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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction........................................................................3

Games for Infants...............................................................4Clap Your Tiny Hands................................................5Soap Bubbles.............................................................6Blue Bird....................................................................7Two Black Birds.........................................................8

Games for Toddlers...........................................................9

Dressing Myself.......................................................10The Wheels on the Bus.......................................11-12Buckle My Shoe.......................................................13Farmer Rings The Bell.............................................14Wiggle Game...........................................................15Ring A Roses............................................................16

Games for Pre-schoolers.................................................17Hokey Pokey............................................................18Home Chores – This Is The Way.........................19-20Ten Little Boys and Girls..........................................21Simon Says..............................................................22Animal Farm............................................................23Ten Green Bottles....................................................24

Devotion Action Song......................................................25

Conclusion.......................................................................26

Reference........................................................................27

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INTRODUCTION

This anthology of games is intended to be used when teaching

infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. These children age between

zero and six years old. It comprises of action songs and games

that will greatly assist in the teaching learning process of young

children.

Play is an essential part of the development of all children. Play is

the child’s way of learning. Through play, the child develops

communication, motor, problem solving and decision making

skills. The child also learns to express as well as control

emotions, take turns and cooperate with others. Play is also fun

activity for children.

So, let the children play!

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At this stage children can do leg exercises, rolling and running and can sing a song with the teacher’s help.

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Name of Game: Clap Your Tiny Hands

Concept: Introduction to Body Parts

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To identify a body part – the hand3. To make sound with the body4. To enhance sensory development

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes and feet.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand and teacher will ask students to shake their hands in the air. Students will be observed, then teacher will start

song and do the action.

Song: Clap your tiny handsClap your tiny handsClap your tiny hands for GodLittle children singLittle children singClap your tiny hands for God

Name of Game: Soap Bubbles (Sung to: “The Mulberry Bush”)

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Concept: Introduction to self

Objectives: 1. To develop fine and gross motor skills

2. To use different parts of the body in coordination

3. To be able to sing along with teacher4. To be able to blow bubbles5. To attempt to catch bubbles with some

success

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes, soap bubbles (liquid detergent and water – ratio 1:2), hoops to blow bubbles.

Procedures: Have the children sit in a circle. Teach them the Soap Bubbles song and show them how to blow and catch bubbles.

Song: My bubbles flies over my headIn the sky and far awayMy bubble flies over my headAnd look how I can catch it!

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Name of Game: Blue Bird Blue Bird

Concept: Comparisons – In and Out

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To develop social skills – turn taking3. To be able to sing along with teacher

4. To enhance sensory development

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts - hand; mouth, ears, eyes and feet.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand and teacher will pair students to make an arch/windows. Teacher will demonstrate in and out while singing the song. A child will be added to the train each time the song says ‘take a little girl/boy and pat him/her on the shoulder’.

Song: Blue bird, blue bird in and out the window,

Blue bird, blue bird in and out the windowOh Jenny I’m tiredYou take a little girl/boy and you pat him/her on the shoulderYou take a little girl/boy and you pat him/her on the shoulderOh Jenny I’m tired.

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Name of Game: Two Black Birds

Concept: Appear and Disappear

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To be able to sing along with teacher3. To enhance sensory development4. To understand appear and disappear

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – fingers, mouth, ears and eyes.

Procedures: Students and teacher will sit in a semi-circle. Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children.

Song: Two little black birds sat on a wall(hold out a finger from each hand)One name Peter, one name PaulFly away Peter(put finger behind you)Fly away Paul(put other finger behind you)Come back Peter(bring one finger in front of you)Come back Paul(bring the other finger in front)

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At this stage the child is able to play with bean bags, practice cutting paper, string beads and lacing and other self-help skills.

The child can also do gross motor skills such as dancing with streamers, going through obstacle courses and touching toes.

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Name of Game: Dressing Myself

Concept: Development of self-help skills

Objectives: 1. To develop fine and gross motor skills

2. To identify different body parts3. To enhance sensory development4. To dress body

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – fingers, mouth, ears, eyes, feet, brush, shirt, pants, skirt, socks, shoes.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand in theatre style. Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children. Children will follow and imitate actions.

Song: This the way we brush our hair,Brush our hair, Brush our hair,This the way we brush my hair,So early in the morning.

