karensmart4
09-07-2012, 07:23 PM
I joined a local forum today (but I must be honest I prefer this one), anyway they did have a good activity that I asked if I could share with you lovely people.
It's titled Biscuit Box Banter and it's written by Martine Horvath.... anyway the gist of it is for you to get a biscuit tin insert, you know the ones with different sections in, you then collect a variety of different things to go in it... some similar to children and some unusual.. you just need to use your imagination :-)
Next you invite the children to sit in a circle with you, explain that you want them to look at some interesting objects but not to touch yet.
Then model what you would like them to do by explaining, "We are going to take it in turns to crawl into the middle of the circle and choose something that we would like to talk about from the box. I have chosen this wool because it makes me want to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep... shall we all sing it together before James chooses something he would like to talk about?"
Some children may need support so you can pose some questions for them.
You could use this activity weekly to go with a topic or theme or / children could bring something in to share in the box, I thought it was nice as it encourages social skills and language.
I'm going to start this next week to see how it goes :)
It's titled Biscuit Box Banter and it's written by Martine Horvath.... anyway the gist of it is for you to get a biscuit tin insert, you know the ones with different sections in, you then collect a variety of different things to go in it... some similar to children and some unusual.. you just need to use your imagination :-)
Next you invite the children to sit in a circle with you, explain that you want them to look at some interesting objects but not to touch yet.
Then model what you would like them to do by explaining, "We are going to take it in turns to crawl into the middle of the circle and choose something that we would like to talk about from the box. I have chosen this wool because it makes me want to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep... shall we all sing it together before James chooses something he would like to talk about?"
Some children may need support so you can pose some questions for them.
You could use this activity weekly to go with a topic or theme or / children could bring something in to share in the box, I thought it was nice as it encourages social skills and language.
I'm going to start this next week to see how it goes :)