Hats, Hats, Hats

If your children request a Hat Day like our preschoolers did, this 15 Minute Circle Time will help make it a great day.

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Attention Getter: Whose Hat?

If possible, have a variety or real hats available. Take out one at a time and ask the class, "Who would wear this hat?" If you do not have a wide enough variety of real hats to use, you may show pictures instead.

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Activity 1: Mixed Up Hats

Have four children come to the front and show the class the hats they wore for Hat Day. Then have the class close their eyes while you mix up the hats. When the children open their eyes, their job is to get the correct hats back on the right heads.

The children love the mixed up hat game.

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Book: Whose Hat Is This?

This book shows a variety of hats and asks, "Whose hat is this?" The children guess and then you turn the page to see if they were correct.

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Activity 2: Hat Sort

Print a variety of pictures of hats. Look for hats that people wear for work, protection, uniforms and fun.

Have a poster available with an area for each kind of hat. Then, let children come and choose a hat picture and decide where it should go on the board.