![]() ![]() They played again and again! And then I left the game out and they took turns hiding the inchworm for each other. We played until the inchworm was found, and then we hid the inchworm under a different letter and played again. Then the kids took turns naming a letter and picking up that apple to see if they found the inchworm. ![]() While the kids weren’t looking I hid an inchworm card under one of the apples. We focused on reviewing the letters we have learned so far this year. To prepare the game I taped letter cards to the front of all of the apples. Kindergarten Works also shows how to play the game with apple cutouts in a pocket chart instead. I borrowed the apple sponges from our fall sensory bin to play Where’s the (Inch)Worm. I have to eat something.” It was hilarious to see them coming up with ideas. For example, Inchworm would quiver and say, “Please don’t eat me!” Robin would say, “But I’m soooo hungry. Then they tried to say and act the way they thought the character would talk. To practice voice in a preschool way, we took turns pretending one child was the inchworm and the other child was one of the other characters in the story. I try to include different aspects of the traits in our activities. As a teacher I enjoyed using the 6+1 Traits of Writing, and I was always pleased how these activities came across in their writing. They were so surprised that both sides were the same length, so this led to a great math discussion.Īfter reading the story we also practiced the trait of voice. We even used inchworms (1-inch pieces of pipe cleaner) to measure our book. ![]() Lovey measured from her knee to her ankle. The kids liked measuring parts of their bodies like the inchworm did in the story. We exercised those fine motor muscles by practicing inching along. To introduce the kids to inchworms we read the book Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni. The second half of the week we did a lot of inchworm activities to practice the letter I. Our week was divided in half so we could enjoy celebrating Halloween. Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Email ![]()
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