Home Hot Topics Articles About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio NEWSlink How to Get a School Grant Movement, Play and Physical Activity for Children Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Subscribe today to our monthly newsletter!   ACTIVITY Creepy-Crawly Creatures By Rae Pica This activity offers experience with both cross-lateral movement and a low level in space. It can even help foster empathy for creatures. Before You Start Ask the children to name some animals that move along or very near the ground. Then talk about some of their characteristics, particularly the way they move. (If the children have trouble with this, you can suggest some yourself.) Possible animals include snakes, lizards, chameleons, alligators and crocodiles, and seals. Let's Begin 1. You can either invite the children to move like their favorite of the animals mentioned, or you can call out the name of each creature, one at a time, challenging the children to move like it does. Furthermore Authenticity is not as important here as the opportunity to experience cross-lateral movement. As long as the children are crawling and creeping, allow them to depict each animal according to their own interpretations.   Tweet No materials needed. Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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