In keeping with
the “green” spirit, here’s a song our daughter wrote.
Eat Green! (Tune: “Jenny Jenkins” – Going Green with Dr. Jean CD)
Will you eat
green, oh my children dear, (Pretend
to strum a guitar.)
Will you eat green
my children?
Oh, we’ll eat
green (Make
sign language for green by a
Spinach, broccoli,
and beans making
“G” and circling it around.)
Chorus
Veggie-weggie,
fruity-tooty (Make
fists with hands and thump together.)
Fresh foody,
colors of the rainbow. (Wiggle
fingers in a arch.)
Let’s all eat
green.
Will you eat
orange, oh my children dear,
Will you eat
orange my children?
Oh, we’ll eat
orange things (Sign
language for “O” and circle.)
Carrots, peaches,
tangerines
Chorus
Will you eat
yellow, my children dear, (Make a “Y”
and circle.)
Will you eat
yellow my children?
Oh, we’ll eat
yellow corn,
Squash,
pineapples, and more
Chorus
Will you eat red,
oh my children dear,
(Make an “R” and circle.)
Will you eat red
my children?
Oh, red we’ll eat
Apples,
strawberries, and beets
Chorus
Will you eat blue
and purple, my children dear,
(Make a “P” and circle.)
Will you eat blue
and purple?
Oh, we’ll eat
purple, blue
Grapes, plums, and
berries too.
Chorus
Oh what will you
eat, my children dear, (Pretend to
strum a guitar.)
Oh what will you
eat, my children?
Oh, we’ll eat
fresh foods
Good for us and
for earth, too,
Chorus
*Make a class book to go with the song.
*Make a class book to go with the song.
*Brainstorm
different parts of plants that you can eat.
Leaves
– lettuce, spinach, cabbage
Stems – celery, asparagus, rhubarb
Roots
– sweet potatoes, carrots, onions
Flowers
– cauliflower, broccoli
Seeds
– sunflower, pumpkin, walnuts
As you are eating
lunch or snack, comment, “Mmmm!
Don’t you love these leaves?
How does that root taste?
Would you like some more flowers?”
A teacher who is
working on a fitness curriculum at the University of Georgia adapted “Patalina
Matalina” to fruits and vegetables.
Patalina
Matalina (vcown@fcs.uga.edu)
Chorus: Patalina Matalina Upsadina Walkadina
Hoca Poca Loca was his name.
His head was
shaped like a cantaloupe,
And right on top
was an antelope!
He had green beans
kinda like hairs,
He couldn’t comb
them but he didn’t care.
Googly eyes on his
face,
Think he’s from
outer space!
Nose was as long
as a garden hose,
And it hung way
down to his toes.
His teeth look
like kernels of corn,
Think he could blow
a horn?
His neck was red,
it was plain to see
It looked just
like a strawberry.
His body looked
like a grocery sack,
Plastic not paper-
matter of fact!
His legs were long
like celery stalks,
Green and stringy,
made all the girls talk!
He had two knees and
two elbows,
The elbows were
grapes and the knees potatoes.
He had a heart
made of artichoke,
Full of fairy dust
and firecracker smoke.
His feet were
shaped like a shovel and a hoe,
