Activities in Circle Time

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Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum

1. Getting to know your friends ( Ice breaking )

The children sit in a circle. Call a name and throw

the beanbag across the circle

. One child has the beanbag and calls hello to a child

across the circle, then throws the beanbag to them.

This child calls to a different person and throws the

beanbag and so on until all have had a turn.

Remind the children to call the name before they

throw and to throw sensibly to avoid accidents.



2. Introduce greetings

Shake hands around the circle

The children send a handshake around the circle andsay Good morning e.g. A and B shake hands and say,

Good morning B and Good morning A then B and Cshake hands and say, Good morning C and Goodmorning B.

Note: 1. Good morning can be replaced with good

evening, good night, thank you etc2. You can also add on to the sentence eg.

Good morning Ali. I am glad to see you.



3. Mathematical Greeting

This activity emphasises on mathematics .Every child in the circlethink of a number they like. The children send a handshake aroundthe circle and say Good morning followed by the number they havethought of earlier. e.g. A and B shake hands and A says, Goodmorning Im no. 2 and B says Good morning number 2 . I amnumber 6 then B and C shake hands and B says, Good morning I amnumber 6 and C answers Good morning 6. Iam number 3. Etc

Note: For more advanced students A can say Good morning I am 1

plus 3 (can be any two numbers) The next person (B) will reply Good

morning number 4 (1+3=4) Then B will greet C Good morning I am 2 +

1. C will answer Good morning number 3 etc.



During this circle time "who's missing" game, youngsters useobservation and memory skills.

� Materials: A Large sheet or blanket.

� Description: Teachers lay a large sheet on the floor. The group

of children sit around it. One child steps away from the groupand closes his / her eyes. The teacher taps a child and he /she gets under the "rug". The child that was away from thegroup with their eyes closed comes back. Now the rest of thechildren chant:

Bug in the rug, Bug in the rug.Who's that bug in the rug?

� The child has to guess who is under the rug by looking aroundto see who is missing. The child under the rug is then

revealed.

4. Bug In The Rug Game



5. Introduction of themes

Theme Fruits

Children sit in a circle. They take turns to say what

fruit they like to eat e.g: I like to eat bananas. The

second child says, I like to eat rambutans.

Theme Clothes

Children sit in a circle. They take turns to say whatthey like to wear e.g: I like to wear a dress. The

second child says, I like to wear jeans. etc

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Activities in Circle Time