Elementary

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – How We Communicate Materials: pencil, stone, megaphone, flashlight, scissors, whistle Show each item in turn to the kids. Ask: “How can you use this to communicate with someone? Think of as many different ways as you can.” Tell kids to discuss their ideas with partners nearby. Then call for answers. […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Do What I Say, Not What I Do Materials: no materials needed. Guide children to stand and face you. Tell kids to do whatever motion you say. Say a movement for kids to do but move in a different way. For example, say: “Clap your hands” while you march in […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Build It! Materials: chenille stems, pieces of foil Guide children to use the chenille stems and foil to build a structure. They can work in one large group or in several smaller groups. Allow them to experiment with the materials to build. Tell kids that something was built or constructed […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Food Box Puzzles Materials: empty food boxes, scissors Cut the fronts from clean empty food boxes. Use cereal boxes, cracker boxes, and other boxes that kids will recognize. Cut each box front into several pieces. To keep the activity more simple, keep each puzzle separate. To make it more challenging, […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Follow the Path Materials: tape, pom-poms, straws (one per child) Make several tape lines of several feet across the game area. If you have colored tape, create some lines that cross one another. Give each child a straw. Place a group of kids at each end of each tape line. […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Graffiti Walls Materials: large pieces of paper, tape, markers Tape the paper around the room. Print the word pray on each piece of paper. Lay markers near each paper. Guide kids to print words or draw pictures that to show what prayer is, where people pray, and why people pray. […]