I'm doing a lesson plan for 3-4 yr olds the theme is communication. i need some good ideas for our circle time

Question

We are learning about 1. verbal, nonverbal & visual communication 2. communication equipment

Answer 1

Purple Monkey Dinosaur. That is, whisper a simple message in one person's ear and have them whisper in teh next person's and see what it turns into by the time it comes full circle. Experiment on talking with and without being able to see the speaker's lips. And try the tin cans on a tightly stretched string (telephone), or listening to vibrations coming through a door.

Answer 2

no experience with teaching or kids... but try getting them to all stand in a line and whisper a short message into the first ones ear. Get them to pass it on down the line and see if the message comes all the way through intact. It might be a good lesson about the reliability of information. Just a thought

Also - you could experiment with codes - say, using symbols or hand gestures to represent different words, so that the students can have fun creating messages using something other than verbal language.

Answer 3

the old string and two cans thing could be a hit with the kids. You could talk about how sign language is used and how in sports signs are used (baseball). Then you could have the kids try it out.
I'm not too sure if 3--4 year olds are capable of this or even have the attention span to understand it. But hey, its worth a shot right?

Answer 4

Call it Lets Talk (not communication) In the circle practice answering a phone , calling 911 , or how to ask for something politely. Of course you would preface the circle time activity with why its important to be able to answer a phone correctly, You may want to make sure they know their phone numbers by heart - teach them to nursery ryhme songs like twinkle twinkle little star ( 555 -5552 - thats the phone number for you. or whatever rhymes

Answer 5

Simon Says or Follow the Leader with communication gestures like talking on the telephone or waving goodbye....

Answer 6

how about a simple charades game, with ideas geared to their age level, like eating, dressing, bathing, shopping, etc. Also, please introduce them to the fact that deaf people use a language of visual, noverbal communication to talk and other reasons for communicating other than verbally.

Answer 7

What about the "telephone game" for verbal,for non do some sign language, for visual get signs--street, food, etc.