Ring! Ring! Bananas Calling!
Raffi introduced us to the Bananaphone Song years ago and now technology has finally caught up with him. Introducing the Banana Phone!
B is for bunches and there are bunches of banana ideas for teaching across the curriculum from vowels to emergency phone numbers. Time to Talk, sing, read and learn about bananas.
So let the phone ring and start to sing...
Banana Phone Table of Contents
A Banana Unit Study
Bananaphone by Raffi
Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring BananaphoneRing Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Bananaphone
I've got this feeling
So appealing
For us to get together and sing...
Children love to sing with Raffi and the Bananaphone song is no exception. Use this song to introduce a thematic unit on bananas. Connected it to monkeys and phone calls and it becomes a most appealing subject that kids will love to monkey around with.
Bananaphone
Amazon Price: $0.99 (as of 12/02/2008) 
Reading in the Banana Jungle
Pull up to the banana tree, sit on a banana, snuggle with Curious George and find an appealing book to read. Banana chairs are a snuggly incentive for silent reading time.
Apples and Bananas change their Vowels
by Raffi
Raffi makes up new and funny lyrics by changing the vowels in the words to Apples and Bananas. It is a fun way to teach the various vowel sounds. We use a banana pointer to point to the vowels as we sing the song.
You can make a flip book with a card for each vowel in the words apples and bananas. Use laminated cardstock and keychain rings. Put two rings at the top of each vowel square.
Come to the Banana Table for Center Time
This banana shaped table would be great for center time with a banana theme. Get out your Bananagrams and start spelling all the banana words you know.
FRUITABLE SERIES BANANA 30 X 72
Amazon Price: $219.00 (as of 12/02/2008)
Bananagrams Set with 100 Best Anagrams Listing Copyright 2008!
Amazon Price: $15.35 (as of 12/02/2008)
When do you play Bananagrams?
We Eat Bananas
Learn all about how bananas grow, where they come from, where they are grown now and how they get to our tables.
Banana Spelling
Don't Slip on your Spelling Words!
When a banana's peel is scratched it turns brown. You can use a common pin to scratch your spelling words into the peel.
Banana Math Center
Help the monkey add and subtract the bananas.
Learn simple additional through monkey play!
* Monkey needs to balance an equal number of bananas on each side: when a correct amount is hung, he looks straight ahead with his arms level
* If his arms and eyes go crooked when the bananas are placed, it's time to recount and try again!
Learning Mates Monkey Math
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/02/2008)
Bananas by the Bunch
Here's a rhyme to learn to read the number words.
One banana, two banana,
Three banana, Four.
Five banana, six banana,
Seven banana, more.
Eight banana, nine banana,
Ten banana, Lunch!
Ten bananas make a big fat bunch.
Use this rhyme to count groups of ten bananas.
Make bunches of bananas to practice place value.
Marti Gras beads are inexpensive math manipulatives. If you know of someone who is traveling to New Orleans ask them to donate any that they bring back.
- Banana Bead for Marti Gras
- Mardi Gras would not be complete without a good set of beads like our Banana Bead 42". Each strand is 42 inches long, hand strung, and comes with 5 94mm tall yellow banana charms. The beads include 6mm black balls, and 12mm yellow balls.
- Glass Fruit beads, - Jan's Jewelry Supplies
- A variety of fruit beads for your jewelry and craft needs.
Learn your Phone Number
This award winning phone helps children learn how to call home and the 911 Emergency Service.
You can program a message so that when your child dials the number correctly they hear the message you recorded. You can change the number as often as you like.
Variation:
Program the phone with spelling words, dictation or the Bananaphone Song.
Learning Resources Pretend and Play Teaching Telephone
Amazon Price: $28.47 (as of 12/02/2008)
Banana and Monkey Bead Patterns
Cut apart necklaces of bananas and monkeys and turn them into math manipulatives. Children re-string them to make to make patterns and record their patterns on index cards.
Later, the index cards can be used to reproduce the patterns.
Patterns are the basis of all mathematics.
Banana Phone
Talk on Your Banana
Use the banana phones for children to practice dialing and learning their own phone numbers. My students made Banana Shaped phone books with the numbers of all their classmates.
