All About Location

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Read aloud the book The Bouncing Ball pausing as you read to define new vocabulary words using the visual vocabulary cards included in this lesson.
• Using the vocabulary cards, model the movement associated with each word using objects in the classroom (e.g., placing something under a chair, etc.) and hand gestures.
• Invite the students to repeat the hand gestures for each word (e.g., hands held up high for the word "above").

Guided Practice

• Play the "Sesame Street Over, Under, Around and Through" song, using the gestures for each movement you introduced earlier in the lesson.
• Say one of the position words and ask students to show you the matching gesture.
• Repeat the song one more time to check that students understand the meaning for each word.

Group work time

• Explain that now the students will get to practice using the movement words we just learned as they work with a partner to explore the obstacle course around the room.
• Model how to go over/under/around/through the different obstacles, emphasizing that students should wait their turn and use their safe walking feet during the activity.
• Pair students with a partner and explain that it is their job to decide which objects should be used for going under/over/around/through with their partner.
• Send students off to explore with their partner.