Left & Right

Today we used our hands to learn about right and left while practicing the language of location and direction. We first determined our right and left and then played a whole class game that got us moving. I called out a direction for students to follow. Here are some examples:

Put your left hand behind your back.

Put your right hand above your head.

We then traced our hands and labeled them right and left. Our activities helped us learn and apply the following skills and concepts:

Use the directional words left and right to describe movement

Describe the location of one object relative to another object using words such as in, out over, under, above, below, beside, between, next to, across from, behind, in front of, near and far