Interlingual Energizers/Banana-Palm tree-Elephant

Facilitator
amount	1, more to keep active groups under control
language level	(medium)
Participants
age	3+
group size	up to 20
Setting
materials	nothing special
space	free space, preferably outdoor
time	10-30 min
Outcome
energizer, game for breaks

The activity Banana-Palm tree-Elephant (svenska: Banan-Palm-Elefant, Deutsch: Banane-Palme-Elefant, română: Banană-Palmier-Elefant, español: Banana-Palmera-Elefante) is part of the collection of interlingual energizers. See a list of all activities.

Introduction

The introduction is also available in 1 other languages: español

Let's play tag. In this much cooler version it's not just about catching somebody else but about turning her or him into a banana, a palm tree or an elephant.

español
Vamos a jugar. En esta tremenda version del juego, no se trata de atrapar a la gente sino de convertirlos en Bananas, Palmeras o Elefantes.

Rules

The rules is also available in 3 other languages: español, svenska, Deutsch

1. In the moment the catcher touches somebody she or he can decide in which creature the person shall be. It can be either a banana, a palm tree or an elephant.
2. The caught person freezes as one of this creatures and has to stay like this until somebody else rescues her or him with a certain movement.
3. The movements are like this: …

• 
  the banana
• 
  the palm tree
• 
  the elephant

español
En el momento que el atrapador coja a alguna de sus victimas puede decidir si los convertira en una Banana, una Palmera o un Elefante. Las personas atrapadas se congelan en la posicion que el atrapador les ha dicho. Y se quedaran inmoviles hasta que otra persona los salve. Los movimientos son: La Banana La Palmera El Elefante

svenska
När fasttagaren tagit fast någon (genom att röra vid hen) kan hen bestämma vilket objekt personen hen tagit fast ska bli. Hen kan välja mellan banan, palm och elefant. Personen som tagits fast står stilla som det objekt hen blivit vald till (det finns skilda rörelser för varje figur), tills någon befriar hen med en annan rörelse. Rörelserna går såhär: … banan palm elefant

Deutsch
In dem Moment, in dem der Fänger jemanden berührt kann er oder sie entscheiden, in wen sich die Person verwandeln soll. Das kann entweder eine Banane, eine Palme oder ein Elefant sein. Die gefangene Person erstarrt dementsprechend und kann sich erst wieder bewegen, wenn jemand anderes sie mit einer bestimmten Bewegung befreit. Die Bewegungen gehen so: …

End of the Game

We all got tired. I think it is enough.

Possible extensions

• If you play with bigger groups two or more persons can catch instead of one.

• for the beginning it can be good to use only one or two movements: here only Banana
• …and only Banana and Elephant
• for bigger groups you can use more than one catcher

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