Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.
Children play the Change Game
Objective: To experience the action of exchange (the root of the meaning of change itself.).
Activity: Children play the Change Game. One child could also do this alone with another person telling her/him what to do.
Ask the children to do the following three things:
1. Curl up small, then stand up tall. (Be sure to clap when they do it.)
2. Sit right here, then go sit over there. (Being shown where here and there is.)
3. Put on this cap, now put it in your lap, and put on this second cap.
(You will need enough caps for each child to be able to take the first one off and put the second one on. It would be great if they could be the kind that would make them laugh.)
