Bean Bag Walk

Developing Receptive Language

Stage of Literacy Development:

Stage 0: Foundation for Literacy
Stage 1: Beginning Literacy

Ages:

3-6

Grade Range:

PreK K

Food Groups:

Primary:
Oral Language
Secondary:
Motivation for Literacy

Transcript

Teacher: Okay, put your bean bag next you, and were going to follow the directions that the man is saying on the tape. 

[Recording]: Put the bean bag on your head, and get ready to march.

Teacher: Get ready. 

Teacher: Turn around, the other way. 

[Recording]: Lets march along, lets march along, as we hum a little tune and sing a song. 

Teacher: Try to put your hands down, children, and softly. 

[Recording]: Stop marching and hold your bean bag. Balance the bean bag on your head. Where else can you balance the bean bag? Lets see.  

Teacher: Lets listen. [Recording]: Try balancing it on your shoulder. Stand very still.

Teacher: Stand very still, [Students Name]. Very nice. 

[Recording]: Now try to balance it on one arm. 

[Recording]: Put the bean bag on your head, and get ready for the bean bag march!

Teacher: And walk very slowly. 

[Recording]: Lets march along, lets march along, as we hum a little tune and sing a song.

Related References

Activity Objective

The goal of Bean Bag Walk: Developing Receptive Language is to develop oral language skills by having students listen to a song and follow the given directions. The teacher plays a recording and asks the students to move their bean bag accordingly.

Quick Tips

Additional Comments:

- If your school doesn't have sufficient resources to play a recording, this song can be lead by the teacher instead.
- When possible, introducing song from a recording adds something special to your lesson. Your students will love participating with you as the recording plays.