Skill:
THINKING
Drill:
Shapes
Equipment needed:
Various shaped pads
Instructors needed:
A few to monitor
Description:
Students will work on their THINKING by recognizing item shapes.
Step 1
Have the students and guardians sit with each other.
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
Set up 1 group of shaped objects as an example, and spread the others out on the mat.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
Guardians will tell their student to get an item of a certain shape (circle, square, rectangle, etc.)
Students will run and get the right item and stack it on top of the examples.
If students get the wrong shape guardians will tell them to put it back and try again.
Continue until all of the items are picked up.
Step 4 – Takeaways:
Be patient as students think about which is the right shape
Encourage students to run fast
Cheer on students as they bring back the right item
Step 5
Continue as many times as you can until time is called (approximately 2-minutes).
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