Activity

Equipment

Learning Objectives

After this lesson children will have:

Teaching Tips

You may have to demonstrate certain actions if children are having difficulty.

Before the Lesson

Ensure there is enough room for children to move with out bumping into one another.

Activity

How to play

Ask the children to find a space where they are not touching anyone else. Ask the children if they know what “Up” and “Down” means. Ask them to show you with their body. Pose further challenges to your children:

  • Can you make your body go all the way up?
  • Can you make your body go all the way down?
  • Can you make your body go half way up? Half way down?
  • Can you move your shoulders/head/leg/ knee/tummy/elbow up and down?

To reinforce what “Up” and “Down” means, ask the children to do the following:

  • Pretend you are a piece of toast coming out of the toaster!
  • Pretend you are popcorn popping.
  • Show me how a yo-yo moves. (If your children don’t know what a yo-yo is, you might want to show them how one works.)
  • Can you pretend to be a bouncing ball?
  • Pretend to be a see-saw.
  • Pretend to be an elevator.
  • Pretend to be a balloon inflating and deflating.
  • Can you move like a jack-in-the-box?

Enrichment

Read Big Brown Bear’s Up and Down Day by David McPhail.

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.

Weekly Log

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.