Interlingual Energizers/Big Fat Pony

Facilitator
amount	2
language level	(simple)
Participants
age	6+
group size	10-25
Setting
materials	nothing special
space	free space, preferably outdoor
time	5-10 min
Outcome
energizer, knowing a song in a foreign language

The activity Big Fat Pony (svenska: Big Fat Pony, Deutsch: Big Fat Pony, română: Big Fat Pony, español: Big Fat Pony) is part of the collection of interlingual energizers. See a list of all activities.

Introduction

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

Let's sing a song all together. It's the story of one of my oldest friends: My big fat pony.

español
Vamos a cantar una cancion todos juntos. Es la historia de uno de mis mas viejos amigos: My big fat pony (El pony gordito)

Deutsch
Lasst uns ein Lied zusammen singen. Es ist die Geschichte von einem meiner ältesten Freunde: Mein dickes fettes Pony.

svenska
Vi sjunger en sång tillsammans. Den handlar om en av mina äldsta vänner: den stora, tjocka ponnyn.

Rules

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

1. Let's stand in a circle.
2. I'll start running around the circle and sing the song.

   This is the story of my pony,

   Story of my big fat pony,

   This is the story of my pony,

   This is what they told me.

3. At this moment I stop in front of a person in the circle and start dancing with her/him:

   Front, front, front, my baby.

   Side, side, side, my baby.

   Back, back, back, my baby.

   This is what they told me.

4. Then I take the person I danced with and start running around with her/him again.

svenska

Vi ställer oss i en cirkel. Jag börjar, genom att springa runt, inuti cirkeln och sjunga: This is the story of my pony, Story of my big fat pony, This is the story of my pony, This is what they told me. Här stannar jag framför personen som står närmast mig i cirkeln, och börjar dansa med hen medan jag sjunger: Front, front, front, my baby. Side, side, side, my baby. Back, back, back, my baby. This is what they told me. Sedan tar jag personen jag dansade med i hand och börjar, tillsammans med hen, springa runt i cirkeln igen och sången börjar om.

español

Hacemos un circulo. Una persona empezara a correr por el circulo cantando la cancion. This is the story of my pony, Story of my big fat pony, This is the story of my pony, This is what they told me. En este momento se detendra y bailara con le persona de enfrente. Front, front, front, my baby. Side, side, side, my baby. Back, back, back, my baby. This is what they told me. Despues cogere del brazo a la persona con la que baile y empezare de nuevo a recorrer el circulo.

Deutsch

Lasst uns einen Kreis machen. ich werde anfangen, im Kreis zu laufen und das Lied zu singen: This is the story of my pony, Story of my big fat pony, This is the story of my pony, This is what they told me. An diesem Punkt halte ich vor einer Person im Kreis an und tanze mit ihr oder ihm: Front, front, front, my baby. Side, side, side, my baby. Back, back, back, my baby. This is what they told me. Dann nehme ich diese Person mit und wir laufen zusammen im Kreis. Es fängt wieder von vorne an.

Possible extensions

• In case your group got really into the English lyrics, you can introduce a more advanced version for the second part:

  Front to front, to front, my baby.

  Side to side, to side, my baby.

  Back to back, to back, my baby.

  This is what they told me.

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