A fun way to work on prepositional phrases is to find a poem like Pumpkins Are Here (Click on the link to the left to print out a copy of the poem.) that has a number of prepositional phrases in it. Once you have selected your poem, you can come up with an activity that children can do while the poem is being read. If this activity can be used to retell the poem too, that is a bonus.
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Prepositional Phrases Activity
We recently put together such an activity using poem I mentioned above The Pumpkins Are Here. Along with a copy of the poem we put out Artificial Realistic Fall Harvest Mini Pumpkins. The Lincoln Logs were used to build a small corral for the pumpkins. As we read the poem together, my son placed the pumpkins in, on, or around the corral to match the prepositional phrase that we had just read.
After reading the poem once together, my son read the poem on his own. He moved the pumpkins around to match each prepositional phrase as he read it.
Other Ways to Do This Activity
- This activity would be great to do with a whole group of children during circle time. Children could take turns moving the pumpkins around.
- A small group of children could each be given a pumpkin to move around a large corral or small individual corrals. They could do a choral or unison reading of the poem.
- Pairs of children could do this activity together. One child could read the poem and the other could display the positional phrases with the pumpkins as they are read to.
Here is a Copy of the Poem:
If you don’t want to download a free copy of the poem The Pumpkins Are Here! , here are the words to the poem.
The Pumpkins are Here!
The pumpkins are here;
The pumpkins are there.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins
are everywhere.
The pumpkins are up;
the pumpkins are down.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins
are all around.
The pumpkins are in;
the pumpkins are out.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins
are all about.
The pumpkins are low;
the pumpkins are high.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins
all say, “Goodbye!”
Another term for prepositional phrases or words is positional. When my son was in kindergarten, we did several positional words. Here are the activities we did.
Kindergarten Activity- Exploring Positional Words
Christmas Ornament Positional Words
What are some other ways to work on prepositional phrases?
I feel like we don’t use our Lincoln Logs so this is great!
This is fantastic! I am pinning this to my “homeschool in a few years” board. Thanks!
This is a good idea. We are working with dolch words at my house.
you are such a crafty and fun teacher and mom
Great Ideas! I could even use this concept in Spanish class! Thx for linking it up at the Thoughtful Spot!
Such a fun little poem to practice prepositions!
What a fun idea!