Kimba Campbell

Grades 1-3 Game – Spell of Wind Materials: plastic cups, table tennis balls, thin-line permanent marker, straws (one per kid) Cut 3 cups in half. Write one of these letters on each cup half: P, e, t, e, r. (You’ll have one blank half.) Lay the cups, cut side down, on the floor. Write the letters […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Keep It Up Materials: beach balls or other inflated balls Toss a beach ball to the group of kids. Challenge them to keep batting the ball up in the air and keep it aloft as long as they can. After a minute or so, add another ball. Say: “I saw […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Name Clap No materials needed Guide kids to stand in a circle. Ask each kid to say his name, clapping the syllables as he says it. (For example, “My name is Joseph” with two claps.) After all kids have clapped their names, say: “If your name is (clap, clap), move turn […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Can’t Touch This  No materials needed. Group kids into pairs. Tell kids to face their partners. On your signal, tell kids to try to touch their partners on the knee; but they should try to keep the partner from touch their own knee. After a minute or so, call for […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Four Corners  Materials: signs with Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; tape Tape a sign in each corner of the room (or four different areas of the room). Choose a kid to be IT. Tell him to stand in the middle of the room with his eyes covered. Guide other kids to move around […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Letter Search Materials: dishpan or larger shallow container with sand, letter tiles or heavyweight paper with letters (h, o, s, a, n, n, a), tablecloth or drop cloth Hid the letters in the pan of sand. Set the pan on a tablecloth or drop cloth. Lead kids to find the […]