Minds On
Positions
Explore the following map. What do you notice? Where are the kids?
A map of a playground
A playground map with many children and play equipment. There is a slide, monkey bars, a playhouse, a play bridge, a swing, a seesaw, and a sandbox play area. A child is going up the slide ladder, while another slides down the slide. On the play bridge, a child carefully moves over it. At the monkey bars, a child swings from the handlebars. In the playhouse, a child waves from the window to another child outside of the playhouse. Around the playground are a few shrubs and trees. One child hides behind a tree, and another stands in front of it.
As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.
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How to Record Your Ideas
Action
Exploring position words
Materials Needed
Materials needed
Materials needed for this learning activity:
- stuffed animal, doll, action figure
Identifying positions
What words are used to describe where things are? They are called position words.
Explore the following book to learn about some position words.
What’s the position?
Let’s explore the map again.
Description
A playground with lots of kids and play equipment. There is a slide. One kid is going up the slide ladder. One kid is sliding down the slide. There is a play bridge. One kid is going over the play bridge. There are monkey bars. There is a kid under the monkey bars. There is a playhouse. There is one kid inside the playhouse. There is one kid outside of the playhouse. There are two trees. There is one kid behind one tree. There is one kid in in front of the second tree.
For each image, select the corresponding position word.
Consolidation
Identifying position of objects
Explore the space around you. Pick an object. Now pick one of the following positional words. Can you show that word with your object?
Press the following tabs to access different positional words!
Another position is being out!
One position is going over!
Another position word is being under!
One position is going up!
One positional word is going down!
Reflection
How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.