This is the way I put on my shirt,Put on my shirt, put on my shirtThis is the way I put on my shirt,So early in the morning.

Continue with: pants, skirt, socks, shoes.

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Concept: Follow Instructions/Shapes - Circle

Objectives: 1. To develop fine and gross motor skills

2. To use different body parts appropriately

3. To follow instructions/imitate movements

4. To learn about a mode of transportation5. To learn about different shapes

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes, feet, tires.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand in a circle. Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children. Children will follow and imitate actions.

Song/Game: The wheels on the bus go round and round(each person will join both hands together

and make big circles)Round and round, round and roundThe wheels on the bus go round and roundAll over town.

The horn on the bus goes, toot, toot, toot(both hands press imaginery horn)Toot, toot toot, toot toot tootThe horn on the bus goes, toot, toot, tootAt all the buses it meets.

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The people in the bus go up and down(go up and down while bending knees and straightening legs)Up and down, up and downThe people in the bus go up and downWhile bouncing in their seat.

The doors on the bus go open and shut(hold arms straight in front, palms together,

open arms, and close them)Open shut, open shutThe doors on the bus go open and shutAs the people come and go.

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Name of Game: Buckle My Shoe

Concept: Development of mathematical skills/Counting

Objectives: 1. To develop fine motor skills2. To identify different objects3. To count from 1-104. To follow instructions

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – fingers, mouth, ears, eyes, feet, shoe, sticks, picture of chicken.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand in theatre style. The teacher will provide each child with materials as above. Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children. Children will follow and imitate actions.

Song: One, two, buckle my shoe (children will follow game instructions)Three, four, shut the doorFive, six, pick up sticks, Seven, eight, lay them straightNine, ten, a big fat hen.

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Name of Game: Farmer Rings The Bell

Concept: Being aware of family

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To identify different family members3. To enhance sensory development4. To develop cooperation skills/taking

turns5. To make music with body parts - hands

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes, feet.

Procedures: Students and teacher will make a ring (circle). One child will stand in the centre of the circle/children and represent the “farmer”. Song will be done while hands are clapped to the rhythm.

Song: The farmer rings the bell, the farmer rings the bell

Hear-o-the cherry-o, the farmer rings the bell.

The farmer takes a wife, the farmer takes a wifeHear-o-the cherry-o, the farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes a child, the wife takes a childHear-o-the cherry-o, the wife takes a child.

The child takes a cat, the child takes a catHear-o-the cherry-o, the child takes a cat.

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Name of Game: Wiggle Game

Concept: Body Coordination/Control

Objectives: 1. To move body parts2. To follow instructions3. To enhance sensory development4. To develop coordination

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes, feet, floor tile, music.

Procedures: Teacher will ask each child to place both feet together. If the floor has tile squares, they may place both feet in one block.

The teacher will then ask each child to wiggle many parts of their bodies without moving their feet while the music played.

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Name of Game: Ring A Roses

Concept: Development of counting skills/instructions

Objectives: 1. To develop fine and gross motor skills

2. To count from 1-33. To follow instructions

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – fingers, mouth, ears, eyes, feet

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand in a ring. They join hands and dance round singing.

Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children. Children will follow and imitate actions.

Song: Ring a ring a roses, your pocket full of posies

Asha, Asha, we all fall downAshes in the water, ashes in the seaWe all jump up with a one, two, three

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At this stage the children can be involved in various active play activities such as throwing and catching ball and bean bag

activities, and swinging on the playground.

The child can climb frames and obstacles courses in order to develop gross motor skills.

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Name of Game: Hokey Pokey

Concept: Development of coordinated movement

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To identify different body parts3. To enhance sensory development4. To identify left and right side5. To develop social skills

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes and feet.

Procedures: Students and teacher will make a ring (circle). Teacher and children will sing song and do action. Children will be guided by teacher for appropriate body movements.

Song: You put your right hand in You put your right hand outYou put your right hand in and you shake it all

aboutYou do the Hokey Pokey (place hand on waist and wiggle)And turn yourself aroundThat’s what is all about.

Hokey Pokey.

Continue with: other body parts, then finish with your whole body.

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Name of Game: Home Chores – This Is The Way

Concept: Development of vocabulary skills/weeks days

Objectives: 1. To learn the days of the week2. To learn different home chores3. To enhance sensory development

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes and feet.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand in theatre style. Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children. Children will follow and imitate actions.

