Happy Columbus
Day! Silly, Dr. Jean! I do know Columbus Day isn’t until October
12th. However, I also know
that teachers need ideas early in order to integrate them into their lesson
plans ahead of time.
Columbus Day
(Tune: “Going Over the Sea”)
Columbus sailed
the ocean blue in 1492 (Stand and
salute alternating hands.)
The Nina, and the
Pinta, and the Santa Maria, too.
Going
over going under in the Atlantic Ocean’s thunder, (Hands go up and down.)
What
a brave thing to do! (Thumbs
in to chest.)
When Columbus set
sail he knew the earth was round.
(Make a circle
with arms.)
He was amazed at
all the lands and the people he found.
Going
over, going under, in the Atlantic Ocean’s thunder,
(Make
hands go up and down.)
What a brave thing
to do! (Thumbs
in to chest.)
Columbus visited
Bahamas, Cuba, South America, too.
(Hold up fingers.)
On
October 12 we remember him and his crew.
(Index finger in air and shake.)
Going over, going under, in the Atlantic
Ocean’s thunder,(Hands up and down.)
What a brave thing
to do! (Thumbs
in to chest.)
Go to drjean.org “Monthly
Activities” October, 2007, to download a book to go with the song. The arrangement is on “Happy Everything”
CD Disk One.
Sailor Hats
- Make sailor hats out
of newspaper. Fold in half. Bring corners down until they
meet. Fold up top edge and then
turn over and fold up the bottom edge.
Let children decorate.
Globe – Point out where Columbus started in Spain
and the islands he visited. How
has travel changed since Columbus’s voyage over 500 years ago?
Travel Chest
– Fold a brown sheet of paper in half and decorate the front to look like a
sailor’s chest. “If you were a
sailor going on a voyage that would last for many years what would
you pack in your chest?” Children
can draw pictures and label what they would need.
