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 If the topic is related to the parts of the body, have children get together in pairs and join
themselves at the part of the body when you call it out, e.g. arm along arm, tummy along
tummy. Careful with mouth and eyes. Mouth, get children to blow kisses / air kiss towards
each other; Eyes, get children to stare at each other.

Progression notes: Observe which children are miming immediately and which are taking more time.

CIRCLE TIME ENCOUNTER 3: GAME – STOP!
MATERIALS: None
STEPS:
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play STOP!
 Say one of the target words in a sentence, e.g.It’s sunny today.
 Have the children mime in response.
 Call out ‘STOP!’ for the children to freeze into a statue.
 Praise children who manage to freeze, e.g. Good statue! If a child moves, ask them to
sit out for a round, e.g. Oh dear, you moved! Sit down a bit!

Extension to lead to engage and exploit situations
 A child who is out can call out STOP! They can also help see who moved.
 Eventually when children are all more confident with the target language, they can
take turns to be the leader and give instructions (no longer an encounter game).

Progression notes: Observe which children are miming confidently.

CIRCLE TIME ENCOUNTER 4: GAME – Listen and point!
MATERIALS: Flashcards or realia
STEPS:
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play listen and point!
 Place the visuals around the room.
 Ask about each of the new words, e.g. Where’s sunny?
 Have the children point and say There!

Extension: As children get confident:
 You can ask them to say the target language too, e.g. There’s sunny!
 You can ask individual children to point and say There!
 You can ask individual children to point and say There’s sunny!

Progression notes: Observe which children are becoming confident and using the target language
spontaneously.

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