What shall we do on a rainy day?
We’ve had a lot of fun coming up with lots of creative rainy day play ideas in my Imagine That classes for preschoolers: from drawing, to reading a book, to traveling in a space ship! The class has been traveling (in our musical imaginations) to Grasshopper Park on a Tricky Trail. It zig zags, curves, and spirals all the way there. These three shapes are the basis for all of the letters children will need to write!
So, get out some paper and crayons and see how many colors you can use as you draw zig zags, curves, and spirals. Tape the paper to the wall. Writing on a vertical surface is easier and less frustrating for young children, as they need to make large motions with their arm and shoulder. Not until about 2nd grade do children begin to move only their wrists and fingers when writing.
Then, get some blue or green painters tape, and make zig zags, curves, spirals and straight lines all over the floor to make your own Tricky Trail. Run, hop, crawl and tiptoe over your trails while you sing “What Shall We Do”. The version I’ve included here is from ABC, Music & Me, and says “What Shall We Do on a Rainy Day?” The regular lyrics are on your See What I Saw CD.
What Shall We Do! (Click on the link to play the music.)
When you get tired of traveling on your tricky trails, turn them into roads for your cars and build a city with blocks and boxes and anything else you have around the house to build with.
-posted by Miss Beth, who likes zig zags best!
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