4 lesson cards, each followed by its sheet. Print the lot, or choose pages in the print dialog.
Stroopy
Paying attention when the word and the colour disagree
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Play opposite day: when you say "stand", everyone sits; when you say "sit", everyone stands. Go slowly, then faster.
On the projector
The class says the colour they see, not the word, out loud together, and one child taps it. Start with two colours.
Open it with /play/stroopy/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Colour-word cards: in pairs, one child holds up a card and the other names the ink colour. Swap after five.
Questions to ask
What colour can you see, not what does the word say?
Is it easier to go fast or slow?
What helps you not to read the word?
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Stroopy
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Top: read each colour word together, then colour its box in that colour. Bottom (best printed in colour): point to each word and say the colour of its ink.
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Hold It, Quoll!
Stopping yourself: tap the quolls that are awake, and let the sleepy ones sleep
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Statues: dance while the music plays and freeze when it stops. Anyone who moves just starts again.
On the projector
The whole class claps once for an awake quoll and stays silent for a sleepy one, while a helper taps.
Open it with /play/hold-it-quoll/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Simon says, with a twist: only move when the quoll says so.
Questions to ask
How do you know this quoll is asleep?
What helps you wait?
How did it feel to hold still?
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Hold It, Quoll!
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Cut out the cards and shuffle them. Turn them over one at a time. Awake quoll: clap! Sleepy quoll: freeze and stay quiet. Then swap who turns the cards.
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Dugong Remembers
Remembering things in order: watch and listen, then do it back
Warm-up, 5 minutes
What's in the bag? Show three objects in order, hide them, and ask the class to name them back in order.
On the projector
Everyone says the names along with the dugong, then a helper taps them back. Add a friend when it gets easy.
Open it with /play/dugong-remembers/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Memory lines in pairs: one child lines up three objects, the other looks, turns away, then puts them back in order.
Questions to ask
Which one came first?
What came after the octopus?
How did you remember them? (Saying them, or where they were?)
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Dugong Remembers
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Look at the friends in the top row together and say their names in order. Fold the sheet on the dashed line so they're hidden, then draw them (or just say them) in the same order. The second row has four, for when three is easy.
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Wombat's Peekaboo
Looking and finding, for two- and three-year-olds: who's hiding behind the bush?
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Peekaboo with hands: hide your face, then "Peekaboo!" Children copy.
On the projector
For a mixed-age room or a younger sibling: put it on the board and let the youngest come up and tap where they think the animal is.
Open it with /play/wombats-peekaboo/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Hide-and-seek with a soft toy in the room: a little bit showing for the youngest.
Questions to ask
Where's Koala?
Can you see her ears?
Who's hiding now?
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Wombat's Peekaboo
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Cut out each card, fold it along the middle so the question mark covers the animal, and play peekaboo: "Who's hiding?" Lift the flap. "Peekaboo!" Draw your own animal on the back.
