Child Development Project?

Question

I am in child development at school right now, and i was assigned a project: to create an activity to have the kids do. I will need to present the activity to the kids. The activity needs to help the kids with skills their age group is leaning. These children are kinders. Thank you

Answer 1

I had  to do this once. I found a great storybook about kites (any book) and read it to them. Then I instructed them on how to make their own kites. I handed out big sheets of paper (precut into diamond shapes) and asked them to draw & color a scene from the story I just read, onto their kite. Then using wooden dowel rods, yarn, etc (you can find simple instructions online) we constructed the kites. Yarn is easier for kids to wrok with than twine and is more colorful. We used empty toilet paper tubes to wrap our yarn and voila. It was FUN!!! The kids got to use lots of different motor skills, and it was exciting to take them outside and try to fly them. Awesome project! You'd get an "A" for sure! Good luck!

Answer 2

have you thought about the abc game have them to sing it and hold signs from a to z then make up a song like a is for apple you get my drift i done that with my preschoolers they loved it hope this helps.

Answer 3

really???.... you cant think of anything... wow.... maybe you shouldnt be working with children if you cant even think of something this easy.....

Answer 4

How about play I-spy to work on specific skills like identifying colors, shapes, numbers, or objects that begin with a certain letters of the alphabet.

Don't want to read or sing?  Yikes!  This is a large part of preschool.

You can always do something art or science related.  Catepillar/butterfly life cycles are always fun, and so is growing a plant from a seed.  I personally like activities that that have to do with making something, like gak or homemade playdough, or even a great craft.