Age: 5 years +
Players: whole class
Time: 10 minutes
Skills: concentration, movement
With the class spread out in the space, explain that they will learn four simple actions. Begin with ‘stop’ and ‘go’, encouraging students to listen and respond quickly. ‘Go’ means walk around the space and ‘stop’ means stop as still as a statue. Once students are confident, introduce ‘jump’ (jump in the air) and ‘clap’ (everyone claps at the same time). After a while combine these instructions in a random order, for example, ‘go, stop, jump, clap, go, clap’.
When they've got the hang of part one, introduce the next challenge by saying:
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