Slow and Fast Oppositional Concepts

This activity is courtesy of my husband...

Today he was playing the Foo Fighters (not exactly kids music!) while he was folding laundry- (he is a teacher so he is home for the summer, so he has really been helping out around the house)- and he played a song that went slow at the beginning and then sped up. He told the children to move real slow and get ready for the fast part. They did this dance a few times, giggling and laughing and jumping the whole time.

This type of activity help children learn the meaning of slow and fast. This is an oppositional concepts- for examples: up/down, left/right, top/bottom, slow/fast, tall/short, big/small. Teaching your child oppositional concepts is easy with real examples. You may think they should already know what these words mean, but they are harder than you think! Keep trying new ones to see if they can demonstrate the opposite or tell you what the opposite is.

Find your song today!

For more activities on concept development, visit my preschool activities site.