Check out the Mr Wolf Song on the Genki English CD vol II
This is a traditional kids game. You also need the gym to play it in. First
do the Mr Wolf Song, then...
1. Practice with the kids the phrase "What time is it?"
2. Practice the responses "it's 1 o'clock" "2 o'clock"
etc. (they should know it from the song by now)
3. Introduce the name of the game. This gives a chance to
introduce the cultural point of "Mr ...." (they
all know Mr Bean by the way!)
4. All the kids line up against one wall of the gym.
5. One kid is selected as Mr Wolf who then walks to the
middle of the gym.
6. The students objective is to reach the far wall. Mr
Wolf's objective is to eat the other kids.
7. The kids shout out "What time is it Mr.
Wolf?" in a big, huge voice.
8. Mr Wolf then shouts back the time. The
time can be anything from 1 to 12 o'clock.e.g.
"It's seven o'clock"
9. The kids then take the corresponding number
of steps forward. For example 3 steps for
3 o'clock.
7. Repeat from step 7.
8. When Mr. Wolf decides that the other kids have got near enough the far
wall (really his house) then instead of saying "it's ..... o'clock"
he says "It's Dinner Time!".
9. All the kids then run back towards the wall they came
from. But if Mr Wolf tigs (touches) them before they
reach the wall then they become the new Mr Wolf!
10. Play Again!
You can either have Mr Wolf be replaced one at a time, or
have several Mr Wolfs (e.g. if the first Mr Wolf tagged 3
kids there would be 3 new wolves).
Make sure the kids only take large steps, and not massive
huge jumping leaps that some of them will be tempted to
do!
It's good for about 20 minutes, which is usually enough
time to let everyone be the wolf
A great way to practice the English
in this
song is to use the Mr Wolf song on
the Genki English CD vol II !
Readers' Comments
by Kaylyn Chan
Have a template of the clock and some hands to print out separately.
This way you can laminate the clock and hands and make your own time with
a thumb tack to hold the hands in the center. Much easier and time
consuming than printing out all the clocks.
Readers' Comments
by Gary Green
The children in my classes love this, but it has more mileage if you vary
the language: 'What time do you get up Mr Wolf?; What time do you take
a bath, Mr Wolf?; What time do you go to school, Mr Wolf?' etc. - Gary
Green
Readers' Comments
by Charlotte
The game is very good and how many people do we need?
- minimum is around 5, and I've played it with over 100! - Richard
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