Song: This is the way we go to churchGo to church, go to churchThis is the way we go to churchSo early Sunday morning.

This is the way we wash our clothes,Wash our clothes, wash our clothes,This is the way we wash our clothes,So early Monday morning.

This is the way we iron our clothesIron our clothes, iron our clothes,This is the way we iron our clothesSo early Tuesday morning.

Name of Game: Home Chores – This Is The Way

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This is the way we mend our clothesmend our clothes, mend our clothesSo early Wednesday morning.

This is the way we sweep the floorSweep the floor, Sweep the floorSo early Thursday morning.

This is the way we scrub the floorScrub the floor, Scrub the floor, So early Friday morning.

This is the way we sweep the yardSweep the yard, sweep the yardSo early Saturday morning.

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Name of Game: Ten Little boys and girls (Sung to “Ten Little Indian Boys”)

Concept: Development of mathematical skills/Counting

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To count from 1-103. To follow instructions

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – fingers, mouth, ears, eyes and feet.

Procedures: Students and teacher will stand in theatre style. Teacher will start song and demonstrate action to the children. Children will follow and imitate actions.

Song: One little, two little, three little childrenFour little, five little, six little childrenSeven little, eight little, nine little childrenTen little boys and girls

They jump in the boat and the boat turns over

Jump in the boat and the boat turns overJump in the boat and the boat turns overTen little boys and girls

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Name of Game: Simon Says

Concept: Follow Instructions

Objectives: 1. To develop fine and gross motor skills

2. To be able to follow instructions3. To enhance sensory development

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, eyes and feet.

Procedures: This game brings variety as teacher or children can instruct the other children to do anything (proper), therefore, it may help with cognitive, social, emotional or physical development.

Students and teacher will stand in theatre style. Teacher/one identified student will start instruction and children will do actions.

Game (example): Simon Says: Jump Three times (all children will jump three times)

Simon Says: Hug some one.

The options are limited less.

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Name of Game: Animal Farm

Concept: Animal and Sound Identification

Objectives: 1. To develop gross motor skills2. To identify different animals/their

sounds3. To enhance sensory development 4. To follow instructions5. To develop social interaction

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, body parts – hands, mouth, ears, feet, blind fold

Procedures: Each child is blind folded by the teacher and is told an animal that they will represent. Each child is to make the sound of the animal that he or she represents.

The teacher will inform the children when they will start. At the sound of go, each child will make the animal sound they represent and at the same time listen for their own animal sound from another child.

Children should move in the direction of the sound to find the other members of the animal family.

For example, two or three children could represent a dog, cow, cat, donkey, goat etc.

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Name of Game: Ten Green Bottles

Concept: Development of mathematical skills/Subtraction

Objectives: 1. To enhance sensory development2. To subtract numbers3. To follow instructions

Materials Needed: Teacher, students, green bottles, puppetry area, wall or counter

Procedures: This game could be played using a screen, someone will stay behind screen and remove a bottle at the appropriate time in the song.

Song: Ten green bottles standing on the wall,Ten green bottles standing on the wall,If one green bottle should accidentally fall,There are nine green bottles standing on the wall

Nine green bottles standing on the wall,Nine green bottles standing on the wall,If one green bottle should accidentally fall,There are eight green bottles standing on the wall

Continue be removing one green bottle at a time and state how many remains.

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Devotion Action Song

I Love You Jesus

I love you Jesus deep down in my heart

I love you Jesus deep down in my heart

Talk about deep, deep, down, down, deep down in my heart

Talk about deep, deep down, down deep down in my heart.

I hate you satan get out of my heart

I heat you satan get out of my heart

Talk about get, get, out, out get out of my heart

Talk about get, get, out, out, get out of my heart.

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CONCLUSION

Remember play is the heartbeat of a child’s world. This is how

they learn and have fun. We should never deprive a child of play,

even a special child. Play is not a waste of time.

Based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the

Child, every child has Developmental Rights and this covers the

right to leisure and play. Through play children develop

imagination and self-expression, learn cooperation and team

work.

So, I reiterate from my introduction, let the children play!

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REFERENCE

1. Ministry of Education, Jamaica – Early Childhood Curriculum

2. Smith, J. L. Gross Motor Skill Development,

3. Watson-Campbell, P. The McCam Curriculum – Level 1, 1993

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