Spoonfuls of Kindergarten: Gross Motor Skills

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Game

I love it when my kids are active,can move their bodies and learn something. We just finished reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and I wanted my kids to practice retelling the story but I was bored of the usual retelling activities.

So this cute idea popped in my head and I went scooting for some ping pong balls.

I attached pictures of food that the hungry caterpillar ate in the book on the ping pong balls and put them in a basket. I then asked kids to find the food he ate, in order and prompted them to talk about the days on which he ate a particular food.

After they finished arranging the ping pong balls , we got up and aimed the balls in another basket aka the caterpillar.

There was a lot of excitement, cheers and joy while playing this game which of course, made me a super happy teacher!

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Thursday, 31 March 2016

Bunny/Spring Number Correspondence

Even though Easter has ended, my fascination for all things bunny hasn't gone down. Hence this post! I was super excited to use these bunnies for a quick number correspondence game.

I wanted to make this into a 'move and learn' kinda activity than just a table top one. Though it can be used in both ways.

I placed number carrots inside the bunnies and put them in a basket.

I placed the carrot cards around the room.

Children open up a bunny and read the number.(Great for developing those fine motor skills!) They then move around the room to find the corresponding card to the number.(Gross Motor Development!) They come back and place it next to the bunny.

So with just one game you can focus on developing fine motor skills, gross motor skills and cognitive skills in children.

If you can't find these bunnies, don't fret. I made bunny number cards which you can use instead.

You can also use this in your math center. Just mix up all the number and picture cards and let children match the number and corresponding carrot card till they get all of them correct.

Download this game from HERE!