- Jump in and out of hula hoops.
- Give students bowls to put their snacks in.
- Talk about these concepts throughout the day - Put your feet in your shoes so you can go out for recess.
- Let your child play in a box and then crawl out of the box.
- Talk about inside and outside when you are doing things together.
- Talk about the things you do. For example say, "Let's go out to play", or, "Let's take a ride in the car."
- Explain directions to your child while you demonstrate. For example. "Put Play Dough in the mold and then take out the shape!"
- Put water in a container and pour it out.
- Hula-Hoop Game: Step into a hula-hoop then step out.
- Throw a ball in a box or laundry basket and then take it out.
- Go In and Out the Window
Go round and round the village,Go round and round the village,Go round and round the village,As we have done before.Go in and out the window,Go in and out the window,Go in and out the window,As we have done before.Now stand and face your partner,Now stand and face your partner,Now stand and face your partner,As we have done before.Now follow her to London,Now follow her to London,Now follow her to London,As we have done before.Now shake his hand and leave him,Now shake his hand and leave him,Now shake his hand and leave him,As we have done before.Verse 1:One or two children go to the center of a circle of children, who are holding hands up high. The selected children thread in and out of thecircle through the other children's arms.Verse 2: The children in the center pick partners by stopping in front of another child.
Verse 3: The chosen children follow their partners as they thread in and out of the circle.
Verse 4: All the children join hands and circle in one direction.
Verse 2:The children in the center pick partners by stopping in front of another child.Verse 3:The chosen children follow their partners as they thread in and out of the circle.Verse 4:All the children join hands and circle in one direction.
- Play "Simon Says" . Use only commands that include in and out. For example, put your finger in the air, breathe in, breathe out, stand out of the Circle, get in a line,put your finger in your ear, and so forth. Tell the children that in and out are position words. They tell us where something is.
Read:
- Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Elephant Buttons by Noriko Ueno
- Inside, Outside, Upside Down by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats (illustrator)
- What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
- Blocks (Interpersonal, Bodily-Kinesthetic)
- Provide trucks and invite the children to put blocks in (fill) the truck at one location and drive them to another location to take them out (unload).
- Dramatic Play (Spatial)
- Provide burlap, yarn, and large plastic needles. Show the children how to move the needle in and out of the fabric to sew a design. (Supervise closely at all times!)
- Gross Motor (Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Logical-Mathematical)
- Provide rope, paper towel tubes, and toilet paper tubes to string. Challenge them to make a pattern of tubes on the rope. Talk about putting the string in one end of the tube and watching it come outthe other end.
- Language (Linguistic, Intrapersonal)
- Challenge the children to draw a picture of or write a sentence about something that gets them in trouble. Have them turn their paper over and draw a picture of, or write a sentence about somethingthat gets them out of trouble.
- Music (Musical, Logical-Mathematical)
- Try to teach the children to whistle. Can they whistle blowing both in and out?
- Science (Naturalist)
- Provide two boxes (approximately 8" x 11" in size). Draw a tree in the bottom of one box and leave the other as it is. Provide magazines and challenge the children to look for animals thatlive in trees and animals that don't live in trees. Invite the children to cut out the animals and sort them into the boxes.
In and out worksheet. Basic writing worksheet for teaching the preposition 'In'. Activities about out/outside. see also: In/Inside |
