Monster Games

Who's Behind the Monster???

We have been busy the past two weeks.  Here are the large group activities we have done this week and last week.  Two weeks for Large Group, we talked about prepositions.  We practiced putting our hands next to us, above us, behind us, under us and in front of us.  We played a game with Big Green Monster where someone was hiding behind him and we had to guess who was behind Big Green Monster.  

We closed our eyes while someone hid behind Big Green Monster and when we opened our eyes,  we sang a little song that goes like this....(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)

"Who's behind the Monster?  Who's behind the Monster?  Who's behind the Monster? Who's behind the Monster?

We took turns guessing who was behind Big Green Monster.  If we guessed right, the person hiding behind Big Green Monster would say "YES".  If we guessed wrong, the person that we guessed would say "NO", I'm NOT behind Big Green Monster.  

We had a lot of fun hiding behind Big Green Monster.  We worked on answering "wh" questions, understanding prepositions, answering "yes/no" questions and using the word "NOT" in sentences.

If you want to work on these concepts at home, you can play the game with your family.  You can use a blanket or a box and hide under or behind it.  You can use "wh" and "yes/no" questions to figure out who is behind/under the blanket. 

This past week in Large Group, we played the game Monster in the Middle.  We talked about what the word "middle" means.  We stood on the edge of the rug and in the middle of the rug.  We also talked about what it meant to "follow" someone.  Teacher Heidi showed us a monster hat that she brought to class.  We took turns wearing the monster hat and being the "monster in the middle" of the rug.  When it was our turn to be the "monster in the middle",  we could choose how we wanted to move and the other kids in the class followed our actions.  

We sang a song while we did our actions.  The song goes like this...

There's a monster in the middle, just because we're gonna do what the little monster does.

Follow monster, follow monster, follow monster.

The monster in the middle takes a bow, there's a new little monster gonna show us how.

Follow monster, follow monster, follow monster.

We did some fun things.  We hopped, jumped, swung our arms, shrugged our shoulders, touched our toes, did jumping jacks, spun around, moved our knees and kicked our feet.

You can do this same activity at home by playing following the leader.  You can play with a group of friends or with family.  Choose a leader, let the leader choose what action they want to do and have everyone follow.