Wer schleicht heran mit leiser Tatz?

Dive into the animal world with playful gestures. Wilma Ellersiek's hand gesture games introduce children to the meaningfulness of the world through gestures, movement, and language. The games compiled here, featuring animal motifs, provide educators with a rich repertoire that presents the diversity of the animal kingdom to children without distorting caricatures. Children are fascinated as they observe small beetles or snails and eagerly encounter rabbits, cats, dogs, horses, or goats. In play, they enjoy taking on the form of an animal, transforming into a clumsy bear, a charging tiger, or a nimble monkey. This sensory world and the behaviors of children form the foundation for Wilma Ellersiek's hand gesture and movement games with animal motifs. The characteristic animal movements are represented through hand gestures or whole-body signs and narrated in rhythmically structured musical language.