After this lesson children will have:
Gauge what movements are developmentally appropriate for children.
Tell children that if they touch anyone else while playing, they will be frozen still!
This lesson may work best outside or in a large indoor space, free from furniture, etc.
This game can be played differently each time and calls for the teacher to give various instructions to children.
Show children how to make a home (hands over head, with palms pressed together; legs apart). Tell children that this will be their home. They should be standing in a place where they can’t touch anyone else. Give children various instructions such as the ones listed below. You can be creative and come up with your own.
Leave your home and touch 2 chairs. Return to your home.
Leave your home and hop to the nearest table. Return to your home.
Leave your home and crawl to where you can touch something red. Return to your home.
Leave your home and walk to the fence as fast as you can. Return to your home.
Leave your home, find a partner. Clap hands. Return to your home. [etc.]
Read On the Move by Deborah Heiligman.
Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.
Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.