|
Command
|
Action
|
|
JUMPING BEAN
|
Jump around
the room
|
|
RUNNER BEAN
|
Run around
the room
(looking out for other people).
|
|
OR Running on
the
spot (more suitable for younger children than running around the room)
|
|
BROAD BEAN
|
Stretch your
arms
and legs out as wide as you can.
|
|
Walk around
the room
taking as large strides as possible
|
|
Jump in a
star shape
|
|
BAKED BEAN
|
Lay on the
floor in
a star shape until the next command is given.
|
|
OR Lie on
floor and
Sunbathe
|
|
JELLY BEAN
|
Move around
the room
slouching and doing silly movements
|
|
Wobble like a
jelly
|
|
CHILLI BEAN
|
Shiver and
shake
|
|
FROZEN BEAN
|
Children have
to
stand very still.
|
|
MR. BEAN
|
Walk around
with a
puzzled/vacant expression, muttering under your breath!
|
|
BEAN SPROUTS
|
Stand on
tiptoes and
make yourself as tall and thin as possible.
|
|
STRING BEANS
|
Stand on the
spot,
making yourself as long and thin as a piece of string
|
|
OR Find 2
partners,
hold hands and run around in space.
|
|
OR Make a
long thin
shape
|
|
OR pretend to
play
an "air guitar" or violin!
|
|
BAKED BEANS
ON TOAST
|
Lie flat on
the
floor, spreading arms and legs out as far as possible.
|
|
OR Children
lie in
middle of area as close to each other as possible
|
|
OR Find a
partner
and lay on the floor
|
|
FRENCH BEANS
|
Stand in one
spot
and do the can-can
|
|
OR Strike a
pose and
shout "Bonjour!"
|
|
OR Strike a
pose and
shout "Oooh la la!"
|
|
BACK TO BACK
BEAN
|
Find a
partner and
stand back to back until the next command.
|
|
COFFEE BEANS
|
All cough
madly
(hands over mouths of course)
|
|
KIDNEY BEANS
|
Stand still
with
arms and upper body bent forwards at waist.
|
|
OR Bend over
and try
to touch your toes!
|
|
OR
Freeze and bend into a C shape and shout Chili Con Carne!
|
|
OR Make a
Kidney
shape on the floor
|
|
BUTTER BEANS
|
Slide around
on
bottom (indoors)
|
|
OR Make a
cuboid
shape
|
|
SANTA's BEAN
|
Walk
about wobbling your tummy saying "Ho, Ho, Ho!”
|
|
HAS BEANS
|
Walk around
with a
pretend walking stick as if old and frail.
|
|
Point behind
you,
look behind you, or walk backwards.
|
|
All lying on
the
floor pretending to be dead.
|
|
Walk Backwards
|
|
FLAT BEANS
|
You can use
this at
the end of the activity the children lie flat on their backs.
|
|
MAGIC BEAN
|
Children
either wave
their magic wand or waggle their fingers as if casting a spell.
|
|
OR children
return
to the exact spot they started the game in (useful to get them to find
identifying features of their starting point).
|
|
OR children
skip
around room waving a wand.
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