In this article
- What's up and what's down?
- Activities to teach your child to go up and down concept
Understanding positional language is important for children because it helps them understand where things are positioned or where they appear in relation to other things. Therefore, children should be aware of different positional words like up, down, above, below, near, far etc. But teaching all these words together may not be a good idea.
In this article, we cover the concept of rising and falling for kindergarten children to enhance their knowledge about this concept. We have also covered some activities in the same that you can use to teach your child about the concept of rising and falling.
Let's start
What's up and what's down?
Confused about how to teach the concept of rising and falling to your child? Here's an up and down lesson to teach your child.
Up means to a higher place or position, while down means to or in a lower place or position. Let's take a look at some example images to understand the concept of rising and falling.
Example 1
Is the bag placed up or down?
Example 2
Is the bird climbing or descending the tree?
Example 3
Is the boy going up or down the slide?
Example 4
Is the car going up or down the hill?
Activities to teach your child to go up and down concept
Activities are the best way to teach children about different concepts. Not only does this keep kids engaged, but they learn something important while having fun. Here are some up and down activities for kindergarten kids to learn the concept.
1. Name things
Ask your child to look around and name five things that are placed on a surface and five things that are placed on the floor.
2. Draw & Tell
Tape large pieces of white paper to the wall. Make sure to stick some pieces very high (but within the child's reach) while others should be very low, just above the floor. Provide your child with a marker and encourage them to draw on the paper. Watch them stretch to draw on the top papers and crouch to draw on the bottom papers.
3. Look at the balloons
To draw children's eyes upward, hang balloons from the ceiling. Use masking tape to stick a picture of things they like, like their favorite food or cartoon, underneath each balloon. Kids will love looking at the balloon and finding the picture of their favorite things.
4. Watch Saw Game
Take your child to the park and play seesaw with him. Say the words up and down out loud, and encourage your child to say the same when going up and down.
5. Swipe down
Just like the seesaw game, take your child to the slide. First, have them climb up using the stairs and then slide down. They will have fun learning this way.
6. Up and down game
Tell your child that you will be saying a mix of alphabet and numbers. They have to stand up if you say a number and sit down if you say a letter. Children will love playing this fun game.
7. Find the tape
Take masking tape and stick some strips on the floor and some on surfaces like tables, chairs, slabs, etc. Ask your child to look around the house and remove these tapes. Also, ask them where they found the tape, above or below the object.
We hope this article has helped your child learn the concept of rising and falling. Once your child understands the concept of up and down, you can teach him more about these concepts, such as near and far.
