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I WROTE A LETTER
TO MY LOVE
• Whole class activity. All children sit in a circle.
• One child is “on”. He / She walks around the outside
of the circle with one brick in his / her hand.
• The whole class chants the following rhyme:
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
Someone must have picked it up,
And put it in his pocket,
It wasn’t you … it wasn’t you …
It was you!
• While the class sings the rhyme the person circling
the children (Child A) drops the brick behind
someone.
• As soon as the brick is dropped, that child (Child B)
must pick up the brick and chase after the Child A.
Child A must run around the circle and
attempt to sit in the place of Child B. FLICK ANd
• If Child A is not caught then Child B
walks around the circle while CATCH
the class sings the rhyme again.
• Work with a partner and begin with one brick.
• Stand next to a desk. Place the brick balancing
over the edge of the desk.
• With the back of your hand, flick the brick upwards
and catch it with the same hand before it makes
contact with the desk.
• Once you have mastered this try it with the left
hand.
• Take turns to flick and catch or one child can flick,
the other can catch etc.
• Try flicking the brick off your friend’s hand.
Q: Can you think of other ideas to play this game
and think of a way to score points?
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