At the last school I worked at the director used to have a directions game to see
how many step directions the children could follow in row. I would ask kids to put elephants
under chairs then jump over a line and put a matchbox car on chalkboard. However, this was not
nearly as fun at home without friends to giggle with you at the silly directions. Instead, I made up a game
to find something in the end. When I described what I was doing with Audrey to my mother-in-law she
called the game “quest”. She used to play the same game with her kids when they were little and gave
the game a name. So here is how we play:
I hide a desirable prize at the end of the quest -- the lost crown to Princess Lilith ( her cousin’s name) or
King Billy’s lost treasure. Something to raise her attention, then you give fun directions to get to wear you
need to go.For instance, crawl under the table, over a chair, around the couch, squeeze between the
bean bags to complete your quest. This way your kiddos is following 4 to 5 step directives using
prepositions to play a game.
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