Showing posts with label Children holiday activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children holiday activities. Show all posts
Monday, August 24, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
3:29 AM
Venkat
FUN OUTDOOR GAMES
Red Light Green Light
Red Light Green Light is an outdoor game suitable for children of all ages. You will need quite a bit of space! If you play the game with younger kids, you can use it to reinforce the concept of "red is for stop" and "green is for go".
One player (or an adult) is chosen to be the caller. The caller stands facing away from the other children, who stand behind a starting line drawn up about 30 feet (10 metres) away.
When the caller calls out "green light", the children run forward to try to tag him. They must move as quickly as possible but at any time the caller may call out "red light", at which point all the children must freeze. The caller turns round and if he catches anyone moving - even a tiny bit - they are sent back to the starting line.
The first player to tag the caller becomes caller in the next round.
Red Rover
Divide everyone into two teams. Both teams link arms. The starting team yells, "Red rover, red rover, send (insert name) right over!" The person who was called tries to break through the linked arms of the calling team by running through them.
If he/she cannot break through, he/she joins the opposing team.
If he/she CAN break through, he/she chooses one other person to join him/her on the other team.
The game ends when everyone is on the same team.
Sponge Dodgeball
This simple game is a sure-fire way to cool off on a hot summer day!
All you need are a bunch of sponges and a couple of buckets filled with water. Put the sponges into the buckets so they become soaked. Divide into teams, and throw the sponges at each other. When a team member is hit with a wet sponge, he is out. The last person standing wins!
If he/she cannot break through, he/she joins the opposing team.
If he/she CAN break through, he/she chooses one other person to join him/her on the other team.
The game ends when everyone is on the same team.
Sponge Dodgeball
This simple game is a sure-fire way to cool off on a hot summer day!
All you need are a bunch of sponges and a couple of buckets filled with water. Put the sponges into the buckets so they become soaked. Divide into teams, and throw the sponges at each other. When a team member is hit with a wet sponge, he is out. The last person standing wins!
2:55 AM
Venkat
FUN INDOOR GAMES
Losing Your Marbles – Place two saucers, about 5 inches away from each other, on a table. Put six marbles in each saucer. The object of the game is to move each of the marbles from one saucer to the other using only two plastic straws.
Hot / Cold – This is an easy, play-at-any-time fun indoor game (although it could be an outdoor game, too), especially for young children. Send a person out of the room and while they are away, hide something - a picture, treasure, Rs 1 bill ,a Toy– whatever! The person comes back into the room and begins searching for the hidden item. As they get close to the item, let them know by saying they’re getting “warmer.” If they are going away from the item, say they’re getting “colder.” Far away is cold; close is hot.
Indoor Obstacle Course – Create an obstacle course out of whatever space and furniture you have available. Components could include: climbing over or under chairs, crawling under a table without disturbing any of the balloons tied to strings dangling from the top, sliding under a string stretched between two objects or pieces of furniture, stepping on a series of pieces of paper taped to the floor or crawling through a tunnel made from blankets or couch cushions. Add difficulty by requiring players to wear a hat while competing, jumping three times after each station or whatever else you can imagine.
Indy 500 Balloon Race – Each player attaches a short straw (1-2 inches long) to a balloon filled with air. A string is thread through the straw and attached between two chairs. To race, each person has to BLOW their balloon – without touching it – from one chair to the “finish line” at the other chair. Everyone playing could have their own two chairs OR each could take turns using the same chairs and timing their individual race.
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