Positional Words

The week of my first observation I taught positional words for the very first time. In this lesson,  introduced positional words as a group using a ball and a box. Then asked the children where the ball is in relation to the box (e.g. over, under, inside, between, beside). Then children worked in small groups of two children per teacher and read the scarecrow positional word cards then place the crow in the designated location which correlates to the positional word.  

I have done other positional word activities since. I have provided objects such as a dollhouse and a figure and a puppy and a doghouse and had them use the props to describe where the objects are positioned. I am glad that I have been teaching positional words in the classroom, as recently I assessed children for their progress reports on positional words and they did very well! Almost all children knew every positional word. This was very reassuring to me as a teacher. I felt like they actually grasped this concept. I think they enjoy using props and the hands-on approach. Perhaps I can think of some more hands on approaches to use when teaching letter identification and name formation.