Outdoor Game
Students will develop one traditional outdoor game for early learners (ages 3 – 7) from another culture. This assignment is designed to help emphasize the importance of allotting time for gross motor activities that promote language and literacy, social skills as well as the awareness of diversity in play.
1. Select one children’s game, from another culture such as “Latino” games, “Doña Blanca” or “La Rueda de San Miguel,” or hand clapping games often found in the African American culture. You do not need props, but the games must include gross motor activities.
2. Analyze the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines which are posted on blackboard.
Submit the following paper in an essay format and double spaced. The outdoor game is up to 5 pages.
-Cover page (name, title of the assignment and date) page 1
-Body of the paper ( Name of the Game, Background of the Game, Prek Guidelines, and
Reference page) 2-3 pages
-Reference page (last page)
Use headers (center the headers) from below
Name of the Game
-Explain where the name of the game comes from
Background of the Game
-Discuss the background of the culture and its relation to the game
-Directions to play the game
-Include any ideas for what you would do differently (Avoid saying you wouldn’t change anything).
Pre-K Guidelines
-List 2 appropriate Pre-K Guidelines (in blackboard-Outdoor Game folder) and explain how the Pre-k Guidelines align with the game.
(See sample in the Outdoor Game folder)
References
-APA 7th edition
-Cite the Pre-K Guidelines (I provided below), course textbook, and the website, where you found the game.
-If you use a website, cite it in APA 7th edition. See APA 7th edition Style Guide in blackboard.
Texas Education Agency. (2015). Texas Pre-K Guidelines. Texas Education Agency.
Pre-k Guidelines I. Social and Emotional Development Domain a. I.C.3: Child shows competence in initiating social interactions. The child: participates spontaneously in a variety of group activities, tasks, and play. II. Social Studies Domain a. VII.A.1: Child identifies similarities and differences between himself, classmates, and other children inclusive of specific characteristics and cultural influences. The child: identifies similarities between among people like herself and classmates as well as among people from other cultures. Students’ development and play will derive from these guidelines, where they will show competence in initiating social interactions as well as learning about the different cultures in the classroom. Socially, students will interact in role playing the animals and their characteristics. Aligning with the game presented, students will participate in the game performing social interactions by learning one another’s name and acquiring listening skills as well. In the Social Studies domain, students will learn about the Australian culture and the different animals. Connections can be made by students learning about their own pets and the similarities and differences of the animals in Australia. Respect is another example in the Social Studies domain. Students will can learn to respect animals in different cultures and their importance.
