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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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