[Pernickety]

While looking for ideas for a class on this and other sites, it's become evident that I'm in a fairly unique situation i think.

My students (French, aged 8 and 9) do not need any encouragement to talk and teachers struggle to keep them contained, so any games/activities where they sit in circles or run around the classroom to 'find an object' or even team games are all out.

Before I taught teenagers or adults who were often too cool to express themselves or perhaps self-conscious about making mistakes. So they needed warming up! These children are neither. They are lovely kids - open, enthusiastic - and things that work with them are songs, recitations or written/colouring work. But as soon as I introduce an 'activity' the teacher groans and demands 'quiet'. I'm aware that there are other classes next door. Bingo works well if it can be contained. But other games are too loud. Written work is fine but I don't want to do too much.

Anyone else in this situation?