Going Bananas: A Banana Unit Study
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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...
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
I love to sing the Bananaphone song with my daughter as we drive around in the car doing errands.
Bananaphone
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...
Photo Credit: Monkey with a Banana
Frrom WPClipart, Public Domain Images
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
Banana Table
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.
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.Be careful not to get the juice from the banana peel on your clothes as it makes permanent stains.
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!
Bananas by the Bunch
Photo Credit: Banana Rhyme
on Flickr, Creative Commons
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.
Banana Rhyme
From the Metropolitan Development Council's Child Care Food Program
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Natalie Kornicks
Available at Allposters
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 with the Banana Phone!
Banana Phone Teaching Ideas!
Children can learn how to call home and the 911 Emergency Service with this adorable and unique banana phone. Create a banana shaped phone book with numbers you would like your child to learn. Laminate
the pages and put them together on a key ring. Play banana phone calling time games with your child often. Once he or she has learned all the numbers in the bunch, add a new number. Soon your child will know all the important phone numbers in no time thanks to this fun, unique and adorable banana phone!
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.
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?
Sing Bananaphone along with Raffi.
Aquavel says:
That song is totally addictive, silly and fun!
GrowWear says:
Love fun songs!
TheWhistler says:
I prefer Banana Phone
Easier to spell, at least for me.
groovyoldlady says:
Bananaphone 'cause it annoys grouchy adults. :D
(Besides, I HATE talking on the phone!)
Talk on a Banana Phone.
Papier says:
bananaphone
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
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lakeerieartists says:
I would rather talk on a banana phone or ride in a banana car like in Things That Go.
Sing Bananaphone along with Raffi
There's words here too to help young monkeys to read.
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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.
Bunches of Bananas
Counting Bananas by the Bunch
Chong Kneas Village, Tonle Sap Lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia
Morandi, Bruno
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Lay out bunches of bananas and Skip Count to see how many you have.
Fractional Bananas
Bananas on the Numberline
Photo Credit: First Cut
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
What a great idea! Using bananas to illustrate the meaning of not only the whole numbers but also the fractional numbers on the numberline. I can imagine possibly using banana peels for the negative numbers.
The following blog talks about using this technique to teach the true meaning of fractional numbers. These kids are well on their way to being able to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions thanks to a night with a bunch of bananas..
- Math with Bananas
- MATH with my KIDS Blog
Ā I pulled out the number line again, which had markings for 0, 1 and 2, as well as 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ...Next I asked for zero bananas. They both understood that with no problem. "Now, how many bananas do we put by this 1/2?" I asked. ..
Finally I got out a knife: "Show me half a banana." He was starting to get it now. He cut a banana in half. ...eventually we got 5/3, "one and a half," 4/3, and 2/3 on the number line in their correct places (!) and ended up with a bunch of cut up bananas. Smoothies for breakfast!
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!
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: $19.99 
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.
Bananagrams
Fast fun Banana Game
Bananagrams are have been the best selling game for 2008 and 2009. Practice spelling, phonics and vocabulary while playing this fun, fast-paced game. Peel the banana and start playing...
How to Follow the Banana Diet
Photo Credit: Banana Diet
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Drink lots of water,
Eat only bananas for breakfast.
Don't eat anything from 8-12 pm and be in bed by midnight.
Check out this article to learn all about the Banana Diet.
- How to Fallow The Banana Diet | eHow.com
- How to Fallow The Banana Diet. There is a new diet fad out called the banana diet. The banana diet comes from Japan were they are selling out of bananas in the stores. It is easy to fallow and requires you to only eat bananas...
Banana Diet
Could you loose weight by eating Bananas?
Breakfast
Kornicks, Natalie
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The banana diet is the newest craze in Asia. Bananas are peeling of the shelves. Are bananas the answer?
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- chriskerr
- My diet so far = 1 banana, 1 red bull, 5 coffees, 4 Codral cold & flu...my left eye won't stop twitching...damn banana...
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- @TheBoxingCoach #Fruit try to check banana diet, I saw it on a website. You have to eat a banana every morning.
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- My dad mixed Banana rum, cococut rum, and diet coke and gave it to me. Scoreee
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- abbiemeadows
- Hamburger, hot dog, French fries, ice cream, and homemade banana pudding later I decided I'll never be able to diet... #fatgirlprobs
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- diet dinner to make up for a shit lunch.plain oatmeal,banana &smoothie.Usually dont stick to diets long but Im already seeing improvement
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Fly Down to Costa Rica for some Bananas!
Growing Bananas
Grow Your Own Bananas
Photo Credit: Banana Plant
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
If you are lucky enough to live in a tropical climate you may even be able to grow your own bananas. Bananas do not grow on trees, as I thought when growing up. The fast growing plants send up a sturdy stock that produces a large red flower and the bananas grown in concentric circles just above the flower.
