This activity supports social and emotional development, as well as providing positive guidance.
Objectives:
The goal during this activity is to observe communication of thought, feelings and ideas.
Materials:
- A ball of thick white yarn
- A group of ten children or more
Lesson Plan:
PREPARATION FOR ACTIVITY:
Ask the kids if they think people can spin webs like spiders. This question usually stirs up the curiosity, and next comes the rules of the game.
ACTIVITY:
- Introduce the activity with the above question & suggest that we should try to spin a web as a group…
- Join group in a big circle (sitting down) and show them the white yarn…
- Explain that you will begin spinning the web by holding the end of the yarn ball tightly in your lap and then picking a friend to toss the remaining ball to… “I pick John to help spin our web”…
- When John catches it, share something you like about him (i.e., “I like how John shares with his friends”)…
- Remind John to hold the yarn string tight in this lap, as he picks the next friend to toss the ball of yarn to…
- The activity proceeds until the ball is complete, and the number of times a child is picked doesn’t matter, unless of course the circle has gone through everyone (with teacher assistance, “I think Sally would like to join our web”)…
- It’s fun to see how huge your life size web has become. Sometimes it’s fun to see if the group can stand up together without getting tangled in it too!
Comments:
This activity successfully provides experience in sharing materials, responsibilities, and social problem solving. And most importantly…the children enjoy it! I bet you’d never know that I, the teacher, was reluctant to introduce it due to a lack of her own self confidence! This activity is for all ages:) Try it today!!
By: Faine, Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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