Only the person who holds it may speak. This is a great tool to use for Show and Tell or other situations where children take turns sharing. More lessons in patience and turn taking. Make a brown paper bag for each day of the week. Give it a colorful label, and fill it with the names of classmates who have birthdays on this day or other special things that happen on this day of THIS week.
Pictures with Facial Expressions - Hold up magazine pictures of facial expressions. Ask, "What is this person feeling. After you play this game, have the kids draw themselves like this emotion art lesson. Play Duck , Duck, Goose? Change it up each day. After they get the hang of the game, add a creative play element by acting it out.
Have the kids act and walk like the animal as they toddle around. Walk and Talk like the animal. For older or school-age children, change the theme to pig, pig, cow or ghost, ghost, vampire. By: admin. Most Popular Post. This dreamc Follow us on Instagram. Get Circle Time Handbook Can't remember all of the words to your favorite group game?
Get the handbook with reproducible pages to copy and add to your clipboard. All of your favorite games right at your fingertips! Say the words while pointing to each finger. Start with the pinkie finger. Then move to the index finger. Hedgehogs Think Bugs in a Rug! Move around the room to the music, when the music stops have the players curl up like hedgehogs. Put a blanket over one player and then the others stand up and guess who is under the blanket.
When your name is called, you must swap seats. Eye contact, turn-taking, understanding emotions, and listening are all key skills in life. The benefits of short, snappy, fun circle games that really work cannot be overestimated.
So what are the best circle time games for preschool? Some excellent circle time games for preschool are:. Read on to find a detailed description of each, and really help to bring your preschool circle times to life! The idea is that you have lots of pieces of paper that all have pairs of matching pictures on. The adult just draws the pictures on themselves. For example, they could be simple pictures of shapes.
You could have two separate pictures of a triangle, a square, a circle, and a pentagon etc. You need as many pictures as you have children. For example, if you have 12, you need 6 pairs of matching pictures. The pictures could be anything. Nice easy ones are things like numbers, shapes, letters, animals, weather, or emotion faces. Children are handed a piece of paper each.
They screw it into a ball — a snowball — and throw it into the middle of the circle. Then they have to go and pick up a ball. When they pick up their new snowball, they unscrew it and then try to find their partner. Children develop lots of skills through this game. They have to show each other, they must look at other people, and it helps to ask. I just happen to use a large monkey puppet.
Then get either a tambourine, bells or keys. In a moment you are going to pass these around the circle as silently as possible. Then, as silently as possibly, try passing the instrument around the circle. The children have to work together, and try and get it all the way around. Another way of playing this game, is to split into two teams. The two teams form two circles, each with their own instrument and sleeping puppet in the middle. The two teams then battle it out, and see which one can be the quietest passing the instrument around.
This is a great variation for competitive children. There are two ways of playing it, an easy way, or a slightly harder way.
The harder way is generally much better for social skills and turn-taking. In the easy form of the game, the adult makes up a quick rhythm maybe limit them to three hits , using different parts of the body.
For example, tap your head once, and then your knees twice. Everyone copies. Then do another rhythm, for example, tap your shoulders, then legs, then feet. The children copy. When they become good at that, then you can move on to the harder version of the game.
In this the children will make up their own rhythm. Start with the first child in the circle. They make up a rhythm of 3 actions, for example, tap head then shoulders then legs.
The other copy. Go around the circle, taking it in turns to each have one go. Have three emotion cards in the middle of the circle — happy, sad, angry. You just draw a happy face, sad face and angry face on pieces of paper. The adult goes first to show them what to do.
They stand up and act out being one of these emotions. For example, if it is sad they bow their head, hunch their shoulders, mooch around and do a sad face. The children point to which emotion they think you are feeling. Then it is their turn. One at a time a child will stand up and act out one of the emotions.
The others try to guess which one it is. Talk about the body language and facial expressions. Parachute games are brilliant for young children to develop all sorts of listening and cooperation skills. This pairs game is a nice simple one to have a go of. The idea is all everyone holds the parachute at about waist height. Then you pick two children, by saying their names. They are the two children that are going to swop places.
Learning Objectives: cooperation, motor skills, creativity, communication, working together, following instructions. Children must pass the jingle ball around the circle with their hands without making a noise.
Then have them pass it under and over their heads, side to side, etc. Give every child a card each. First, have them sort themselves into each set: clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds. To make it more complicated, have them put themselves in ascending order: Ace, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King. Learning Objectives: working together, problem-solving, following instructions, cooperation, communication.
Have the class stand on the far side of the hall and put on blindfolds. Once the class has started moving, you can move around and continue talking. NB: For safety, have half the class carry out the task while the other half acts as safety stewards without blindfolds.
This means they have the responsibility of "redirecting" peers who might otherwise hit a wall, table, etc. Learning Objectives: working together, problem-solving, following instructions, cooperation, communication, responsibility. One child leaves the classroom. While they're gone, the rest of the children think of a new rule, e. When a rule has been decided upon, the child rejoins the group and has to guess the secret rule by asking questions and watching the other children play.
This can be done in smaller groups too. Learning Objectives: self-confidence, working together, problem-solving, following instructions, cooperation, communication, creativity. Cat and Mouse—also known as Duck, Duck, Goose—is a classic for a reason!
Have the whole group stand in a circle. The mouse taps a cat on the shoulder and has to get back to his or her place before the cat can catch him or her. Learning Objectives: self-confidence, working together, problem-solving, following instructions, cooperation, communication. Have all the children stand in a circle. Everyone puts their hands in the middle and takes hold of two different people's hands.
Can the group work together to untangle themselves without letting go? Have the children hold hands between their legs to make a line. Can they then make a circle? To make it more challenging, split into two teams and have them race each other. For this exercise, you will need a strong chair. Split the class into groups of six children preferably of similar sizes.
Get the first person to sit on the chair. The second person then sits on their knees, the third on theirs. Put the children into groups of 6—8. One group at a time, have the children stand on a bench make sure it's a sturdy one, first!
Can the group rearrange themselves in order of height without falling off? Try this again with age order, alphabetical order or any other order you can think of. Repeat with one child blindfolded. NB: If possible, place soft mats to the sides of the bench so that when children fall, they don't hurt themselves.
This is especially important for the blindfolded child. Learning Objectives: self-confidence, working together, problem-solving, following instructions, cooperation, communication, trust. Balloon Keepie Uppie is a fun way to get kids moving and encourage teamwork. Have the children sit on the floor in groups of 4—8. Start by tossing one balloon above each group.
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