GAME TYPE
AIMS.
AGE
GROUP SIZE
TIME
MATERIALS
PREPARATION
PROCEDURE
VARIATION 4
VARIATION
VARIATION 3
VARIATION 4
Body fishing
Movement and drawing game
Language: Learning body parts,
Other: Drawing
a
48
5 minutes
Paper; coloured pens; scissors; straws; (for Variation 4) a large sheet
ofpaper.
‘The children draw pictures of people and cut them up into
individual body parts (hands, legs, feet, hair, nose, etc.). For young
children provide outlines of the body and if necessary help cut up
the pictures. Make sure each individual body part is clearly
recognizable. If not, you can quickly draw more details on them.
1 Spread out the body parts randomly in a large circle.
2. Give each child a straw, Call out the name of a body part. The
children look for it and try to suck it up with their straws.
3 When all body parts are gone from the circle the child with the
most wins.
Each child has to try to ‘reconstruct’ a whole person.
You can substitute monsters for pictures of people, These monsters
ccan have three noses, six eyes, etc.
Once the children know the names of the body parts, they can do
the calling.
sucks up the
Play as a team game. One child from each team
reared body prt and brings it to his or her team, The other team
‘members then stick the body part to a poster.