ZERO THE HERO

Some of you willbe celebrating 100 days of school very soon.  Many of you won’t get there until next month, so you canjust tuck these ideas away until then.

Zero the HeroNumber Stomp (Just for FUN CD)

I am Zero the Heroand I’m here to say,

I love to donumbers every 10^th day.

When we make setsof ten we’ll stomp the ground.

And when we reach100, we’ll sit back down!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10 (Stomp!).

Let’s countanother ten.

11, 12, 13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (Stomp!)

Two tens, let’s gosome more…

Three tens, you’recatching on.

Four tens, you’redoing fine.

Five tens, you’rehalf way there.

Six tens, you’reon a roll.

Seven tens, what acool game.

Eight tens, you’redoing great.

Nine tens, we’renear the end.

Ten tens is 100,now it’s time to sit down!

Activities:  Stand like a super hero with feet outand hands on hips.  Point tonumbers on a chart or hold up fingers as you sing.

Here’s the link todownload this book:

www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2006/01_Jan/pg03dd.html

Children can maketheir own Zero the Hero with a sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil.  (They’ll need some assistance so workwith a small group at a time.) Make two tears from the top about 1/3 of the way down.  Make one tear from the bottom asshown.   Squeeze the top sidesections to create arms.  Thecenter section can be molded into a head. The bottom strips can be molded into legs.  Make a cape for your hero from paper or fabric. 

*Let childrenwrite or tell stories about what they would do if they were Zero the Hero.