The Little Brown Bulbs Game

On Mondays in Buttercup class, we play a game. This is one of the springtime games we play.  You can play this on Mondays or any time you wish.  

You will need a sheet and a pillow case.  Have your child curl up like a little brown bulb (are you a tulip?  Or perhaps a daffodil?).  Cover them up with the sheet.  You can rub their back and head as they lay as still as a sleeping bulb.  

Then, when King Winter rages, vigorously shake and flap the pillow case directly over your little bulb, still tucked in under the sheet. 

 If you have more than one child, they can take turns being the bulb and King Winter, or they can both get under the sheet and be bulbs together.  If you have more than three players, the fourth person can take on the role of spring tiptoeing around the sleeping bulb.  

When you say the line “lifted their heads” the sleeping bulb begins to wake up, comes to standing and then as the sheet is whisked off of the sleeping bulb by the person holding the sheet, they can “jump out of bed!”.  

Not only is this great fun, but it’s a nice way to practice and teach positive, gentle touch.  You may rub the “sleeping” bulb the whole time they are under the sheet.  This is a gentle stimulation of the tactile sense.  

The children love this game.

The Little Brown Bulbs Game
Some little brown bulbs lie asleep in the ground
So snug and so cozy they made not a sound
King Winter he raged and he roared overhead
But the little brown bulbs stayed asleep in their beds.  
Then Spring came a-tiptoeing over the lea
With fingers to lips so carefully 
The little brown bulbs they lifted their heads
The slipped of their nighties and they jumped out of bed!
Yes they jumped out of bed!