Opposites, and Following Directions

 

Opposites, and Following Directions

Objective: Children will learn to follow directions using opposite, position, and attribute words.

Materials:

• Have stickers—each child will need a variety of stickers, but all children will need the same ones.

• On sheets of paper, have the words “Opposites/Following Directions”

• Find music for the song, The Hokey Pokey.

• Various objects to set up an obstacle course such as:

  • Chairs

  • Desks

  • Hula hoops

  • Pillows

  • Whatever you can find that you think will work

• Suggested books

  • The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

  • Here A Chick, There A Chick by Bruce McMillan

  • Baby Food by Tansy Dunn

Preparation:

Set up an obstacle course that will require children to learn attributes and opposites. Here is an example:

• walk  backward  and forward   between chairs
• go up stairs to the top and down stairs to the bottom
• crawl under table
• step over stools
• crawl through a tunnel
• go into and out  of a small tent
• hop from two legs to one leg alternating left and right

Lesson:

• Read the book(s) then discuss while showing pictures.
• Ask the children to name some opposites, for example:
  • What is the opposite of up?
  • What is the opposite of out?
  • What is the opposite of big?
  • Etc.
• Have the children go through the obstacle course.
• Sing and act out,  The Hokey Pokey.

Activity:

Give the children the papers and have them place specific stickers on specific places on the paper (back, front, left, right, middle), for example:

Place the orange star sticker at the top of your paper.

Place the pink heart sticker on the left side of your paper.

Etc.

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