Age: 7-8 years

Duration: 50 min

Objectives

• Use extended prepositions: under, behind, next to, between, in front of, above.
• Give and follow placement commands with a toy cat around the classroom.
• Complete a picture labeling worksheet and write 4 original preposition sentences.

Vocab

• under / behind / next to: G1 review set plus precision.
• between / in front of / above: New G2 spatial targets.
• where / place / position: "Place the cat between the books."

Warm-up (5min)

Teacher moves toy cat to 6 positions — students race to say full sentence first.

Main Activity (40min): "Cat Hunt Commands"

Round 1 — Whole class follows teacher commands with desk cat cutouts. Round 2 — Pairs: commander places real toy cat around room; partner writes sentence for each position. Round 3 — Worksheet: bedroom picture with 10 blank labels. Write 4 original sentences: "The cat is ___ the sofa." Movers drill: listen to 5 commands, point on map. Speed round: Simon Says with prepositions only.

Wrap-up (5min)

Draw cat in one funny position — label with sentence, share laugh.

Teacher Tips

• Direct G1 Lesson 06 upgrade — between and in front of are Movers must-know.
• next to = two words; between needs two objects: "between A and B."
• Real movement beats worksheet-only — worksheet confirms accuracy.