Musical and Interactive Comparing Games for Preschoolers National Parents Center

Musical and Interactive Comparing Games for Preschoolers

July 13, 2011 – 10:58 pm

Sorting and comparing objects helps preschoolers discover how items are different and alike, and is crucial for developing math skills such as grouping. Children will learn these skills by playing fun, interactive comparison games sorting apples, jewels, shapes and animals.

Children learn best while playing. Incorporating preschool games into lessons about comparing will help students to grasp basic math concepts while enjoying their learning experience at the same time.

Kids love to dance, sing, and play, that is why your Pre-K class will love comparing shapes, sizes, and colors while doing the “Hokey Pokey”. The teacher will cut out different sized circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and ovals out of a variety of colored paper for each student and laminate them. Ask the class if they have ever heard the “Hokey Pokey” song before. Practice singing the song a few times. Tell them instead of body parts, we are going to use shapes. Place the shapes on the floor in front of the children. Review the shapes before beginning. Explain that they need to listen carefully, when they hear the shape, size, and color they need to find the correct shape on the floor and do the actions in the song. Start with shapes only. Continue with a shape and color or a shape and size, depending on your class ability. Here is an example:

You put your rectangle in,

You put your rectangle out;

You put your rectangle in,

And you shake it all about.

You do the Hokey Pokey

And you turn yourself around,

Thats what its all about!

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