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Ball of wool
The children are sitting in a circle and the entertainer
holds a ball of wool in his hands. He then passes on the
wool to a child who says its age and favourite food. The
wool is being passed on to the other children, with
more questions. At the end all is going backwards, you
will see if the children remember what the other said,
as they need to repeat the information.
4.5. PARACHUTE GAMES
Building a circus tent
All children are holding the parachute up in the air.
Then all make a step to the front under the parachute
and pull it quickly down behind the back, now the children
sit down on the inner edge of the parachute. Now it
is time to welcome the children in the circus tens. This
tent is also suitable for secret meetings in the tipi on
the Indians day.
Swap places
All children throw the parachute as high as they can
over their heads, let it loose and quickly run to the
other side in order to swap place with their opposite
player. Try to catch the parachute again when arriving
at the new place. Children who are not fast enough are
being caught under the big cloth.
What can fly?
All children are standing around the parachute and hold
it. The parachute is still on the floor. Now different
items are being place onto it. Then the children start
moving the parachute up and down. Which items can
fly best?
Favourite colours
All children are sitting in front of their favourite colour
on the parachute. Now the entertainer gives the children
different instructions, i.e. all children sitting in front
of the colour red, run around the parachute. Obviously
this can be played with different colours and activities
to be carried out.
Pull ball
A bucket is placed on the parachute; next to the bucket
is a ball. Try to get the ball in the bucket by cleverly
moving it with the parachute!
Who is faster?
Place a ball on the parachute. Then a child is going on
the parachute, the other children who are standing at
the outside swing the parachute and thus try to hit the
child in the middle with the ball. Children who have
been hit by the ball go to the outside and another child
comes in the middle.
Getting the balls
A box with balls is placed under the parachute. Now the
children start swinging the parachute up and down. The
entertainer calls out the names of two children who
have to try to get out as many balls as possible out of
the box as long as the parachute is up in the air. Who
can get the most balls?
Upside down
All try together to turn the parachute. In the end the
bottom side shall be up. But mind, all hands stay on the
parachute!
Table
All children lean back while holding the parachute firmly.
Can they balance out? When the cloth is on the floor,
one child might also sit or lie in the middle. Can the
others manage to lift it up?
Kim game
Some children are crawling beneath the parachute. The
one child has to have look which children are under the
parachute and then it leaves the room. Now one of the
children at the edge, changes place with a child under
the parachute. The child who left the room is called
back in and has to guess who is new under the parachute.
Come with me, run away
All children hold the parachute and start slowly turning
in a circle. One child is running around this circle and
ticks on another child’s back, saying either “come with
me” or “run away”. If it said “come with me” both children
run in the same direction and try to reach the spare
space first, if it said “run away”, the run in opposite
directions. Who could not get the free space, starts the
new round.
Swapping socks
The parachute is swung up and down. Then the entertainer
calls out two names, those two children move
under the parachute when it is up. When the parachute
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