Archive for the ‘Warm Up Games’ Category

Stop Go Warm Up Drama Game

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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Stop! Go! is great for a giggle and gets your students warmed up physically and mentally.

Students stand in a space in the room and begin to walk around as at easy pace filling the spaces and not simply following one another and becoming sheep!

When you call out the word ‘Go’ your students must stop still like statues and when you call out the word ‘Stop’ your students must keep walking around the room. When they have got the hang of this, you can add other commands; such as ‘Crouch’ and ‘Stretch.’

You can add as many as you like dependent of age and ability. It’s great for warming up both sides of the brain so they become focused on the next task ahead of them. Plus it’s funny to try and catch them out!

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Fruit Salad Drama Game

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Fruit salad, seen close up.

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A true favourite!

Students sit on chairs in a circle and each student is given a name of a fruit (banana, apple, pear, orange etc etc.) One student (or teacher) stands in the middle (they don’t have a chair.) They shout out a fruit EG pear. All the ‘pears’ have to swap places with another ‘pear’ and the person in the middle tries to get to a chair. This game can go on forever!

Add an element of surprise by calling out ‘fruit salad’, this is where everyone has to swap places.

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