Rhyming Hunt (Sara Christensen)
Chant while tapping your lap
and then clapping:
We’re
going on a rhyming hunt and I know what to do.
I
need to listen well and rhyme a word with you.
Teacher: Cat (Teacher calls on a student to say a rhyming word.)
Student: Hat
Dance and Point - Tape
words, letters, numbers, etc. around the room. Play some music so the children can dance. When the music stops the children point
to a word. The teacher calls on
students to read their word.
Magic Pointer (Lana
from Minneapolis)
To help children learn high
frequency words, choose a magic pointer and wave it across a word as you say
(with expression);
Magic
pointer, magic pointer, where will it land?
I
don’t know where it will land?
Point to a word for the
children to read. After a few
weeks, the children get to take turns with the magic pointer.
Where’s Bear? – Write sight
words on the sides of cups. Put a
teddy bear counter under one of the cups.
The children say a word and the teacher lifts the cup to see if the
teddy bear counter is under that cup.
Tally who finds the bear and count who has the most, least, etc.
*This activity has endless possibilities. You could use it for letters, numerals, math facts, etc. You could also hide seasonal objects or treats under the cups.
Marshmallow Mouths – To
teach the kids how to walk in the halls quietly tell them to put a marshmallow
in their mouths and give them a real marshmallow.
If You Can Hear Me (Susan Paulus)
If you can hear me, clap
once.
If you can hear me, clap
twice…
Transitional Breathing
(Katie Saucier)
Smell the roses – hold a
pretend bouquet of flowers and smell them.
Blow out your candle – hold
up one finger like a birthday candle and blow it out.
Put Your Shoulder on a
Wall! (Martha Carlson)
Line Up Song
Put your shoulder on the
wall.
Find a square and put your
tootsies in it.
Handwriting Song (Tune: “This Old Man”)
Sit up straight, put your
feet on the floor.
Angle your paper and write
some more.
Sit up straight, put your
feet on the floor.
Angle your paper and write
some more.
Walking Motions
(Stacy Hermann)
To make sure kids are quiet
while walking in the halls, have all the students make a certain motion. For example, they could tap their shoulders
when walking.
Line Up Words (Libby
Huettl)
Give each student a sight
word that they put on a chart. On
the floor are words on electrical tape.
That is where they line up for the day.
*Creep Track - This is made
from a shower curtain. Put sight words
in pockets. Children crawl across
and slap their words with their hands.
*Use window markers to write
on windows.
*Write words with white
crayons and then watercolor over the words.
Read to a Star (Kim
Potter)
Purchase plexi-glass picture
frames that stand up at the dollar store.
Print pictures of famous people (Justin Bieber, Obama, etc.) and put
them in the frames. Children sit
and read to the picture of their choice.
Flip Book – Make a flip book
as shown. Draw an egg, tree, cave,
or other animal home on the front flip.
Open and draw a critter that you would find in that habitat. Hold up to the light to see your little
critter in its home.
IKEA – Recycle boxes that
are used for picture frames.
Children can put numerals in order, sort sounds, etc.
Sign Language (Michelle Green)
Check out this super website
for sign language. You’ll find a
links for key phrases, letters, numbers, etc.
Throw It Away!
(Janine Conway)
If children come in grumpy,
ask them to throw their negatives away in the trash can. (Model taking imaginary things off your
body and putting them in the trash.)
Mirror Talk – If children
talk ugly to a friend, then tell them to go talk like that in the mirror and
see how it feels.
Talk to your hands – If
children are wiggling their hands, ask them to please talk to their hands and
tell them to be quiet.
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