Bug Under the Rug

This week in Large Group, we played the game Bug Under the Rug.  Before we played the game, we went around the circle and had everyone tell us their name.  We also talked about how bugs are very quiet and we practiced being as quiet as a bug.  When Teacher Heidi told us to be as quiet as a bug, we covered our eyes and put our heads down and we were SOOOO quiet.  Teacher Heidi put a rug (a sheet) over one of us.  When we opened our eyes and sat up, we tapped our knees while we said, "Bug under the rug, bug under the rug, who's the bug under the rug?"  We then guessed who we thought was hiding under the rug.  We worked on answering questions with yes/no and using the word "not" as we made guesses.  If we guessed someone that wasn't under the rug, that person would say, "No, I'm NOT under the rug."  If we guessed the right person, that person would sit up and say, "Yes!  I'm the bug under the rug."  This activity helped us learn our classmates names, it helped us learn to say our own names, learn to understand the preposition "under" and it helped us learn to follow directions.  We had a lot of fun pretending to be as quiet as a bug and guessing who was under the rug.  

You can work on some of these concepts at home by playing the name game.  Have everyone in your family state their name by saying, "My name is.....".  You can also work on understanding prepositions and following directions by getting a small object like a stuffed toy and asking your child to place the object in, on, under, behind, next to or in front of something or someone.  You could also ask them to hold the toy up high or down low.