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- Represent duck in
pantomime: e.g.,
waddle like a duck
If the player lands on a square showing a single exercise or a partner exercise, the sym-
bol dice is not taken into account. If a player lands on a square with the colour dot in his
own figure’s colour, he can select a fellow player to perform the task for him.
When the task has been completed, it is the next player’s turn.
Several figures may occupy the same square, but the player who comes last to the square
is not allowed to perform the same action as the player who is already on the square. In this
case, the newcomer throws the symbol dice again, until it indicates a different action.
End of the game
Tips for kindergarten teachers:
Tips for Parents
To reach the goal, players have to roll a colour on the dice which does not occur again on
the intervening path. The one who arrives first on the big theatre stage is the winner of the
game.
Practise representing different animals and objects together with your child. Show him how
you would “act” a cat or a locomotive in pantomime. In this way you can help your child
overcome his inhibitions and act himself. Later, you can train description and explanation
on the basis of the illustrations on the game board. For the little ones, we recommend kee-
ping a picture book to hand to name the animals and objects and imitate the correspon-
ding noise. In this way your child can learn from you, and memorise typical characteristics of
animals and objects.
What am I? (Age: 3+):
Copy the game board. Cut out all the animal and object motifs. Fold the motifs and place them
in a bowl or bag. Let a child in the morning circle pull out a folded paper. Only the child and you
can see what is on it. Now the child has the task of describing or miming the animal or object, or
imitating its sound or noise. You can either let the action be freely chosen, or you can suggest a
specific action to the child. Now all the other children in the group guess what the active player is
representing. Each child in the group should have a turn at being the actor.
Sport exercises (Age: 3+):
Bring the individual and partner exercises into sport activities. In this way the children can
strengthen the various exercises by frequent repetition, and train their bodies.
Visit to the theatre (Age: 4+):
Visit a puppet show or a play together with the children. This will give the children contact with
acting and culture. They can also experience how real actors represent different characters,
whether human or animal. They can get ideas and apply them in the next round of “Imita”.
Animal sounds and types of locomotion (Age: 4+):
Speak to the children about the typical ways animals move and the sounds they make. It would
be appropriate to watch a child-oriented documentary film in which the children can see the
animals in action. In this way they can internalise typical sounds and typical kinds of locomotion.