Hello everyone! Without thinking too much, I am sure that all of you remember drama shows from when you were little, at school. Plays have made us, and the people around us, really happy. Moms, dads, grandpas, brothers and sisters have enjoyed watching our young representations, even some of them have recorded it and now we watch those videos with a smile in our face.

This is why I am totally sure that our students will have fun if we let them the opportunity to take pleasure in this kind of classes. That is why, I am going to remind you some of the interesting and enjoyable activities we can take into account from our Exploring Children´s Literature subject by Raquel Fernández.

First of all we played introductory and motivating games, such as “Frozen Characters”, to make us feel comfortable and awake. In this game, some music was played, and when it stopped, we had to represent a fairy tale, superhero or other similar character, without moving. Imagination and body representation were clearly being developed in the students.

Aladdin´s carpet, Snow White, etc.

After that, we played some games that required group participation to achieve the objectives. One of these games was “Frozen Scenes”.  In this activity we had to represent, without moving, one scene we chose of a given film, for instance Aladdin or Snow White. Imagination, body representation, cooperation and communication are reinforced with this kind of games.

Snow White´s scene.

To end with, we played a fun game. “Invented Machine” was a cool down game in which, one person, as a beginner, had to make an invented movement and sound. Then, one by one, the rest had to join into the machine making a new movement and sound, having coherence with the ones that were already made by others. Finally all of us built an amazing fancy machine. It was a nice end of the class, because all of us contributed to achieve the same thing. Pure imagination and body representation was developed in this activity.

Other games we played, that I would like to mention are: “Good Morning Walk”, “Building a new Scene”, “Alphabet Conversation”, “Photo Describing” and “Moving arms and Conversation Coordination”. If you are interested in knowing what they were about, just leave a comment and let me know.

As we know from our childhood and know now from our own experience, you might agree with me that this kind of games are really motivating for students. They are a way of combining learning with having fun (that is why I call them games all the time), in which children develop multiple intelligences such as Kinesthetic or Interpersonal; involving and building up some skills as imagination, communication and creativity. At the same time contents of different topics can be adapted to these games and taught in a cross curricular way.

Again, university is giving us training and resources to show our best in education, and to make students´ learning be the best and enriching thing of their lives.