Colorful Paths to Grandma and Grandpa's House

Children go visit their grandparents by following paths drawn in different colors of chalk: each color has a shape (straight, curvy, zigzag) and a way of walking. It works on following drawn paths and combining different ways of walking.

How to play

1. Before the session, the teacher draws several paths from the school's house to the grandparents' house: red straight, blue curvy, green zigzag and yellow spiral (1 min).
2. We walk the straight red path normally, always stepping on the line (3 min).
3. On the curvy blue path we go on tiptoe, as if we were carrying a cake for Grandma and Grandpa (3 min).
4. On the green zigzag we walk on our heels, turning carefully at each point (3 min).
5. Each child picks a path and a way of walking for their last visit (4 min).
6. Grandma and Grandpa welcome us with a pretend hug and we sit down for a snack (2 min).

Rules

• Your feet step on the path's line.
• Each color has its own way of walking.
• On the path, one behind the other, no pushing.
• If I step off, I go back to the line and keep going.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: draw the paths as wide as the wheelchair so they can follow them.
• Visual impairment: mark the main path with raised tape or rope they can follow with their feet.
• Autism: show them a map with the colors and the order of the paths before starting.

Learning goals

• Follow straight, curvy and zigzag paths.
• Match the way they walk to the shape of the path.
• Choose a route and a way of moving.

Equipment for a class of 25

• colored sidewalk chalk: 6

Teacher tip

Draw the paths before the children come out; thick chalk works best. Zigzags are tricky, so make the points wide, not sharp.

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