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*Spatial Relationships
*Fingerplays/Songs
The Grand Old Duke of York
Tune: "A-Hunting We Will Go"
The Grand old Duke of York,
(march on the spot)
He had ten thousand men.
(march on the spot)
He marched them up the hill,
(keep marching and stretch up really tall)
And marched them down again.
(everyone sits down)
And when you're up, you're up;
(everyone stands up)
And when you're down, you're down.
(everyone sits down)
And when you're only halfway up,
(everyone half-way up)
You're neither up nor down!
(when you say up, jump up and when you say down, squat down)
Left & Right Action Rhyme
We stamp with the left foot,
We stamp with the right.
Then we turn ourselves around,
And clap with all our might.
We look to the left side,
When look to the right.
We step forward, then backward,
And clap with all our might.
*Group Time Games
Over, Under, Around, and Through:
Need: Boxes, chairs, mats...
Spread items on the floor of the Block area. Children can work
together to place blocks end-to-end, constructing a path through the
obstacles. Ask children to work together to choose whether to build
over, under, around or through the obstacles.
Left & Right Body Game
Need: a small ribbon for each child.
Start with simple commands, such as "Everyone touch your
feet" and "Touch your head."
Tie a ribbon around the right wrist of each child. Have everyone
raise their hand with the ribbon and say "The ribbon is around
my right wrists." Now have everyone raise just their left hand and say "This is my
left hand. It has no ribbon." Practice raising left and right
hands on command.
When they've mastered this, move to commands such as "Touch your
left foot with your left hand." "Touch your right ear with
your right hand." etc...
If anyone still has trouble, remind the children that their right
hands have the ribbons tied to them.
Finally, ask the children to touch body parts with the opposite hand:
right ear/left hand, left foot/right hand, etc...
Shaking hands
Demonstrate to children how to shake hands, using the right hand, and
explain that this is a way of greeting one another. Pair up children
and allow them to practice shaking hands. Then play some
moderately-paced music and invite children to dance or move freely
around the classroom. When the music stops, children must find their
partners and shake hands
Mitten Game
Need: 8 pairs of construction paper mittens in 8 different colors.
After cutting out the 8 pairs of construction paper mittens, tape the
mittens to the wall in pairs.
Ask each child in turn to place his hands on a matching pair of
mittens. Explain that the right hand goes on the right mitten and the
left hand goes on the left mitten. Afterwards, rearrange the mittens
in a random order on the wall. Now the child must cross his/her arms
to correctly place his hands on the matching pair.
*Downloads
MatheMax
Requirements: Windows 98/NT. Size 419 KB. Free
Site: ABC –
Ware Software for Kids
MatheMax is an basic counting program. A display of a row of balls is
shown and a child will have to type in the correct number of balls displayed.
Assists students in basic math operations, starting with counting
exercise, simple addition and subtraction exercises and
multiplication and division as well as mixed modes.
Selecting different number ranges makes the program versatile and
simple enough for the preschool level. A solution button shows the
correct result. Feedback takes the form of a congratulatory graphic
and sound.
Multilingual version: German, English, Swedish, Italian.
Download: mathe.exe
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