Transition+Ideas

(From Ehow.com)

 * Rhyme and Song**
 * ===**Teach elementary students rhymes and songs for transition times. When kids are reciting, they are getting into a rhythm that keeps momentum going from one activity to the next. The words of the rhyme and song are important -- they remind the students of what they are doing and why they are doing it. For example, when directing kindergartners to wait their turns to wash hands in preparation for snack or lunch, they can quietly rehearse a hand washing song that explains the importance of "washing germs away."**===

Jobs

 * ===Students feel important when they have jobs. Assign roles: line leader, desk monitor, chalkboard washer, shoe inspector, lunch bag checker -- to elementary school students to get them involved and accountable to each other. When students are lining up for physical education, engage the shoe checker to walk the line and inform kids about untied laces. While waiting for the school bus, enroll two or three students to close the classroom door, make sure the lunch box shelf is empty and jackets aren't left on hooks. Jobs well done earn a prize and roles are rotated fairly so that everyone gets a chance.===

Other ideas include:
 * "Simon Says"
 * "If you can hear me touch your nose... your feet.. your head..." (To get their attention)
 * Have the students line up in alphabetical order, shortest to tallest, by their birthdays, etc.
 * Playing the Quiet Game.
 * Heads up 7 up.