Wizard, Wizard, may I comeThe pupils stand behind the starting line next to each other. On the other side of the gym stands the “wizard”. The children ask the “wizard”: “Wizard, wizard, may we come?Wizard: Yes you may! No you may not. Pupils: How many steps?Wizard: Five baby steps.

The children move as many steps as they are allowed to go and they have to listen carefully how they should move.Example: giant steps, big steps, baby steps, spider steps, cow steps…The children are also allowed to invent new steps. (They can use a lot of words they have learned in English – like: loud steps, frog steps, princess steps, mouse steps, thunder steps,…) If they have no ideas, I show them picture cards with animals they know, as a help.When the children have reached the other side, so they can touch the wizard, the game is over and another child is the wizard.

aims:English: The pupils get an access to a creative and independent use of the English language. They also repeat a lot of words.PE: The children get to know different ways of moving. (Entdecken der Bewegungsmöglichkeiten des Körpers, Bewegungen mit dem ganzen Körper)

Teacher’s language:This is our starting line.Stand behind the starting line next to each other.Who wants to be the wizard?Wizard, you stand on the other side of the gym.Pupils, you ask: “Wizard, wizard, may we come?”Say it after me.Wizard, you answer: “Yes you may!” Or: “Yes you may not!”Pupils, if you are allowed to come, you ask: “How many steps?”Wizard, how many steps are they allowed to go?Baby steps or giant steps?Pupils, move two giant steps!

Pupils‘ language:Pupils: “Wizard, wizard, may I come?”Wizard: “Yes you may! No you may not.” Pupils: “How many steps?”Wizard: “Five baby steps.” (bear steps, tiny steps, big steps, giant steps…)

Source:Gegier, Birgit: Bewegungsspiele in Englisch. für Klassenraum und Turnhalle; Verlag an der Ruhr. 2004.