This 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.
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