Mother May I?
A.K.A. Captain May I
One game I remember is Mother May I. One person (it could be Mom) standsfacing away from a line of kids. She then chooses a child (at random, orin order), and announces a direction. These follow a pattern, such as,"Brian, you may take' x' giant/regular/baby steps forward/backward." Thechild responds with "Mother may I?" Mom then states "Yes" or "No", dependingon her whim, and the child complies. If the child forgets to ask "Mothermay I?" he/she goes back to the starting line. First one to touch Motherwins.
Contributed by: Gary Swanson
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In one variation I learned, each child takes turns asking, "Mother mayI take . . . steps?" And the child who is mother replies yes or no. In addition to baby, regular, and giant steps, we had ballet steps whichwere kind of like fake ballet turns.Another way we played the mother would say, "Take __ ____________steps [always] forward." And each child in turn would reply, "Mother, may I?" Then, Mother tell each child whether they couldor couldn't.
Contributed by Erika Salomon
Other steps:
Scissors step- jump while crossing your feet, then jump while uncrossingthem was one step
Banana step-laying down with feet at current spot, marking where the topof your head was, and getting up there for new spot.
Bunny step - a hop
Contributed by Dea
