Name of Activity: Follow the Dot

Originating Idea: Dots on the floor that have pictures that the students follow when they’re stepping
on them.

Curriculum Area
Highlight 1:
Approaches to learning
Social and emotional development
Physical development and health
Language, literacy, and communication
Mathematics
Creative arts
Science and technology
Social studies

KDIs
16. Gross-motor skills: Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance, and timing in using
their large muscles.
Materials:
 Picture dots

Appropriate Age group: 3 to 5 years old

Beginning of Activity:
During large group, I will set out the picture dots spread out on the floor. “Today we’re going to be moving our
bodies matching these picture dots on our floor! Each one has a different movement you must replicate when
you’re standing on the dot. We will have music on and when the music stops you must be standing on a dot.
Then you will look down at the picture on your dot and copy the movement. The music will start again, and you
will move around to a different dot.” I will start and stop the music while watching the children and helping them
if they do not understand the picture on their dot.
Middle of Activity
Children in different developmental levels may need help replicating the movement on their dot while
others may be able to do all of them.

Early: They will stand on the dot and attempt to do the movement on their dot with help from the teacher.
Middle: They will do the movement on their dot until the music starts again.
Later: They will be challenged to go around and do all the movements on each of the dots.

End of Activity:
“We moved around our carpet and stopped on picture dots that had movements on them we had to replicate.
We followed along with the music and stood on a dot when it stopped. Everyone sit down on the dot you ended
up on and I will read a book.”
Follow-up Ideas (2)
The dots can be used with different pictures such as emotions for children to replicate.
The dots can be used with counting or number words and symbols for the children to count as they step on the
dots.