Hi guys! If you're reading this, then you probably survived one more Monday at school! Only three more to go for me!
Today I did a fun little activity with my Kindergarten kiddos that they loved. I've been seeing this "Read Around the Room" activity all over blogland, and I really wanted to try it. So, I modified it for my K ELL's, and came up with this "Count the Room" activity. I stuck sticky notes all over the place (some easy to find, some more challenging) and they had to find as many as they could, then mark them on their paper. I stuck the gameboards in page protectors so I can use them over and over. (Sidenote: this really isn't a game, but the second I called their pages "gameboards," I could see all of them perk up and think, "OHH! A game!")
Today I did a fun little activity with my Kindergarten kiddos that they loved. I've been seeing this "Read Around the Room" activity all over blogland, and I really wanted to try it. So, I modified it for my K ELL's, and came up with this "Count the Room" activity. I stuck sticky notes all over the place (some easy to find, some more challenging) and they had to find as many as they could, then mark them on their paper. I stuck the gameboards in page protectors so I can use them over and over. (Sidenote: this really isn't a game, but the second I called their pages "gameboards," I could see all of them perk up and think, "OHH! A game!")
These are some examples of the sticky notes I put up. The different ways to represent the numbers was fantastic...for my kiddos that struggle a bit more, they could find the numbers written regularly (like the 3), and then just match. For the kiddos who needed a challenge, they could do the simple addition problems. They all loved searching around the room to find as many of the numbers as possible. We did this for about ten minutes and no one finished. I think I'll leave the numbers up tonight so they can try again tomorrow.
So this really is a simple "game," but it was great for us (especially since one of their goals in K is to recognize the numbers to 30). I've uploaded my little "gameboard" to share with ya'll. I'd love to know if you use it and enjoy it! Click here to download it for free.
Happy Monday, friends!
So this really is a simple "game," but it was great for us (especially since one of their goals in K is to recognize the numbers to 30). I've uploaded my little "gameboard" to share with ya'll. I'd love to know if you use it and enjoy it! Click here to download it for free.
Happy Monday, friends!
