Space bubble

Learning Outcomes

Description Of Activity

Aim How to find personal space with the help of a bubble. Equipment Required

• Four cones for boundaries (same color)
• Spot marker for every kid
• Skill Cards of direction

Play Area Set-Up Make circle markings on the floor and ask children to sit with their hands on their knees with their eyes looking at you (crisscross-apple-sauce).

• Explain any special safety rules for the day.
• Explain that when you give a specific signal (e.g. whistle blow), the children must Stop/Freeze, Look, and Listen.

Activity Description

• Greet the children, introduce yourself, and bring them to the center.
• Ask the children to hold hands and form a circle with you, then sit down Explain in 20-30 seconds what you will be doing today and start the first activity.

Define "Personal Space": is all the space that the body or its parts can reach without traveling away from a starting location Activity: Making shapes (6 - 8 minutes)

• Explain that the children will now make shapes with their bodies within their space bubble.
• Demonstrate that the space bubble gets bigger or smaller depending on the size of the shape.
• Ask the children to imitate you as you make the following shapes:
• Star (arms and legs stretched wide, standing or lying down)
• Ball (crouch and tuck as small as possible)
• Candle (stand straight and tall with arms above head)
• Flamingo (stand on one leg with arms out to sides)
• Give the children an opportunity to invent their own shapes.

If time permits, ask a few students to demonstrate their shapes and ask the rest to imitate Teaching Tips - From time to time, ask the children to freeze, check that they are maintaining their space bubbles.  

Equipment/Material Required