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Game: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Age: 3 years+
Minimum number of participants: 2
Resources needed: Clear space, stars.
Other Benefits: This is an excellent relaxation game that can be used to
close a session.
Instructions: The teacher shows the children a star. The children lie down
on the floor and become a four-pointed star. They must stretch out, as
hard as they can, while singing.
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world high,
Like a diamond in the sky.”
When they have finished the song, the star collapses. This can be repeated
as many times as the children want.
Game: Wobbly Jelly
Age: 3 years+
Minimum number of participants: 3
Resources needed: Clear space.
Other Benefits: This is also a helpful communication game as it helps
children to speak in unison and project their voices.
Instructions: The teacher helps the children learn the rhyme:
“Two Jellies had a wobbling race,
To see who was the wibbliest,
Then the sun came out,
And made them both the dribbliest.”
The teacher chooses two children to be the jelly. They wobble around the
room. The rest of the class is the sun and they melt them. This can be
done numerous times so that all the children in the group get a chance to be the jelly.
Game: Yankee Doodle
Age: 3 years+
Minimum number of participants: 2
Resources needed: Clear space.
Other Benefits: This game not only helps to develop movement but also
helps the children to work together in a group.
Instructions: Yankee Doodle can go to town in other ways besides riding
on a pony. It can be called slideroni, skiparoni, walkaroni, hoparoni,
tiptoearoni, runaroni, crawlaroni, dancearoni, for example:
“Yankee Doodle went to town,
Riding on a pony,
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it Skiparoni.
Yankee Doodle skipped to town,
Skipped to town so dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
For more drama games for young children click on the link below.
