I am presenting a lesson tomorrow and I need to change the gross motor activity. The subject is on "Our Eyes" and my original plan was to have the children get on the floor and crawl like snakes....looking at everything on that level (snake-eye view, lol) But, I have a feeling it won't work out because the room is too small and there are too many children.
It's for preschoolers....ages 3-5 years old. I need a gross motor activity that has the children using their eyes, yet gets them moving around. ANY IDEAS????
2006-11-15 14:31:46 · 10 answers · asked by SS 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
Great answers so far...thank you!!! I still would appreciate some more though!
2006-11-15 15:30:41 · update #1
Here are a couple that I have used: 1) First, choose a student or have one volunteer. Have the other students take a really good look at the volunteer for about 30 seconds or so. After that take the volunteer to an area of the room where he or she is hidden from the other students. Change 3 things on the volunteer. For example, role up the sleeves, untie a shoe, and if it's a girl with a pony-tail, release the pony-tail. Then, have the volunteer go back to the rest of the group and have them guess what is "different" about the volunteer. This works really well especially with this age group.
2) Choose a child or get a volunteer. Have that volunteer go outside the classroom just outside the door (with adult supervision of course). Now, choose another child to hide behind a book shelf or something. Then, bring the first child back into the room and have that child guess who is behind the book shelf. This game is best when the kids pretty much know each other. Otherwise, this game becomes a flop.
I have others but, these two seem to do the best. Hope this helps and that I explained the games well enough. Have fun.
2006-11-16 11:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by slobberknocker_usa 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Can you get your hands on a toddler or preschool size Basketball hoop? Maybe Fisher Price or Playskool or Tonka makes one. (Or just use a really nice good size waste basket. )Maybe a parent wouldn't mind lending or making one! Have the children line up and tell them they will each get so many shots at making the basket. Use a Nerf type Basketball. This is a definite for "eye hand" coordination. You can add the extra fun factor by having two teams and see which makes the most shots. Add some type of prize to the winning team and of course give honorable mentions to the other team! It's controlled so the children won't be all over the place.
2006-11-16 05:09:39 · answer #2 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about dividing up the class, with some being "cats", and others "dogs" -- they can crawl around on all fours -- maybe there's enough room for that? with them all crawling around at the same time? or maybe "cats" first, then "dogs"? like you idea of the "snake-eye-level" only slightly higher. Maybe set a table / tray in the center, that is higher than "crawling" level, with something big, like a ball on top of it, and ask them, how would they figure out what it was, just by using their eyes? ie, they can't stand up or sit up.
Or, have some of the children "snakes", some "dogs" and some "monkeys" --- different eye levels, and have them all move around the room, and then ask them afterwards -- "what could you see, from your level?" "Imagine how a doggie views you coming up to it, if you're a really big person?" "What's positive / negative (maybe not in those terms exactly) about what you can / can't see, at your level?
Sounds like fun -- hope that helps.
2006-11-15 14:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by Joya 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By rolling up a sheet of paper, you could create a "spyglass" with a very narrow field of vision. If you wanted to make it interesting, you could place stickers all around the room, at different heights.
You could also have the class color and cut out large bird shapes and create a mobile. Then you could get the kids in a circle, have them sit down and "think about what you would see" if you were a bird........
2006-11-15 16:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by Patricia D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blindfold half the class and let the other half be the "eyes" for the blindfolded ones.
Each one of the blindfolded ones have to take the arm of one of the "eyes" and be led around the room.
The blindfolded ones can be made to identify objects by feeling them.This way they can learn the difference between "touching" and "seeing" and also see the value in having sight.
2006-11-15 14:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by ZEE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say an I-Spy game. Or make it like a scavenger hunt and have them point out things that pop-out to them as they look.
2006-11-16 10:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by smartgrl_09 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
those questions are undemanding as hell... question a million: could you fairly... Win £1million or Have all and sundry you be attentive to win £10,000 different than you Win £1million - duhhhhhh question 2: could you fairly... Accidently make an animal species extinct or Kill your neighbours dogs Kill your neighbours dogs- one single animal death is greater useful than an entire species.... question 3: could you fairly... wealthy and somewhat grotesque or A stick insect devoid of money wealthy and somewhat grotesque- who cares bout seems once I even have money? question 4: could you fairly... Kill your companion to proceed to exist or Kill your self to keep your companion Kill your self to keep your companion- i admire the guy to death
2016-12-30 13:03:34 · answer #7 · answered by oroza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could take them outside and have them tell you about what they see when you do your snake-eye view game
2006-11-16 02:42:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow I like that idea anyway you could do a few kids at a time? Good luck
2006-11-15 14:41:43 · answer #9 · answered by hapymom03 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i spy type of game
2006-11-15 14:40:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