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Description

Get the girls to sit in a circle on chairs. Shuffle and deal out a pack of cards around the circle. Each girl becomes the suit of the card she has been dealt - either spades, clubs, hearts or diamonds (for Ladybirds it might be easier to just choose 2 different colored suits e.g. hearts and clubs). The Leader then collects the cards, shuffles them and starts turning the cards over one by one calling out the suit. If a girls suit is turned over, that girl must move one space to the left to sit in an empty chair or on someone's lap. Girls can only move when a card of their suit is dealt and only if there is no one sitting on top of them. The aim is to make it all the way around the circle. If you haven't got any cards choose fruits or animals (might be easier for Ladybirds to understand) and call out the names at random.

Resources

- one chair per child, arranged in a circle - maybe with one extra chair
- pack of cards - you can purchase sometimes extra large cards from Flying Tiger which might be easier for the
children to see and remember
- Ladybirds may forget their suit - and need a reminder - so maybe a second pack of cards might help? (otherwise
that become over anxious about remembering the suit and forget to just enjoy themselves)

Instructions

- Shuffle and deal out the cards
- Each child becomes the suit of the card she has been dealt
- Collect the cards, shuffle them
- Turn them over one by one calling out the suit
- If a girl's suit is turned over, that girl must move one space to the left to sit either in an empty chair or sit in
someone's lap
- Girls can only move when a card of their suit is dealt and only if there is no one already sitting on top of them

The aim is to make it all the way around the circle

Tags

• warm up - Cards

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