traditional preschool storytime for children ages 3-5 years old and their grownup. I usually do parachute play for one class during a 6-8 week block of storytimes and we will play for about 15 minutes. All of these activities work best with grownups helping at the chute…

With all the talk on the listservs recently about using the parachute in storytime, I thought I should blog about my experiences with the parachute. I’ve been using the parachute in storytime…

Parachute song

My PreK students start school at three years old. This year we even had a few who were not yet three. Very young! The past year and a half has been a learning adventure, to say the least. Kinderga…