Positional Words- Hide the Gingerbread Man

It is important to keep kindergartens up and moving! In order to do this, they were able to walk around the classroom and practice using positional words. Here's what we did:

1. I hid a gingerbread man in the classroom every day for the week. I had a poster that you'll see below and I practice filling it out every day.

2. On Friday, I gave each student a gingerbread man of their own. They had to color it and tape it somewhere in the classroom like I did.

 

3. Next, they were able to walk around and talk about where the gingerbread men were using positional words.

** This was especially helpful for the Amish and Arabic students that need to use the language on a daily basis.

4. The students were given a paper that matched my poster. They had to write a sentence and draw a picture explaining where their gingerbread man was.

** This integrated writing and spelling into our math time. It was very powerful to watch them write their sentences.

5. Lastly, they had to read their sentences to a friend. :)

This was such a fun activity to do in order to reinforce positional words. A great thing about this activity is that it's FREE on TPT. Click HERE to download the pdf file from Becky Castle.

Smiles

~Alissa