Sorting Shoes
A good group event
which actively involves all the kids—easier on the teacher if kids have good
self-help skills in shoes and socks.
Objectives
Children ages 5-6 years can print the capital letter of own
name FM III
ages 4 ½-5 years can count to 5 and answer how many (shoes, socks?) Cog. IIIC
and ages 2-3 can match familiar and similar objects Cog. IIIA
All children participating will learn types of shoes.
Materials
String; hard shoe;
tennis shoe; sandal (shoes will be supplied by children).
Procedures
1. In a big space, have children sit in a circle. Each child
takes off one shoe.
2. Take a hard shoe, tennis shoe, and sandal and put them in the center. Place
a string around each shoe to represent "sets".
3. Each child tells what kind of shoe (s)he has. Each child puts own shoe
inside the appropriate set.
4. Make a big chart showing kinds of shoes. Count number of shoes in each area
while charting.
5. Have each type of shoe represented by a different color. Children can color
or write their initials in squares to show what kind of shoes they have.
6. A new game could evolve by having shoes piled in the center of circle and
having children take turns taking a shoe and finding the owner. |