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Weeks 1 & 2: Understanding Spatial Language

 
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Lesson 2

Learning Right and Left

Circle Time

Gracie Says: Left! Right!  
5 min.

 
A man holds up a cartoon character cutout of Gracie while children hold up their right hands in a preschool classroom.

Play a version of “Simon Says” to help children practice left and right.

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Play Paddleboat  
5 min.

 
Children sit in a row in a preschool and pretend to row a boat, each rowing on their left side.

Children play Paddleboat to practice right and left.

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Play Caterpillar  
5 min.

 
Four children stand in a line in the classroom holding onto the shoulders of the child in front.

Children play Caterpillar to practice right and left.

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Who’s Where? Freeze Dance  
10-15 min.

 
A boy points to a girl who is standing and smiling in a preschool classroom.

Play a different version of freeze dance, using spatial language.

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Intro to Map Adventures: Farm Map  
10 min. 

 
A man models playing farm map game in the Gracie & Friends “Map Adventures” preschool spatial thinking app.

Introduce the Farm Map game in the Map Adventures app, which focuses on navigation and spatial language.

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Learning Centers

Play Map Adventures: Farm Map  
10–15 min. 

 
A girl plays the Gracie & Friends “Map Adventures” preschool spatial thinking app while a boy watches.

Friends navigate the Farm Map together and visit the animals.

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