Fairies Sprinkle Dew on the Flowers

With a scarf for wings, children become fairies who flutter on tiptoe through the garden and sprinkle dew on the flowers (cones) with a gentle touch. Light running warms up the body while they practice tiptoe balance and using the space.

How to play

1. The teacher hands each fairy a scarf and we hold it behind us with both hands, like wings (1 min).
2. Fly on tiptoe around the garden without stepping on a flower or bumping into another fairy (1 min).
3. Sprinkle dew: touch a flower with the scarf, whisper "Wake up!" and fly to another one (2 min).
4. Colored dew: the teacher calls a color and we only sprinkle flowers of that color (1 min).
5. Fast flying: flap faster, still on tiptoe, and when the teacher claps, land next to a flower (1 min).
6. Fairies rest: lower our heels and put the scarves in the teacher's basket (1 min).

Rules

• Fairies fly on tiptoe, without a sound.
• I touch the flower softly, like a raindrop.
• If another fairy is at my flower, I find a different one.
• When I hear a clap, I land and stay still.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: fly in the wheelchair with the scarf held high and touch cones set on a box at reach height.
• Visual impairment: tape a tightly sealed bottle with a bell inside to some cones so they can find the flowers by sound.
• More advanced: balance the scarf on an open palm while flying.

Learning goals

• Move lightly on tiptoe.
• Travel through space while avoiding classmates.
• Tell colors apart and respond with movement.

Equipment for a class of 25

• Cones: 20
• Scarves: 25

Teacher tip

Spread the cones out well before you start so kids don't bunch up in one corner. Model the "raindrop touch"; otherwise they tend to swat with the scarf and knock cones over.

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