The Incey Wincey Game EYFS

Challenge Level:

This activity is one of a set of trial Early Years Foundation Stage resources. For further information and links to others in the set, please see the introductory page.

Resources

Game board, suitable die or spinner and a counter with a spider drawn or pasted onto it.

This sheet contains two boards for use with an ordinary die or spinner. Here is a black and white version.

This sheet contains two boards for use with a 1, 2, 3 dice or spinner. Here is a black and white version.

Here is a sheet of spiders of two different sizes which could be fixed to counters.

The interactivity can also be used.

Activity

Start by saying the rhyme.

Incey Wincey Spider

Climbing up the spout;

Down came the rain

And washed the spider out.

Out came the sunshine

And dried up all the rain;

Incey Wincey Spider

Climbing up again.

Two children take turns in throwing the die. One is the 'sunshine' and counts up the drainpipe and the other is the 'rain' counting down. The one who reaches the end first is the winner.

Questions to ask

Let's say the Incey Wincey Spider rhyme.

Who is going to be the rain and who is going to be the sunshine?

Do you know which way the rain/sunshine moves?

Are you at the top/bottom?

Who won?

Who will win next time? How do you know?

Possible observations

Counting and moving reliably.

Recognition of number (numeral or dots).

Remembering to count up or down.

Being able to take turns.

You may like to download and print off one of these observation sheets as Docs (1, 2, 3).as pdf (1, 2, 3,)

Follow-up

Some children might like to draw their own drainpipe and/or spider.

A simple version of another race game.

Build a 'house' or a web for a spider.

Look at some pictures of real spiders.

For an easily printable version of this page, please download this pdf.

EYFS.