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(Sit in a circle. Everybody extends one fist (or two) into the circle. A leader then goes around the circle and touches the top of each person’s fist as everyone chants the One Potato, Two Potatoes rhyme. When the chant reaches “more”, the person whose fist the leader bumps is “out” and takes their hand out of the circle. Start the chant again from the next person.) One potato
Activity ideas: A couple of tips…young children really enjoy elimination games like this as long as being “out” is done with a sense of fun. Generally, when I play this game with my students, I include myself in the game and make sure that I am the first, or one of the first, people to be out. And when I am out, I make a point of saying, “oh no!”, but in a laughing, joking, good-time manner, so that being out seems like as much fun as winning. You get to say, “Oh no!” and make a silly face. It’s really a great opportunity to learn about being a good sport. Also, you can have the person who is out be the one who continues the counting, so they stay involved. So each time someone is out, that person continues the chant, beginning the count on the next person. Another fun way to play this game is for everyone to stand in a circle, and the leader points at each person as everyone chants. When the leader lands on “more!”, the person s/he is pointing to must quickly sit down/drop to the ground. You can also use this game for choosing anything. At the beginning of each of our classes, we give each child a sticker in his/her classroom passport. After I have collected all of the passports, I will often use this chant to select which passport I’ll choose first. |
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