What To Do The players make a circle standing up. One player is chosen to be ‘Simon’ and that person stands in the centre of the circle. Simon then gives actions for the other players to follow. A few examples follow: ‘Simon says touch your toes.’ ‘Simon...
What To Do This game is always a favourite with early years children. It is great for learning to take turns, learning each other’s name, for the child to learn his whole name and to not be afraid when hiding alone. However, if the child is too afraid to...
What To Do This is a fun game to play and creates lots of merriment and laughter. Someone is chosen to be ‘on’ from among the players and the aim of the game is for the other players to fire questions at him. These should be personal questions about school, holidays,...
What To Do This game is sometimes called Church Stones. Toss the Jacks on the ground and then toss the ball in the air. Pick up a jack and catch the ball before it hits the ground twice. After picking up the jacks by ones, do the same with two’s,...
What To Do The children sit in a circle. One person is nominated to be the leader and stands in the middle of the circle. The leader then calls out, ‘When the north wind blows...’ and then gives directions as to what she would like the players to do and...
What To Do The players form a circle and create a space large enough to represent a door for the chil- dren to run through. A leader is chosen. The leader chooses another player to be the keeper of treasure. This player then sits in the middle of the circle with her...
What To Do Players form pairs and stand facing one another. Both players hold the palm of their hand flat behind their back whilst with their other hand they use their index finger to point. Each person attempts to poke their index finger into the palm of their...
What To Do Children form a circle and skip around as they chant the words. On singing ‘we all fall down’ everyone does just that! Ring a ring a roses, a pocket full of posies Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down. The King has sent his daughter, to fetch a pail of water,...
What To Do This is a classic game which involves hundreds of green bottles on particularly long wet days or it can be limited to just ten in a short breaktime. The song continues until there are none left. Sometimes the last line of the verse, when only one bottle is...
What To Do One person is chosen to be a group leader. The players stand in a circle, holding hands. The dance follows the instructions given in the lyrics of the song, which may be prompted by the leader. You put your right hand in, Your right hand out, In, out, in,...
