Circle Game 1
The Bear and the Honey Pot
The children sit in a circle, one of them volunteers to be in the middle. The volunteer becomes Mr Bear and his job is to mind the honeypot.
All the children sing the following song
Isn’t it funny how a bear likes honey?
Buzz, buzz, buzz, I wonder why he does!
Children then say “Go to sleep, Mr Bear”.
Mr Bear goes to sleep and the teacher taps one of the children on the should and they have to try to take the honey. As soon as they pick up the pot, all the children shout “Wake up, Mr Bear” and the child chases the “thief” round the outside of the circle until they get to their place again and sit down.
Circle Game 2
Ball Roll
This is a fun and easy game to play with young children. It help with coordination skills. You need a ball. All the children sit in a circle with their legs wide open. The say the following rhyme as they roll the ball to on another.
Roll the ball, roll the ball, roll the ball to (name)
(name) has got the ball, roll it back to me.
Circle Game 3
Choose 5 or 6 children to be elephants and they must stand outside the circle. and all the rest of the children sit in a circle and they make a spider’s web. They all sing one elephant came out to play, upon a spider’s web one day, he thought it such enormous fun that he called for another elephant to come.
2 elephants came out to play, upon a spider’s web one day, they thought it such enormous fun that he called for another elephant to come.
It continues like this until all the elephants are in the circle. They must all walk like elephants and show their trunks. Everyone can have a chance at being an elephant.
