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Opposite Game

Click here to download the Opposites File Folder Game for free!

Opposite Game Brief Description:

Print out these pictures and glue them into a file folder. Then, cut out the other page and have your child velcro the pictures onto the folder next to its opposite.

Two File Folders
Paper to print this file
Adhesive Velcro (such as dots or strips, can be found at walmart or craft stores)

Print out page 3 on regular printer paper. Cut out the squares and glue them to the inside of two file folders as pictured above. Make sure to leave space for the answers. If desired, laminate the folder for added protection.

Print page 5 on card stock or thicker printer paper. If desired, laminate this page for added protection. Cut out each square and attach a piece of Velcro to the back of each one.
Place Velcro pieces on the file folder where answers to the questions should go. Make sure to use the opposite side of the Velcro from the ones you put on the pieces.
Add a piece of scratchy Velcro to the blank card that says “rough” for the match with “rough” and “smooth”, you will have your child feel the cards. Don’t put anything on the blank “smooth” card so that it stays smooth.
Use the game as described in the instructions on the following pages. Choose one skill that your child needs to work on and do the activity for that skill.

Matching Opposite Game:

This game is designed as practice for children working on learning opposites. Show your child one picture on the folder and help him find the correct answer based on the level your child is working at. Start with the easiest level and work your way harder once your child is successful with that.
Level 1 (easiest): Show your child two possible answers and have him pick the right one and place it next to the question.
Level 2: Show your child three or four possible answers and have him pick the right one.
Level 3: Ask your child the question (What is the opposite of hot?) and allow her to see the
picture (from the question) but do not show her any of the possible answers. See if she
can come up with it on her own. When she does, hand her the answer and let her Velcro
it on.
Level 4 (hardest): Ask your child the question without using any visuals (put the folder away).
Do this during conversation/play or while playing a structured game (have your child answer
a question before each turn).

Describing Opposite Game:

Many of the pictures used in this game depict various descriptors such as temperature, texture, spatial concepts, etc. You can work on these words at different levels as well:
Level 1 (easiest): Receptively identify. Put all of the pictures on in the correct places. Then have your child point to one of them by saying something like “Show me something that
is hot”.
Level 2: Expressively label. Direct your child’s attention to one set of opposites. Describe one of the pictures and see if your child can identify the other picture. “This one feels hot, so this one feels…?”
Level 3: Ask your child about other objects (not pictured on this game) and ask which descriptor matches that thing. (ex: “What about bath water? Is that hot or cold?”)
Level 4 (hardest): Have your child come up with something that matches the descriptor (ex:
“Tell me something else that’s hot.”)

Following Directions:

Use these opposites to work on following directions by asking your child to match the objects in a certain order. Start with two-steps and work your way up. (ex-first put on hot, then put on fast)

Vocabulary:

There are many great vocabulary words in this game. You can work on them receptively (“point to the elephant”) or expressively (“What’s this?”).

Spatial Concepts:

Use this game to work on concepts such as “next to” (put it next to the bird) and “beside”.

Click here to download the Opposites File Folder Game for free!

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30+ Opposite Activities for Preschoolers to Help with Directions, Feelings & More!

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There are many benefits of activities that teach opposites to preschoolers.

It can help them expand their vocabulary, learn directions, understand how to express feelings and emotions, and so much more.

But simply repeating hot and cold, happy and sad, up and down, and other opposites over and over again can get so boring.

So what is a parent to do?

Here are more than thirty opposite activities for preschoolers that you can try today.

Simple, educational, and the opposite of boring!

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Opposite Directions Activities for Preschoolers

Up and down. Over and under. In and Out. Left and right. We’ve got you covered with these twelve opposite activities for preschoolers. Get ready to dive in and check them out!

