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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: Mother, may I? <-- Anyone remember the rules? |
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This is kind of an emergency. 
I MAY be teaching some elementary kids tomorrow (stow aways in a middle school thing) and I am having a mental block...
It's supposed to be a beautiful day tomorrow, and there is a big playground outside....so I thought, if I get trapped into this, we'll play Mother May I?
All I can remember:
scissor steps
baby steps
giant steps
Were there any other steps?
If you remember the rules, can you briefly write them down? |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Mother, may I? <-- Anyone remember the rules? |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
This is kind of an emergency.
I MAY be teaching some elementary kids tomorrow (stow aways in a middle school thing) and I am having a mental block...
It's supposed to be a beautiful day tomorrow, and there is a big playground outside....so I thought, if I get trapped into this, we'll play Mother May I?
All I can remember:
scissor steps
baby steps
giant steps
Were there any other steps?
If you remember the rules, can you briefly write them down? |
How about quiet steps?  |
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elynnor
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:46 am Post subject: |
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tzechuk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Oh this is great.
I've got a job starting next monday teaching grades 1 and 2 primary school kids.. I might try this... |
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cazador83
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| yeah same here |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Mother, may I? <-- Anyone remember the rules? |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
All I can remember:
scissor steps
baby steps
giant steps
Were there any other steps?
If you remember the rules, can you briefly write them down? |
umbrella steps - the kid makes two 180 degree turns with his/her legs her legs stretched as far apart as possible, maybe the first spin is only 90 degrees and the second spin is 180 degrees
lampost - the kid moves the distance of his or her body length, stretches out on the floor and then stands up again with his or her feet where his head was
The only real rule is that each player must say "mother may I?" before taking his turn, failure to ask means returning to the start point. The winner is the player who reaches the finish line first. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help. It went off like gangbusters.
I did a couple of 'innovations':
a) we did teams, with the kids locking their arms together.
b) I wrote numbers 1-7 on pieces of paper and the various steps on other pieces. Then I let kids draw a number and a step, so no one could get snippy about playing favorites. (I would have used dice, but I don't have any.)
For two of the classes, we went outside. I'm thinking about adding 'hop' (rabbit step) as well as umbrella step. |
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