- annemarietheslp
Language Play - baby, it's cold outside edition
Updated: Jul 26, 2022
When it's cold outside, but the kids are going 🤪...

Winter can be hard with younger kids. Often the freezing rain, snow or below freezing temps make putting on all the warm layers seem like too much effort. Here are a few ideas to get everyone moving inside (without breaking anything!) that incorporate some great language learning opportunities.
My favorite: sofa cushion obstacle course! Use sofa cushions (or pillows, towels, blankets, stools, etc) to set up an obstacle course, then help them navigate:
Walk between!
Climb over!
Crawl under!

Go through!
Jump off!
If you have a few slightly older kiddos, turn it into a competitive event: Sofa Cushion Olympics!
Walk like a crab around the table!
Bunny hop through the door!
Bear crawl under the table!
If the obstacle course/Olympics feels like too much effort or mess, try some variations on old nursery rhymes:
Walking, walking
Walking, walking
Hop, hop, hop
Hop, hop, hop
Running, running, running
Running, running, running
Now we stop!
Now we stop!
(to the tune of 'Are you sleeping, Brother John?')