Parachute Ball

Parachute ball

Place a large beach ball on top of the parachute and invite the children to hold the parachute while standing to see if they can make the ball touch the ceiling or the sky…by shaking it.  Then introduce 50-100 ball pit balls onto the parachute as popcorn and sing:

1. Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels,
2. In the pot, in the pot
3. Shake them, shake them, shake them,
4. Shake them, shake them, shake them,
5. ‘til they pop, ‘til they pop!

On the ‘shake them’ section, encourage the children to shake the parachute.

Adapt for younger children:

Start with introducing this activity sitting and progress to kneeling and then to standing.

Extension:

Invite the children to only shake the parachute when the adult say’s popcorn, adult then tells a story and incorporates the word “popcorn”.  Invite children to take turns at telling a story too.