I Need To Grow Up

Material

• Ribbon to tie hair

Steps

1. Ask a young girl if she agrees to be given seven braids.
2. Make her seven braids as you recite the nursery rhyme.
3. Recite and mime the rhyme. Encourage the children to do the gestures with you.

Nursery Rhyme

• Head, shoulders, knees and toes

(Touch each of the parts mentioned.)

• God knows me from head to toe

(Point to the sky and then touch your head and then your feet.)

• He knows everything I need

(Point to the sky at “he”

then your head to “knows, ”

spread your arms to “everything”

point at you at “I” and arms in front of you, elbows bent and palms facing the sky, fold your fingers on the palms to “need”.)

• I need to grow up

(Scream this last line.)