Directional Word Game

• DOMAIN(S)

  Physical Development and Motor Skills (PDM)
• INDICATOR(S)

  PDM3.4b
• AGE GROUP(S)

  48-60 months

Take a shower curtain and lay it over a table. Cut it to fit the table exactly. Use markers to color a scene on it, such as a mountain scene with a forest and lake. Create a cube of the different things in the scene and a cube that gives the directional words, “next to,” “in,” “behind” and “above.”  Give the children small forest animals. The children will roll both cubes and then place the animals “next to,” “in” or “above” the item they rolled. This can be an independent game or a small group game. Store the folded curtain for when you need it again. 

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