Sun raisins

Activity type: Active play
Materials: 
Age group: 2-6
Time: 15 mins
Language: All
Activity description: 

• Tell children to run around the space as they want. Show everyone how to scrunch up their face like a raisin and say “raisinraisinraisinraisin”, model the movements.
• Yell out SUN and change your face from scrunchy to smiling like the sun (big mouth, eyes wide open), stand with your legs spread, spread your arms out and say SUN. Model the movements.  
• Repeat but do the movements crouching down and/or squat-walking  
• Finally, add a hug when you say SUN. Model the movements, say sun and hug the person closest to you.  
• Then grab your partners hand and continue being raisins together 
• Repeat the movements but tell the children to hug another pair of children. Repeat until you have a big pile of raisins. 
• Finish the activity by thanking the children, encourage children to praise each other and make eye contact and smile.