Game: Imagine you are……
Age: 3 years +
Minimum number of participants: 2
Resources: Clear space.
Other Benefits: This game also stimulates the players imagination and creativity.
Instructions: This game helps players do traditional stretches in a creative and fun way. These stretches can be done individually or in pairs.
Imagine you are a whisk Get the players to put their hands over their and join their hands together and move them in around large circle. First the move them clockwise and when they get comfortable get them to do it anticlockwise. Imagine you are an inchworm Get the players to bend down and put their hands on the ground. Then get them to walk their hands out in front of them until their are supporting their body weight. They get into a push up position. Walk feet up to hands. Continue walking hand outs and feet up to hands around the room. Make sure that they have their own space and don’t bump into one another.
Imagine you are a car wiper Get the players to lie on the ground. When they are comfortable get them to put their legs in the air. Then slowly move both legs from one side to another..
Imagine you are a cat stretching Hands and feet are on the floor, arch back high in the air and stretch. Imagine you are a giant Get the players to take a big step and lunge on each step. Imagine you are a marching soldier Get the players to swing arms and bring legs up to the chest on each step.
Imagine you are a leaping frog Get the players to squat down. They put their hands between their knees and jump around the space.
Imagine you are a basket
Imagine you are a crab. The teacher can use their own stretches but get the players to use their imagination by getting them to imagine they are an object or animal.
