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Teaches This is a great song for teaching the phrases, “Are you hungry?” and “Yes, I am!” You can use it in combination with any number well-known children’s books, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Preparation In keeping with our philosophy of making the language in the songs learnable through gestures, the food we’ve chosen for this song are foods you can easily mime eating (a banana, watermelon, french fries, spaghetti, and ice cream). However, you may want to first introduce these foods with pictures. This song can be sung in a call and response format, meaning the children just listen and then repeat. It's VERY simple. Lyrics & Gestures Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Mmmmm, a banana! (Optional: Teacher holds up a picture of a banana) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Mmmmm, a watermelon! (Optional: Teacher holds up a picture of a watermelon.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) French fries! (Optional: Teacher holds up a picture of french fries.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Spaghetti! (Optional: Teacher holds up a picture of spaghetti) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Are you hungry? (Shrug your shoulders and then rub your tummy.) Ice cream! (Optional: Teacher holds up a picture of an ice cream cone.) I’m full! (Pat your tummy with both hands and puff out your cheeks.) Activities This song is great for teaching a variety of foods. Don’t just stick to the items sung about in the song, think of other foods and come up with gestures for them. When you sing the song, the teacher can just call out the different food over the voice on the CD. You can work with your students to think of new gestures for different foods, or you can use sign language (American Sign Language or the sign language native to the country you live in). You can find many great sign language dictionaries online to teach you the signs for different kinds of foods. This song works great with all kids, but it’s especially satisfying to see pre-verbal youngsters or children reluctant to speak communicating their hunger using the gestures learned in this song. Kids can learn to express, “I’m hungry” by rubbing their tummies. Or they can reply to a caretakers question, “Are you hungry?” by giving a thumbs up or thumbs down. With older three-year-olds and up, try playing food charades after this song. Pretend to eat some kind of food and the children try to guess which food you are eating. Then have each of the children try. Show one of them a food picture, and have them mime eating that food. The other children try to guess the food. Your Ideas Richard Millette from Rick's English House in Iwate, Japan sent along this great idea for using "Are You Hungry" with older kids (Grade 5 and up). He plays the song and everybody sings. Then, everybody has to listen closely to what is said in the line, "mmmmm, a banana" and draw that food as quickly as they can during the "yum yum yum" part and finish before the next "Are you hungry?" verse starts again. The teacher can turn down the volume on the CD player and call out a different food each time. After the song, everyone can laugh at their drawings! Have an idea for an activity? Let us know!
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