Patterns in Body Movements | 1st Maths Term 2 Chapter 3

Patterns in Body Movements | 1st Maths Term 2 Chapter 3
Patterns in body movements

Chapter: 1st Maths : Term 2 Unit 3 : Patterns

Observe the patterns in body movements.

Travel through

Body movements

Ma ma maah…
I can run; I can run

Children running

La la laah…
I can jump; I can jump

Oh oh oh...
I can swim; I can swim

Children jumping and swimming

Pa pa paah...
I can swing: I can swing

Hey hey hey….
I can do; I can do

Learn

Observe the patterns in body movements.

Sequence of body movements as a pattern

Practice

Complete the patterns.

Practice exercise to complete body movement patterns

Game

Small pot Big pot

Procedure:

(i) Ask the students to stand in a circle.

(ii) If the teacher says 'small pot', students keep their hands close to each other.

(iii) When the teacher says ‘big pot’, students keep their hands wide.

Demonstration of 'small pot' gesture

(iv) One who does wrongly has to go out of the game.

(v) The student who stands till the end is the winner.

Children playing the 'Small pot Big pot' game

Try this

Do these excercises. Enjoy the pattern in it. Make your own pattern.

Exercise patterns for students to try

Teacher's Note:

Teacher makes the students to stand in a line with one arm distance. Then makes them to do the excercises. When teacher says the counting, students do the actions as given above. Let the children observe the patterns in their movements.