The Hokey Pokey as a teaching tool
>> Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Home Teacher mentioned this Hokey Pokey shape lesson plan on her post.
Bear loved playing this. We sang it so many times with shapes (I used the wonderful shape lacing cards I won earlier this year from ABC and 123), but then I thought, you could use the Hokey Pokey to review anything!
We sang it to review colors using her Mickey Mouse paint chips.
We sang it to review the letter sounds using her foam alphabet ("You put the /b/ like baby in, you put the /b/ out...").
You could use it to review letter names.
You could use it to review numbers using foam numbers or wooden number pieces.
Any other ideas?
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4 comments:
We love the Hokey Pokey here and use it to review and learn alot of what you mentioned in your post......anything to music is a huge it with my LO
I just discovered "The Home Teacher" blog (maybe via your blog?) and it's such a great resource! I hadn't seen this particular activity, what a great idea! I think this would be a great way to review animal names with younger toddlers.
Love this! I use the hokey pokey in my Spanish for Tots group to teach the kids about parts of the body. They always have a great time with it, and they really remember all of the new vocabulary. Something about getting up and moving, singing, and the repetition make it a perfect learning song. Great post!
hey thanks for the shout out! Maryanne- the activity is located in the Shapes pdf that you can download (posted May 2) I have to admit I am not the originator of the idea but found it while researching it online!
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