How To Play: One game I use a lot
is the Sit Down Game. This is really easy, and if you have fun
with it, the kids love it. What I do is ask the kids to stand
up, and start walking in place in a slow rhythm. Next, you take
a set of flash cards and have one card that is the Sit card. For
example, if you are teaching animals you could have the Lion be
the Sit card. Tell the children that when they see that card to
sit down, before the teacher can get them. With any game, be sure
to make sure you have a safe area to play so the kids won’t
hurt themselves when sitting down. Next, take the Sit card and
tell the kids to say “bye, bye”, and hide it among
the other cards. Now have the kids walk in place, and repeat the
names of the flash cards after you. When you get to
the Sit card, they should all sit down. Make it fun by building
up anticipation in the kids. Say things like, ” Oh no, is
the next one the Lion?”, and then really quickly pull out
another card that is not the Lion. Simple things like that.
Variations
When I played this game with my students during Christmas time,
we were using the Christmas flash cards from MES English. The
elf was the Sit card, but I told them when they saw the angel
to spin around. You can add variations like that to make it more
interesting. Lately I have been using a Bee flash card, and when
the students see it they have to sit and say, "Oh no! It's
a bee!" You can of course use a snake, lion or other similar
flash card for this as well.