“English games in a 3
years old classroom”
When we start
the Daily Routine every morning and every afternoon we usually play
some games to remember all the concepts that we
already know.
For example:
- Prepositions as: IN/OUT-UNDER/ON-BEHIND/IN FRONT OF-UP/DOWN.
- Concepts: Same/Different-Open/Close the window, the door-Turn the lights on/off-Sit down on the chair, or even on the table because they have more fun doing that. Stand up, touch your friend´s nose, mouth etc. The days of the week, the shapes, my family…
Now I
would like to explain to you
how they enjoy the
English class.
When I start
singing: EVERYBODY,
EVERYBODY!!!! They answer me and I give them the first instruction:
Up, up, up, down, down, down. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, sit down on the
table. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY goes under the table and behind the
teacher. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY goes OUT, IN! etc.
When
they are moving
and playing with me, practicing all the concepts it´s the time for
playing the Days of the Week.
“There are 7 days,
there are 7 days,
there are 7 days in a
week,
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY”
Before
singing this song, I put on the floor or on the table all the days of
the week. I choose one boy or one girl and I sing with all the class
this song that they
already know. They have to jump on
the day
of the week that
we have chosen. For
example: Monday! And
he or she has to look for the day and jump on it. I will sing even
faster and they have to jump faster. Or on the other hand I
will sing like a turtle and they have to do it slower.
To
explain SAME
or DIFFERENT,
I use to put 2 chairs exactly the same, 2 tables exactly the same and
I ask them different questions about the chairs. When I know they
understand the concept I practice playing with them, touching the
objects or things that are the same. When they have this concept I am
able to explain
the opposite concept, different. The process is the same as I
explained before but with different chairs and different tables.
A variation
of this game is
to put
all the chairs mixed in the class and start clapping my hands, the
children will
move around the chairs and when I shout: THE SAME, they will have
to sit in
the same chairs. If I put red chairs and just one blue chair
they should
only be
seated on the red chairs.
Sandra Pizarro
Tutora de 3 años C
Teacher de 3 años A