Streamers #1

With scarves or streamers as extensions of their bodies, kids will get into expansive, imaginative movement. The tricky thing for the teacher to do is to encourage free movement without letting the project get too chaotic.

Objectives

Children ages 5-6 years can demonstrate knowledge of left and right Lang. IIA
and they can act out stories Lang. IIIB
Children ages use one object to represent many different objects Cog. IV A
ages 3-4 can show understanding of in/out Cog. IIID
and ages 2 ½-3 can understand the idea of one such as taking one streamer Cog. IIIC

 

Materials

Crepe paper streamers; large area; perhaps phonograph or tape recorder for mood music to fit feeling of activity, e.g., Peruvian pan-pipes.

Procedures

1. Gain children's attention and have them stand facing you. For younger children, you might tell them the will each get a "magic pencil" to write on air with. Pencils and pens are used to write on paper, blue "magic pencils" are used to write on air. Show how to make circles, lines etc. with your streamer. Show each child the streamers and ask each to take "one."

2. Model and repeat, e.g., "Let's make big circles." Turn your back to them and model while saying, "Big circles with your right hand, now your left," etc.

3. Let the children experiment with movements. Let them discover little circles, slow and fast circles, back and forth lines, through the legs and catch with the other hand, over the head, etc.