Grade:

All

Setup:

Circle, large group (10+)

Objective:

Form the parts of the animal within the time that the teacher says “Bitty, Bitty, Bop.” (Or Boppity Bop Bop if you prefer)

The teacher stands in the middle of the circle, points at a student, and calls out an animal. That student will form the main part of the animal while the students next to him or her will form the rest of the body. For example, the teacher will point and say “elephant, BITTY BITTY BOP!”The student will form the trunk while their neighbors will form the ears. The students have the time that the teacher says “Bitty, Bitty Bop” to form the animal. If the team makes a mistake, the person forming the major part of the animal becomes the “teacher” and continues the game.

Start with just “elephant,” and demonstrate how students should make it. After students have become familiar with “elephant,” the group can think of other animals or objects that the students can form (demonstrate how to make each animal before including it in the game). Some things that have been used are (Bunny [ears/paws/ears] giraffe [legs, head neck/legs, bowl of Jell-O [half bowl, jell-o, half bowl], etc.)

For the older campers, you can add saying Bop before the caller says Bitty, Bitty, Bop and the caller faking out with just saying Bop (which is responded to with silence).

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