Objective: to improve pupils’ social skills Each child can choose to show off their favorite, toy, stuffs, book, game, etc. to the others. This is a great way to encourage social skills while they get to know one another. Be sure and have extra things available for those who might forget their favorite show and tell thing. It won’t be their favorite thing, but it will give them something to talk about with the others, so they won’t feel left out.
Activity 2b Where is my Friend? 5 min
Materials: Music; Large blanket
Objective: to check the results Play music while the children walk freely around the room. When the music stops, they must crouch down where they are and close their eyes, no peeking! Cover one of the players with a blanket. Once the player is covered tell the others to open their eyes and guess who is under the blanket.
Activity 3a Friendly Musical Chairs 8 min
Materials: Music; Chairs (one less than the number of children)
Objective: to check the results
Objective: to improve pupil’s solving problem skills Start with everyone standing still. When the music starts, they must walk around the chairs anticipating when the music will stop. When the music finally does stop, they must all sit down. The object of this activity is to remove a chair each time a new round begins. The children must sit down so they will need to sit in the same chair with a friend or pile onto laps. When the game is finished there should be only one chair remaining and the children must all be in that one chair.
Speaking Activity - Discussion (15 minutes)
Divide the class into small groups and ask them to discuss the following questions:
- Which sport event do you find most interesting? Why?
- Have you ever attended any sports event? What was it like?
- Do you follow any particular team or athlete? Why?
Show a video clip featuring a news report or highlights from a recent sports event such as World Cup or Olympics.
Then ask students some questions:
- What did you think about the media coverage?
- Did they provide sufficient information about the event?
- Was there anything missing from the report?
Homework 2 min Explain to the pupils that they must write a story about their best friend. They should find out what he likes doing in his free time with them.