- Going Bananas | Home Educate in the Sunshine State
- There are potential homechooling lessons all around us - even in our own backyards.
...For a number of months, our banana plant (technically not a tree, I've recently learned) was just a big, leafy stalk in the ground that didn't generate much interest. Within the past few weeks, however, it has become our most watched plant. We are finally getting fruit! Now I am awed each day as we observe the process. Our girls are tickled to be able to go out and see the fruit's progress as they anticipate the first bite of "their" bananas...
Banana Related Lenses
Talk on the Banana Phone or ride on the banana colored bus. We're all going bananas for banana phones.
Who's talking about banana phones?
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- GadgetEarth
- Bananaphone: A Touch Capacitance Synth - Gadget Gangster http://t.co/h3PEUeJF
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- Franzanize
- Bananaphone: A Touch Capacitance Synth - Gadget Gangster http://t.co/M55ZiHV3
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- Bananaphone: A Touch Capacitance Synth - Gadget Gangster http://t.co/WqNOn9ei
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- nitorud
- #Appealing Fruit Instruments - The Bananaphone Synthesizer is Ripe with Musical Capability ( ) http://t.co/0CJeVm3U
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- Appealing Fruit Instruments - The Bananaphone Synthesizer is Ripe with Musical Capability (http://t.co/lydVRjeF) http://t.co/paOknFV0
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Do you have a Banana Phone? Do you sing about it?
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Aquavel
Oct 8, 2011 @ 12:30 pm | delete
- I don't have a Banana Phone but if I listen to that song for any length of time (I featured it on my banana lens too!), then I can't get it out of my head for the rest of the day! Linked to my banana-banana lens! Great minds think alike, as they say! LOL ~ You are way beyond me in your expertise but our banana lenses seem to go hand in hand. Fun reading and a very happy discovery!
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Papier Aug 15, 2011 @ 10:19 pm | delete
- no, but it sounds like a lot of happy fun.
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Jereziah
Mar 25, 2011 @ 6:56 am | delete
- OH, I haven't heard of this "Banana Phone", maybe I already encountered it. Haha obviously it's a phone in banana form am I right?
1300 Numbers Cost
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poddys
Mar 17, 2011 @ 4:46 pm | delete
- This is such a fun lens Evelyn. I love bananas, both eating them and everything about them. Blessed by an angel.
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poutine
Sep 23, 2009 @ 1:19 pm | delete
- Interesting and funny lens.
I love bananas and banana shakes and cookies and muffins and cakes.....and.....
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Tipi
Aug 22, 2009 @ 8:59 am | delete
- I don't have a banana phone, no. I love bananas however, they are the #1 food for the world's top athletes to eat. Its a banana a day keeps the doctor away. ~ Love you lens, you have really gone bananas on this one. :)
Susie
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hlkljgk Apr 23, 2009 @ 8:56 pm | delete
- i totally love this lens!
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Phildave
Mar 11, 2009 @ 10:31 am | delete
- Great lens - 5 ****
Try GROWING Banana's. I live in the UK and get a few surviving our winters (see Growing Bananas Plants) although they do need "protection".
Phil;.
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nightbear
Dec 10, 2008 @ 9:23 pm | delete
- What a cute lens, I don't see how a chid could help but learn from you.
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GrowWear
Dec 10, 2008 @ 6:10 am | delete
- Really fun lens, Evelyn.
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Mayflowerblood
Dec 9, 2008 @ 7:56 pm | delete
- terrifc lens! =]
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ArtByLinda Dec 9, 2008 @ 2:43 am | delete
- I always love your lenses, love banana's too, and the song!
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Jimmie
Dec 9, 2008 @ 2:34 am | delete
- Evelyn, you've gone bananas! What a fun theme!!
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Dec 8, 2008 @ 11:51 pm | delete
- Wow, that was fun and cool! As an avid banana eater, I find this lens most ap-peeling!
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Jewelsofawe
Dec 8, 2008 @ 8:50 pm | delete
- This lens is bananas! Love it!
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bgamall Nov 27, 2008 @ 1:17 pm | delete
- Another cool lens.
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alteredkat
Nov 17, 2008 @ 6:28 am | delete
- 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)
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JaguarJulie
Nov 16, 2008 @ 9:03 am | delete
- 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!
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KimDion Oct 9, 2008 @ 5:27 pm | delete
- Fantastic Squidoo I like the humor and all the pic and colors...
Bravo...
Kim Dion
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groovyoldlady
Oct 6, 2008 @ 6:45 am | delete
- This banana bestowal is the BEST!
(And dang, I'll be singing all day now...
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring Bananaphone!
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