Children need to move and burn off energy so we do this game often while using many action verbs and many nouns. Do this in the last 5 minutes of the class and the then the kids can leave the room on a high note. They will love to come back the next day. You may get complaints from adjacent classes as it is quite a noisy game. Take it outdoors if you like.

We start walking inline around the classroom once the chairs have been tucked under the table. I say "Walking" and the children repeat after me ("da-da-ha-say-yo" in Korean). Then I start to vary the verb forms and the verbs. Teacher needs to call out the key Korean words too as small children don't have a very big English vocabulary but they learn quickly from teacher's body language, the English and Korean words and from their classmates.

walk
walking
faster (ba-li in Korean)
faster faster (ba-li ba-li)
stop, turn around
slow walking
slowly
very slowly
giant walking
baby walking
mini-baby walking
robot walking
Tyranosaur walking (Kids love to be chased and scared. They will scream a lot.)
Zombie walking
Frankenstein walking
Crazy man walking (mit-chen nom in Korean)
Crazy woman walking (mit-chen ya in Korean)
Dracula walking (Ham it up.)
Elephant walking (ko-kee-lee in Korean)
Rhino walking (ko-bul-seo in Korean)
Giraffe walking (geer-in in Korean)
Horse walking (mal in Korean or cho-rang-mal for pony)
Zebra walking
Donkey walking (dang-na -gui in Korean)
stop, turn around
spin
spin faster
stop,turn around
hop
hopping
hop faster
rabbit hop (toki in Korean)
frog hop (gae-go-ri in Korean)
kangaroo hop
Ostrich walking (ta-jo in Korean)
Tiger walking (ho-rang-ee in Korean)
Lion walking (sa-ja in Korean)
Fly (flap your arms)
bird flying (sae in Korean)
Eagle flying (dok-su-ri)
pigeon flying (bid-do-gee in Korean)
crow flying (ga-ma-gi in Korean)
magpie (ga-chi in Korean)
dung fly (dong pari in Korean)
butterfly (na-vi in Korean)
Lady bug (mu-dang bul-lae in Korean)
Superman
Cloud (float like a cloud)
Typhoon (international word)
Sun (beam with your fingers and smile)
Rain (rain violently)
Star
Rocket
Choo-choo train
subway (gia-chul in Korean)
snake
monster

FINISHED...go home (jip-hae in Korean)

Children will play this day after day and they learn lots of basic vocabulary effortlessly. You can do sporting verbs and nouns too: golfing, hitting, shooting, baseball etc. Sometimes we make a bridge with chairs or two children, as an obstruction, and I call out the positions OVER or UNDER again and again. The bridge children like to catch one of the walking children when their arms come down, then they switch roles. This game is always a hit and can be used for small or large groups.

Copyright Robin Tim Day