Pecan Promotion - Teacher Resources

This section will help teachers present Pecans in their classrooms with various activities, songs, and projects.

I'm A Little Hickory Nut

Attention Getter
This is a good tool to use throughout your stay in the classroom to see who is paying attention and can remember the rhythm.

I'm a little hickory nut
People like to eat me up!
(finger over mouth)

I'm a nut
(Clap,Clap)

I'm a nut
(Clap,Clap)

I'm a nut, I'm a nut, I'm a nut
(clap,clap)

Go through the exercise and teach the song first and when you expect the children to clap. Why did I use hickory nut instead of pecan? The pecan is a kind of hickory nut native to the U.S.

Finger Play

This is a good song to get the children interactive with you.

I'm a little hickory nut
(thumb and index finger together to make a circle)

People like to eat me up!
(fingers and thumb together in a clapping motion)

I'm a nut
(clap,clap)

I'm a nut
(clap,clap)

I'm a nut, I'm a nut, I'm a nut
(clap, clap)

Pecans Missing

The Missing Pecan, Barbara Caroll Goodman(reading level ages 4-8) Fiction: Two litle squirrels, Chichi and Fuzzy, loose a pecan and learn about the cycle of life.

Materials Needed:
Paper bag
Paper
Pencil
Pecan
 

Movement Activity and Song
Give children a piece of paper and instruct them to write their name on it. Also place any adult's name in the bag. Take a paper bag and collect all the names. Show them what a pecan looks like by holding it up in the room. Tell them they are going to act like squirrels and eash one will get a chance to hold the pecan. First they have to learn to sing as ong and act like a squirrel. You demonstrate by singing and acting out the song. Ask the wjole class to do it with you next. Then one by one pull out a child's name and instruct the whole class to sing the song for that particular student to act out.

Swish Your Fluffy Tail Song

___________, ___________ swish your fluffy tails
     (name)                (name)            (shake your bum)
 

___________, ___________ swish your fluffy tails
     (name)                (name)            (shake your bum)

Wrinkle up your little nose, but a nut between your toes!
  (index finger wiggle nose)             (place pecan on shoe)

___________, ___________ swish your fluffy tails
     (name)                (name)            (shake your bum)

Discussion Questions
What do squirrels like to eat? Do people like to eat pecans? What are some ways that people eat pecans? Are pecans used in other ways than just being edible (Mulch, furniture, flooring, mechanics use it to absorb grease and it is even used for art and dishes)

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