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Help for circle games
an43
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Help for circle games
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Can anybody help me find some circle games for preschool and primary children like "who stole the cookie, a tisket,..." where they have to learn a sentence? Or simply other circle games you find interesting to learn english. Thanks a lot and have a nice week! |
29 Sep 2014
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martinasvabova
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Here are some circle games. They are explained on the topic of fruit and vegetables,of course you can use them for every topic. Change Your
Seat Children sit in a circle. One child is in the middle.
He/she says a sentence about what he/she likes or dislikes eating. For example:
�I like apples.� All children, for whom the sentence is true, it means who also
like apples, must change their seats. The child who was in the middle tries to
sit down too. The pupil who hasn�t got a chair must go to the middle now and
say another sentence: �I don�t like lemons�, etc.
Fruit Basket The activity is very similar to the previous one.
Children also sit in the circle and each child chooses a fruit or vegetables name.
One child is in the middle. He/she calls out two or more of the fruit words and
these children must change places. If he/she says: �Fruit basket�, all children
must change their seats.
Towel Each child chooses one fruit or vegetable card and
fixes it on his/her clothes. One child is in the middle of the circle holding a
towel. The teacher starts and calls out one of the words. The pupil with the
towel runs fast to the child that was called out and tries to slap him/her with
the towel. If he succeeds, this child gets the towel now. But he/she can save
himself/herself by calling out another fruit before he/she is slapped. In this
case the game goes on until someone else is slapped.
Hatchi Patchi
Children sit on their chairs and one child goes to the
corridor and thinks of the questions connected with food, he/she is going to
ask. Meanwhile the teacher goes and secretly touches one or two pupils� heads.
Children have their eyes closed. Those who were chosen are now �hatchi patchi.�
Then the pupil comes from the corridor and asks questions about pupils� likes
and dislikes and they answer the questions. When he asks the �hatchi patchi�,
he/she doesn�t answer and only says: �hatchi patchi�. This is the signal for
the rest of the class to change their places. Who hasn�t got a chair in the end
has to go to the corridor and ask the questions in the next round. |
29 Sep 2014
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an43
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Very useful! Thank you, Martina. |
29 Sep 2014
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redcamarocruiser
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Hatschi patschi was always a favorite. I had to use only at the end of class because the students liked it too much and didn �t want to stop!
Another game is pass the parcel. You wrap candy in layers until you have several layers. (Wrap one piece, then add another piece and wrap both together, then add another piece and wrap the first two with the third, and so on). The students pass the parcel from one to the other while singing this song to the melody of Taler Taler Du Muss Wandern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iT1MVpIgqA
Package package you must wander From one student to the other. Oh how nice! Oh how nice! The package stops at _student �s name_.
Whomever gets the package, opens a layer and takes the candy. Repeat until all the layers have been opened. Then pass out candy to everyone in class so no one is left out. If parents don �t approve of using candy, small trinkets (school supplies like pencils, erasers etc. may be used).
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29 Sep 2014
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an43
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Thank you. It �s great! |
30 Sep 2014
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