BeoCom 2 Starter System in Yellow with Table Charger
Amazon Price: $1,100.00 (as of 12/02/2008)
Cellfoam - Banana Phone Cell Phone Cover Flip Phone
Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 12/02/2008)
Run to the Banana Phone
Bananas in Gym Class
Everyone put on your banana costumes, When you hear the phone ring, run to the banana phone but don't get caught by the gorilla.
Bananaphone or Banana Phone
Which would you rather?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand bySing Bananaphone along with Raffi.
groovyoldlady says:
Bananaphone 'cause it annoys grouchy adults. :D
(Besides, I HATE talking on the phone!)
Posted October 06, 2008
Talk on a Banana Phone.
KimDion says:
I like phones so I would have to say the phone, however the banana song would get a lot of laughs..
Kim Dion
Internet Free Traffic Queen
Posted October 09, 2008
lakeerieartists says:
I would rather talk on a banana phone or ride in a banana car like in Things That Go.
Posted September 24, 2008
Sing Bananaphone along with Raffi
There's words here too to help young monkeys to read.
Banana Math
Four bananas plus one banana equals five bananas.
4+1=5
- Taste the Happy!
- Edible math manipulatives!
Balancing Bananas
Addition and Subtraction with a Banana Phone Theme
Concrete activities in math are essential to a true understanding of the concepts of addition and subtraction.
Just hang an equal number of colorful bananas from each of the monkey's hands. If you've done your addition correctly, the monkey will look straight ahead and his arms will be level. If the numbers are not equal, his eyes will be crossed and his arms will be up and down.
Learning Mates Monkey Math
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/02/2008)
Bananas
by Jacqueline Farmer
Learn all kinds of facts about bananas including:
1. The common yellow banana is called the Cavendish banana.
2. Bananas grow mostly in tropical places. They can also grow in Iceland, where geysers provide the heat bananas need.
3. The banana plant is the world's largest herb.
4. Banana plants can be rooted like potatoes. Dig up the root, cut it up, and grow lots of banana plants!
Bananas!
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 12/02/2008)
Paper Doll Bananas
- Bananas in Pyjamas - Make & Do - Cards
- Bananas in Pyjamas has kids all over the world going bananas!
Bananaphone Literacy Bag
Bananaphone Tote Bag
Price: 24.99
B is for Banana
- Banana Printable Coloring Page
- Banana Printable Coloring Page. Fun with Pictures.com regularly adds new coloring pages for kids. So keep coming back :-)
- Letter B Banana | Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets
- Letter B Banana alphabet lesson plan printable activities and worksheets for preschool and Kindergarten.
B is for Banana Literacy Bag
B is for BANANA Tote Bag
Price: 17.99
Unique Banana Stuff
You never know what you can find on Ebay. I usually look for games or manipulatives that I can use for teaching math or literacy activities.
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
Fly Down to Costa Rica for some Bananas!
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Who's talking about banana phones?
i've been introduced to BANANAPHONE.
@jackrabbitslams ring! ring! bananaphone! good morning love! (*^u^*)
I just found out that Raffi did the Bananaphone song. good to see he's still around.
"ring ring ring bananaphone." did that really just happen?
Actively searching for an mp3 of Raffi's "Bananaphone." Why? Because I must.
Do you have a Banana Phone? Do you sing about it?
alteredkat wrote...
I remember this song! lol...thanks for the walk down memory lane & thanks for your comments on my reusing toothbrushes lens! I appreciate it! :o)
Posted November 17, 2008
JaguarJulie wrote...
Would you believe we actually flew down to Costa Rica and saw plenty of bananas, actually flying through the tree tops on zip lines -- definitely stepped outside of my comfort zone for that one! We also saw plenty of termites. Why is it that you bring some bananas home from the store along with fruit flies? Oh, and Boots Obama, our little tabby kitten, loves to play with the bananas up on the counter. Most creative lens my dear!
Posted November 16, 2008
KimDion wrote...
Fantastic Squidoo I like the humor and all the pic and colors...
Bravo...
Kim Dion
Internet Free Traffic Queen
Posted October 09, 2008
groovyoldlady wrote...
This banana bestowal is the BEST!
(And dang, I'll be singing all day now...
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring Bananaphone!
Posted October 06, 2008
About the Author
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Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher
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My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, creative ways. The lenses I make on Squidoo reflect my view that learning should be integrated and no skills should be taught in isolation. I believe that each topic studied...
