FRUIT BASKET
Fruit basket is a saviour in all beginners classes.
Decide on the fruit you want to teach (using words similar to the ss own language makes this game run smoothly)
[assuming you have already introduced and drilled the fruits for the lesson, here are the rules of the game]:
1st - give a fruit card to each student (depending on the size of your class make sure 2 or 3 ss have the same card)
2nd - all students sit in a circle on thier chairs
3rd - You stand in the middle and call out a fruit
4th - the students with that card must change seats
5th - you must try to sit down when the ss are running to find a space
6th - The ss left standing must call out another fruit name
7th - if the student in the middle calls out "fruit basket" ALL students have to change places
HOT CORNERS
1st - put a different fruit in each corner
2nd - play music and whilst the music is playing students must run/walk or dance to a corner of their choice
3rd - stop the music
4th - draw out a fruit card (from the game cards you made for fruit basket)
5th - the fruit on that card WINS therefore the ss standing at that fruit plays again and the ss in the other corners have to sit down
[variation - you can change the rules to when a fruit is drawn from the deck of cards the students in that corner have to sit down]
There are soooo many more game that work with fruit, but these should get you started.
I hope they work for you. Have fun!!!
Suzie
