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Materials

• 2 different sized hand weights (light enough for kids to pick up)

Directions

1. Play song #4 on
2. Read
3. have the children sit in a circle
4. pass around one weight and have the children lift it to their shoulders
5. after everyone has lifted it, ask if it was light or heavy
6. pass around the other weight and have the children lift it to their shoulders
7. after everyone has lifted it, ask if it was lighter or heavier than the first weight
8. ask the children to tell you all of their body parts that helped life the weight (hand, arm, brain, eyes, fingers, muscles, etc)
9. play songs #2-4; 7; 10; & 12-14 on

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