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Ask the pupils to set up their chairs as for “musical chairs”.
The music starts and the pupils move around those the chairs/ the room. The child that is left with no seat once the music stops enters centre stage first. They draw a card that has a picture of a concept and a prepositional phrase on it (see picture).
The child puts the two entities on the card together forming a simple prepositional sentence, such as “Hello, I am a fish and my favourite place is in the water”. The crucial aspect of this game is to find an appropriate gesture for the prepositional phrase! The pupil is not allowed to see the card before it is his/ her turn as to not spoil the spontaneity of the gesture they associate with the preposition.
Then the group repeats “he, “He/she is a fish and his/her favourite place is in the water”, making the same gesture.
The music is turned on again and the group continues to move through the room/ around their chairs until the next pupil is determined. Being left with a winner at the end is an extra motivation for the pupils and will keep them interested in the game.
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