Please Mr Crocodile

Please Mr Crocodile

One child stands in the middle of the hall and the others stand at one end.  Children sing “Please Mr Crocodile, May I cross the water, to see your pretty daughter, without getting wet, please”.  The child in the middle (the crocodile) then calls out ‘Only if you are wearing red, have a brother, have long hair, like bananas etc’.  Those children walk calmly past the crocodile to the other side.  The other children must try and get across without the crocodile touching them.  If you get caught you become a crocodile.  Repeat

Adapt for younger children:

Adult is the crocodile and adults scaffold movements for the children, if unsteady walking, try it crawling

Extension:

Include numeracy and literacy…eg..If you have 2 vowels in your name.  If you are age 4.

You could also change the movements, hopping, skipping jumping etc