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Preschool Circle Time Activities For Kids Using Balloons:

This Preschool Circle Time Activity should be implemented with children or preschoolers at least 3 years of age and up.

Any preschool children or preschoolers who are still in the stage of exploring sensory orally need to be supervised with great caution.

*Balloons are serious choking hazards so please use caution when implementing the activities mentioned in this Preschool Circle Time Idea.

It is a good idea to go over the safety issues with preschool children so they understand the risks of playing safe as well.

Opening Circle Song:

(sung to - Farmer in the Dell)

Hello to everyone, ( wave to children)
and how are you today?

We come to our circle time,

to laugh and sing and play.

And when you're up you're up, (hold hands in the air)

and when your down your down, ( place hands on floor)

and when your only half way up, (hold hands about chest level)

your neither up nor down. (throw your hands up and down quickly with words)

So roll your hands so slowly, (make fists with hands and roll about chest level like your punching a bag)

and roll your hands so fast, ( same action as above except fast)

give your hands a clap clap clap and fold them in your lap tap tap. (follow directions in this line)

Talk to the children about balloons and balloon safety. Ask open ended questions such as "Where have you seen balloons before?" "What different shapes and colours of balloons can you remember?" "Why or where do we use balloons?"

Have a bag of different shaped balloons with you. Blow up a balloon and talk about the shape and color of it. Ask, "What do you think will happen if I let it go?" ( let balloon go).

Blow up a different balloon and talk about the shape and colour of it. Ask "What do you think will happen if I pull the bottom blow whole tight and slowly let the air out?" (Make high pitch noise with balloon).

Then blow up a third balloon and talk about the shape and colour. Ask, "What do you think will happen if I hold the balloon and let the air come out by itself without touching the blow whole?" (Let the air out so it makes a low airy sound).

Have preschool children stand up and sing:

The Balloon Song:

(Tune- Here We Go 'Round The MulBerry Bush)

I'm a balloon can't you see, can't you see, can't you see, I'm a balloon can't you see so please do not pop me. (float/dance around like balloons)

I can fly and dance around, dance around, dance around, I can fly and dance around (stop dancing and say) "OH NO! YOU POPPED ME!"

Have the children pretend the air is going out of them and fly around like the balloons at circle time that lost their air.

Now have all the children sit down in a circle again and hold hands.

Then sing the

"End of CircleSong"

(Tune-Skip to my Lou)

Shake hands with friends 'cause it's time to go, Shake hands with friends 'cause it's time to go, Shake hands with friends 'cause it's time to go.....We'll see you again next time.

*More Great Kids Songs & Preschool Songs Here>

Preschool Activities to use with Balloons:

Preschool Art: Have the children decorate blown-up balloons at the art table. Balloons can be decorated with glue and sparkles, beads, or other colouful shiny items. Have children use items of their choices as well. A list of Art-Shelf ideas can be found in our online E-Book available on our site.

Once dried, the childrens' balloon creations can be hung around the room. Or you can paper mache newspaper strips over the balloons and have children decorate them once dried. Pop balloons inside mache and pull out. Their balloon creations will never deflate.

Preschool Math: Keep a record and count how mant days it takes for the balloons to deflate. Count how many balloons you are waiting to deflate.

Science Experiment: Blow up a few different shapes of balloons. Place balloons side by side on top of a shelf but still visible to the children.

If needed, tape or sticky tack to surface to prevent the balloons from falling or being blown around. Record how long it takes for the balloons to start to deflate.

Does one balloon deflate faster than another? Have children draw pictures of what they see happen as the balloons deflate.

Sensory Activity:

Once the balloons are deflated, place them in a sensory bin with other balloons. The other balloons can be filled with air, water, rice, popcorn kernels, oatmeal, etc.

Let the children FEEL the difference in the balloons

HEAR the sounds they make.

SEE the difference in size, shape and colour and SMELL the balloons.

(4 out of 5 senses used)

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