Hand out seven different rhythm instruments and at least one xylophone. It's OK to have duplicate instruments; if you don't have enough, some pupils can clap their hands or stamp their feet. While the class recites "Jack and Jill," have the students play a specific instrument for a specific word only. The special words that tell them to play their instruments are Jack, Jill, up, down, after, crown and water. Assign an instrument to each word. Lead the class in reciting, "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after." Rotate instruments between pupils after each recitation.
Hand out lunch sacks and have the children decorate them. These will be their treasure chests in which to keep their positioning words. Creating the treasure sacks will reinforce some of the positional words. Show the children how to create their treasure chest. Instruct them to cut down each corner of the sack to the top fold line. Instruct them to fold the front flap flat inside the front of the sack. Next have the pupils fold in each side in the same way. The back flap will be the lid of the treasure chest. Supply the children with a sheet of paper with position words printed on it. Direct them to cut out all the words and place them in the box.
Tell the children to get their treasure chests out. Have them open the flap and select one positioning word randomly. Going around the room, have each child stand up and act out the word from his list. Even if several children choose the same word, each child will do something a bit different.
Bring in the book "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," along with a teddy bear for each student. Bring the teddy bears in an opaque container. Have the pupils guess what is in the container. Ask the children to help you look around the container by calling out positioning words. The only word you should ignore is "in"; pretend you thought they said something else. Finally tell them you can't look in the container until after you read the story. While you're reading the story, have the children call out when they hear a positioning word. Hand out the bears after reading the story. Use the bears in future classes by telling the children where to place the bear, such as on their head or under their chair.