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Hi,
I will start teaching preschool and elementary-aged children at a Montessori school next week. Does anyone have ideas for activities, games, and crafts for the 6 to 8 year old group? I will teach each group twice a week and they don’t have a huge budget for crafts at every class so I thought of having games to read or even write French words. The classroom has lots of supplies (flashcards, etc) that I could use. The previous French teacher also had the kids create a puppet show at the end of the year. The kids wrote the story and created all the decor and puppets themselves. Does anyone have experience or know resources on how to create a show with kids?
Thanks,
LucileHow about including a book in French or German relating to your unit theme once in a while. Creating a show sounds wonderful but I imagine it would take some time to make one up with the kids unless you act out one of the songs. Let me know how your classes are going. Veronica
I just started using Twister in my classes – the kids LOVE it!
Barbara Mills
Colorado Springs French Music LinguaIf you’re teaching body parts, a really fun game/activity I’ve used is “Tchic et Tchac”. It’s active, silly, and teaches body parts and directions/locations. See a french version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JyCIO4DjoY
The basic words in English are this: (but of course you can add any movements/body parts you want)
Thumbs in front
Elbows back
Knees bent
Butt in the air
Feet turned in
The « th » on the tongue
Hair messed up
Head moving back and forth
And kids who jump around!
Game instructions:
When teacher calls out a command (thumbs in front!) the kids all repeat it, then all together they put “thumbs in front” then chant “tchic et tchak” or “tschik und tschak” or” chic y chac” depending on your language.
Then teacher calls out the next command and everyone does it, then the first command again, and everyone does it, then tchik et tchak again. Each time you add a new command you have to go through all the ones you’ve already done before you chant tchik et tchak again.
By the time you’re done they know those body parts and directions pretty well.
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