Hatch your own pop up bird as seen on I Heart Crafty Things. A template is available for purchase if desired. Peek a boo!
Blast up and down with a rocket found on Arty Crafty Kids. A free template is provided with an email subscription. Up, up, and back down!
Raid the craft cupboard to make this craft supplies weaving as shown on The Craft Train. Use leftover supplies while practicing over and under!
Go outside with this opposites preschooler activity and collect items for this nature weaving from Rocket City Mom. Outside, inside, over, and under.
Grab some paper for a paper weaving found on Kids Activities Blog. Paper is so versatile!
Construct a paper and yarn weaving as seen on Days with Grey.
Move a worm in and out with this worm in an apple craft shown on I Heart Crafty Things.
Catch an insect in this frog toilet paper roll craft as seen on Messy Little Monster. Then spit it back out. Does the frog want the insect in or out of its mouth?
Do the hokey pokey like Homeschool Preschool. Put your right hand in, take your right hand out. Great gross motor activity for practicing opposites with your preschoolers while getting out the wiggles!
Jump up and down with this left and right game shown on Childhood 101.
Play a left, right, up, down activity as seen on Shumee.
Practice left and right with this painted hands wrapping paper found on Stories of a Shift Working Mom. Perfect for wrapping gifts!

Opposite Directions Activities for Preschoolers

Pop Up Bird

I Heart Crafty Things

Rocket

Arty Crafty Kids

Craft Supplies Weaving

The Craft Train

Nature Weaving

Rocket City Mom

Paper and Yarn Weaving

Days with Grey

Paper Weaving

Kids Activities Blog

Worm in an Apple

I Heart Crafty Things

Frog Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Messy Little Monster

Hokey Pokey

Homeschool Preschool

Left and Right Game

Childhood 101

Left Right Up Down Activity

Shumee

Painted Hands Wrapping Paper

Stories of a Shift Working Mom

Opposite Feelings Activities for Preschoolers

Feelings can include emotions and textures, right? Happy and sad. Hard and soft. Smooth and rough. Wet and dry. I’m happy to share these six opposite feelings activities for preschoolers. Please don’t be sad when they’re done!

Smile and frown with this face craft found on East Coast Mommy. How are you feeling today?
Go on an opposite hunt with this hard vs. soft activity and as seen on TeachersMag.
Stick your hand in sensory boxes as shown on How We Montessori. A great way to practice many texture opposites!
Play with oatmeal in these wet and dry oatmeal sensory bins found on Fantastic Fun and Learning. O is for opposites and oatmeal. And sensory bins are great for hands-on learning!
Feel various objects on a texture collage like the one on Modern Homestead Mama. Soft pom poms, hard buttons, rough sand paper, smooth pebbles, shiny and dull pennies. These are just some items that could be used.
Talk about big emotions and small emotions with this sticky learning activity seen on I Can Teach My Child.

Opposite Feelings Activities for Preschoolers

Face Craft

East Coast Mommy

Hard vs.

Soft Activity

TearchersMag

Sensory Boxes

How We Montessori

Wet and Dry Oatmeal Sensory Bins

Fantastic Fun and Learning

Texture Collage

Modern Homestead Mama

Sticky Learning Activity

I Can Teach My Child

More Opposite Activities for Preschoolers

Are you looking for even more opposite activities for preschoolers?

Don’t miss the following list of fifteen more fun learning activities you can do at home.

Taste opposite treats like cold ice cream in a bag as seen on The Best Ideas for Kids with hot chocolate. What about soft and hard pretzels or sweet and sour candies? Opposites are yummy!
Build short and tall towers without blocks. What other opposites can your preschoolers create in this activity? Wide and narrow, wavy and straight?
Create a day and night craft as seen on Fun a Day. A great craft for light and dark, too!
Paint black and white art as shown on Play to Learn Preschool.
Learn about germs with dirty and clean hands as seen on Adanna Dill. A great way to discuss hand washing!
Explore dental health with dirty and clean teeth shown on Curious Little Gnomes.
Practice fine motor skills and full or empty with a pom pom activity found on Super Simple. Click the link to find two more opposite activities to try.
Stretch a short and long dog as seen on Seasonal Memories.
Race with a game of red light, green light found on Kids Learning for Life. Fast, slow! Stop, go!
Expand vocabulary with this possible or impossible activity. Try this activity with other opposites, too.
Create a little book of opposites as seen on Real Life at Home.
Play an opposites game found on The Measured Mom. An email is required for the free download.
Flip some cards to play an opposites memory game shown on Playdough to Plato.
Match the opposites puzzles available for free on Tot Schooling.
Use this free opposite words printable from Itsy Bitsy Fun to play even more opposite games.

