Do your children struggle with knowing how and what to play? Are you worried that children don’t seem to know the games we used to play? Are you regularly looking for new games to teach your children? I have the solution. I’ve had this idea for so long that I wanted...
What to Do This is a fun energising game. Everyone sits in a circle. The leader tells the players that they are going to pass a pattern along the circle. The person who starts says, ‘Big Fish,’ and holds both their hands in front of them about three inches or ten...
What to Do Take two hats into the circle with a CD or MP3 player and music. The game is played as musical hats. Start with one of the hats and introduce the hat. Have a discussion about who wears a hat like this, what they do in their job and so on. The players in the...
What to Do All players learn the symbols and their meanings: • Paper = a hand held flat. Paper covers rock, paper wins. • Scissors = Two fingers, slightly open. Scissors cut paper, scissors win. • Rock = a closed fist. Rock breaks scissors, rock...
What To Do Players sit in a circle and one person is chosen to be the detective. This person then leaves the room. A conductor is then chosen. This person decides on an action and beat. For example, clapping hands, clicking fingers, tapping head and...
What To Do Ask the children to sit in a circle. With young children give them a coloured label with their name on. This means that when you play swap places, you can use the colours as well as the children’s names. You can also put number symbols up to five on...
What To Do One person is chosen to be the leader. The leader explains the different categories of beans and demonstrates the actions for each. French Bean – the player says bonjour and bows down. Jelly Bean – the player wobbles like jelly. Baked Bean –...
What To Do The following is a ring dance for at least six dancers. Verse 1 In and out the dusty bluebells, In and out the dusty bluebells, In and out the dusty bluebells, Who shall be my partner? Verse 2 Tippity, tappity on your shoulders, Tippity, tappity on your...
What To Do In this game the class or group of children can sit at their desks or tables with their eyes closed. Two children are chosen to stand up and all the others put their heads down with their eyes closed and thumbs sticking up. The two left...
What To Do This is a story telling game that can be played with all children sitting in a circle. One person starts by telling a story, as exciting as possible, and breaks off in the middle of a sentence. Either the next person in a clockwise direction...
