Movement Games
Movement is about expressing yourself physically. The movement games below improve a child’s flexibility, co-ordination, balance and control. The games are also an excellent way for children to explore body language, by practising and observing, and also to learn how to walk like a specific character.
Mime is an integral part of Drama and the activities in this section enable the children to improve their mime skills. Children often find mine easier because they don’t have to speak.
Game: Movement sequences
Difficulty rating: *
Minimum number of participants: 2
Resources needed: Large space
Instructions: The leader talks to the children about different ways of moving. Ask them to call out different ways people move.
Examples to get you started include:
o walking
o running
o crawling
o rolling
o hopping
o skipping
o jumping
o leaping
o tiptoeing
o tumbling
o turning
o galloping
o twirling
o spinning
o walking sideways
o walking backwards
The children will come up with many more. When they have moved in all the different ways, the leader calls out movement sequences such as:
o walk – jump – twirl – tumble
o spin – hop – skip – gallop
Give the children a chance to be the leader and to call out their own movement sequences.
For more movement buy Drama Start on amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