More Opposite Activities for Preschoolers

Ice Cream in a Bag

The Best Ideas for Kids

Towers Without Blocks

Hands On As We Grow

Day and Night Craft

Fun A Day

Black and White Art

Play to Learn Preschool

Dirty and Clean Hands

Adanna Dill

Dirty and Clean Teeth

Curious Little Gnomes

Pom Pom Activity

Super Simple

Short and Long Dog

Seasonal Memories

Red Light Green Light

Kids Learning For Life

Possible or Impossible Activity

Hands On As We Grow

Little Book of Opposites

Real Life At Home

Opposites Game

The Measured Mom

Opposites Memory Game

Playdough to Plato

Opposites Puzzles

Tot Schooling

Opposite Words Printable

Itsy Bitsy Fun

What activities will you try first and last?

About Brigitte Brulz

Brigitte Brulz is a homeschooling mom of two daughters, wife of her high school sweetheart, and author of Jobs of a Preschooler and Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles. She offers free coloring pages and activity ideas on her website at BrigitteBrulz.com.

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Didactic game "Opposites": purpose and objectives

Didactic game "Opposites" is designed for educational activities with preschoolers 3-5 years old. Teaches children to make pairs of objects that are opposite in meaning. Working with bright pictures, as well as the didactic game "Say the other way around", improves the thinking ability and speech skills. Kindergarteners become more attentive, they develop logical and visual memory.

Kindergarteners of the middle group are playing.

The purpose of the didactic game "Opposites" is to teach the ability to find objects and phenomena that are opposite in meaning.

Tasks:

expansion of ideas about the objects of the surrounding world;
teaching the skill of differentiating objects by visual features;
speech development, enrichment of an individual dictionary;
improvement of memory, concentration of attention, ability to think logically.

For the educational game "Opposites", print, cut out, laminate pictures with a red and blue frame to extend the service life, depicting objects that differ in meaning:

girl - boy;
night - day;
summer - winter;
thin - fat;
young - old;
large - small;
light - heavy;
sad - cheerful;
slow - fast;
light - dark;
blunt - sharp;
edible - inedible;
high - low and others.

Illustrations must be signed.

Rules of the game

A subgroup of 2-3 people participates. The teacher is the leader.

Shuffle the pictures with the red frame on the table. Divide the images with the blue border equally among the players.

Game progress :

Take one of the red cards, show it to the players, read the word.
Pupils are looking for a blue card with the opposite image.
The child who has found the card shows it, names the word opposite in meaning.
If the answer is correct, give the red card to the child who answered.
If the answer is wrong, the players keep looking for the correct card.

The first player to find all the opposites to his blue cards wins.

The game can take place without the participation of the host: children find opposites on their own. In this case, the pictures must be glued onto A4 sheets in two rows of 3 pieces so that the first row contains red cards, and the second row contains blue cards with opposite values. Glue pairs of opposites on the sheet not against each other, but out of sync.

Also prepare red, yellow and green paper circles. Glue them in the form of a traffic light next to the red pictures in the first row. Distribute the rest of the circles to the participants.

The task of the players is to match the pictures of the second row with the pictures of the first row, and put the colored circles on the blue illustrations accordingly.

For example, the first row includes the pictures "full", "long", "wide", the second - "short", "empty", "narrow". The words “full” and “empty” must be combined with a red mark, “long” and “short” with green, “wide” and “narrow” with yellow.

Game for children in opposites (32 cards) | Games for children, didactic materials for borrowing from a child's garden, boxes and roses

September 29, 2014

1. It is necessary to show concepts in comparison a lot. For example, the classic game: “Look, this ball is big, and this one is small.”

2. Let the child explore opposite concepts by touch: “Touch this glass is cold, and this cup is hot tea.”

3. Tell fairy tales in which there are comparisons, for example: “Three Bears”, “Thumbelina”, “Mitten”, etc.

4. Perform tasks for comparison, in which it is necessary to compare something with something. Similar tasks are often found in our thematic sets.

5. Introduce a developmental element during a walk: compare sounds, smells, speed of cars, sizes of objects, show the child the opposites in the surrounding world.

6. Create a sensory box with opposites.

7. Play with cards representing opposite concepts.

We have selected 16 pairs of cards with objects and familiar animals that children can understand to make it easier for them to understand the meaning of each opposite.

Cards for children “Opposites” | pdf format

Glue sheets onto cardboard or laminate.

Cut out the cards and play set is ready!

How to play with antonym cards?

1. First, show the child a couple of cards, tell what is shown in each picture. If the child already knows how to speak, ask him what he sees on the card.