The
Learning Triangle
Watch, Do & Read
PBS 45 & 49 encourage you to use "The Learning
Triangle" when you watch our children's shows with your preschoolers.
After you WATCH a program, try to DO
a related hands-on activity and then READ a related
book.
Get
Up and Go
Indoors or outside, we can’t forget about
the importance of gross motor (large muscle) play. Whether or
not the weather is cooperating, it is important to give children
the chance to jump, run, climb and explore. Exercise and movement
can be done in many ways and in many locations. Try the following
learning triangle suggestions to get the children to get up
and go.
Watch
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Monday, May 16 through Friday, May 20 at 12:30 p.m.
The weekly theme is Fast and Slow. Topics include
roller skates and gymnastics.
Do
Feelings Dance
Materials:
Streamers or scarves
Music
Give each child a streamer or a scarf. In response
to how the music makes the children feel, invite them to move
and dance. Change the music from time to time to represent different
emotions.
Parachute Games
Materials:
Sheet or thin blanket
Have the children hold the “parachute”
along the edges with both hands. You can have them walk in a circle
while raising and lowering the parachute. You can sing a song
and move the parachute to the rhythm of the music.
Tightrope Walking
Materials:
Two 6-foot pieces of string or masking tape
Tape to fasten the string (if you use string)
Make a tightrope by taping a long piece of string
or masking tape to the floor. Show the children how to walk on
the line by placing one foot in front of the other. Help them
walk on the line, but then let them try it for themselves.
From Mister Rogers’ Plan & Play Book,
1998, Family Communications, Inc., used with permission
Physical Exercise
Materials:
Music
Explain to the children that exercise can make you
feel good. Play music and have them follow your lead in doing
some exercises. Let the children take turns leading the exercise.
Some examples of movements are:
• Raising hands over their heads
• Lifting knees
• Marching
• Making circular motions with arms
• Touching heads, shoulders and toes
• Twisting from side to side
• Jumping with one or both feet
From Mister Rogers’ Plan & Play Book,
1998, Family Communications, Inc., used with permission
Read
Barney Plays Nose to Toes By Margie Larsen & Maryann
Dudko
Jump, Frog, Jump! By Robert Kalan
My Mom Is a Runner By Mary Gallagher Rumold
My Feet By Aliki
Can You Dance, Dalila? By Virginia Kroll
Mrs. Armitage on Wheels By Quentin Blake
Shoes By Elizabeth Winthrop
The Learning Triangle is written by Bree Silski,
PBS 45 & 49’s Ready To Learn Coordinator |
