Transition song: H-E-A-R-T by the Kiboomers
Materials: Laminated letter D, two homemade dice (one with action and one with emotions)
Vocabulary and Concepts: happy, sad, worried, mad, silly, surprised, gallop, strut, roll, stomp, hop, my turn, your turn, he is, she is, we are, following directions, descriptive words.
Preliteracy skills: Let's explore the letter D. I see that there is a long side and a curved side. What words have the /d/ sound? Doctor, dad, dinner, down, mad, sad, dump. Let's practice drawing the letter D. Start at the top and draw down. Go back to the top and draw around.
This week we are playing a game. I made two dice, one with emotions and one with actions. We took turns throwing the dice. The pictures that are on top when the dice stop are the directions that we follow.
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| We might waddle like a duck with a silly face. |
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| Or roll like a happy pig. |
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| Hop like a worried bunny. |
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| Gallop like a surprised horse. |
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| Strut like a mad rooster. |
This took A LOT of modeling. But once the children understood the directions, they commented that it was a lot of fun. I didn't get a picture of Stomp like a cow or the sad face. There was a lot of communication between peers and adult/peers: He is funny! She is sad. We are waiting.
We practice emotions on our faces and looked at each other's faces....and laughed pretty hard, even if we were doing mad or sad faces.
Note that the dice are not anything more than taped empty boxes. Square tissue boxes work well. Many of the children asked if we could play this game again.
