"Circle 'Round the Zero"
Circle 'round the zero, find your lovin' zero.
Back, back zero, side, side, zero.
Front, front, zero, tap your lovin' zero.
This is an easy circle game where one child walks around the outside of the circle and stops behind someone on the words "find your lovin' zero." That part of the song alone is enough to send my older students into a cootie-fearing frenzy, so I typically reserve this one for my little guys. Yesterday, it was preschool. I was the first leader, walking around the circle and demonstrating the game. I stopped behind Hannah, whom you met in this story and proceeded with the game. On "back, back zero," we were supposed to touch our backs. I told her to lean back and touch her shoulders to mine, but she stuck out her tiny little rear and butt-bumped me instead. I laughed and showed the class what I meant by back. We even touched our own backs to make sure we all understood and felt the difference between back and booty. So Hannah began the game again, the leader this time. She stopped behind one of her boy classmates and on "back, back, zero" they both stuck out their butts and bumped. This continued throughout the entirety of the game, no matter who was leading. I assumed they were doing it to be silly, but I eventually realized they just couldn't quite coordinate that movement of leaning back without pushing out their little behinds.
It's always the things like this that I picture my students going home and demonstrating for their parents. And I just cross my fingers, hoping that I don't get a call from a parent the next day.
Circle 'round the zero, find your lovin' zero.
Back, back zero, side, side, zero.
Front, front, zero, tap your lovin' zero.
This is an easy circle game where one child walks around the outside of the circle and stops behind someone on the words "find your lovin' zero." That part of the song alone is enough to send my older students into a cootie-fearing frenzy, so I typically reserve this one for my little guys. Yesterday, it was preschool. I was the first leader, walking around the circle and demonstrating the game. I stopped behind Hannah, whom you met in this story and proceeded with the game. On "back, back zero," we were supposed to touch our backs. I told her to lean back and touch her shoulders to mine, but she stuck out her tiny little rear and butt-bumped me instead. I laughed and showed the class what I meant by back. We even touched our own backs to make sure we all understood and felt the difference between back and booty. So Hannah began the game again, the leader this time. She stopped behind one of her boy classmates and on "back, back, zero" they both stuck out their butts and bumped. This continued throughout the entirety of the game, no matter who was leading. I assumed they were doing it to be silly, but I eventually realized they just couldn't quite coordinate that movement of leaning back without pushing out their little behinds.
It's always the things like this that I picture my students going home and demonstrating for their parents. And I just cross my fingers, hoping that I don't get a call from a parent the next day.