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Hot Potato

  • DOMAIN(S)
    Approaches to Play and Learning (APL), Communication, Language, and Literacy (CLL)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    APL3.4c, CLL3.4b
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

To play Hot Potato, ask the children to sit in a circle. Give one child a potato or other prop. When the music starts, have the children pass the potato around the circle. When the music stops, ask the child with the potato to show you what he/she looks like when he/she is angry or sad. Then ask, “What makes you feel angry, sad, etc?”