Report Group Time Rut!

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by: habibi

Hi - we play lots of different games at group time. Memory games are good. You can relate them to your topic or go for numbers, shapes etc. For example - if you are doing farm animals you could start off with three farm animals from your toy farm set (cow, sheep, horse) Discuss them, then lay them in a row on the carpet (the children need to sit in a semi circle so they can all see)and cover them with a piece of fabric, pick one up in your hand, then take the fabric away (hiding the one you have in the fabric) and the children have to guess which one you took away. You can make it easier or harder by using more or fewer objects. Then progress to numbers and shapes depending on the children's ability.

Another memory game we play - you need a white board or blackboard. Draw a picture on it - something simple and related to your topic. For example a cat. Get the children to close their eyes then rub one or more of the features away (an ear or eye) then when the children open their eyes they guess whats missing. You can then ask one of them to come out and draw the missing feature back on again. You can do this with any of your topics - tractor, lion, people. When you are drawing it for the first time the children can help you by saying what needs to be drawn to make a certain picture helping with their
vocabulary.Draw it in stages and ask them to help you remember what else you need.

You could also have talking circle time. Use a teddy or toy and start off talking circles. Whoever has the teddy gets to talk so you could start off by asking very simple questions about what they did at the weekend or what their favourite toy
or game is and they pass the teddy round as they answer the question. Puppets are also great for this. There are ots of books on talking cirles or circle time too so they might help. Good Luck!! Hope you feel inspired and let us know how you get on!

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