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Materials:

• Potato or cucumber or paper or play dough
• Toothpicks
• Paint

Directions:

• Either give your children a potato with the bottom cut off or a piece of paper cut into the shape of a cactus. Let them stick toothpicks in it and paint it to make it look like a cactus.

If you live somewhere that gets particularly hot. Take an egg outside and show your children how that you can fry an egg on asphalt.

(Sung to: The Wheels On The Bus) Jackrabbit - have your children jump in place
The jackrabbit in the desert hops like this, hops like this, hops like this
The jackrabbit in the desert hops like this, all night long

Cuff hands and howl
The coyote in the desert howls Awwww, Awww, Awww
The coyote in the desert howls Awww, all night long

Have your children hiss exaggerating their tongue movement
The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss
The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, all night long

Have your children run in place
The roadrunner in the desert runs fast like this, fast like this, fast like this
The roadrunner in the desert runs fast like this, all night long!

Give your children Rabbit ears and let them pretend to be jackrabbits hopping around the classroom.


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