I like it when people change games in a good way, natural evolution!

For the Lesson Plans book I re-wrote the Doctor, Doctor game to make it so the kids speak more English.

Then in one of the Summer workshops one of the teachers changed it again to get in even more English, and have less preparation work – always a good thing for busy teachers!

First of all do the Doctor, Doctor! song then …

1. Give each kid a load of toilet paper.
2. The kids go round and make pairs.
3. They “rock, paper, scissors”
4. The winner then asks the loser “Are you OK?”.
5. The loser replies with “No, my …. hurts”.
6. The winner then wraps up this body part on the loser!
7. Continue from step 2.

The way you get everyone motivated to try many, many times is to say that at the end there will be a prize for the best mummy in the class! It works great, I tired it myself as a student and it is really fun, and you really have to use the correct English.

In step 5 the kids have to say a body part that hasn’t already been bandaged. For more advanced classes you can add in left & right for “My left arm hurts” etc.

Some people have expressed that they feel this game is a waste of toilet paper, but as was mentioned on the forum a while back, what better use could anything be put to than making kids happy and helping them learn. It certainly beats what toilet paper is usually used for!