http://www.brandonandkatie.com/?p=934 The life and happenings of Brandon and Katie Price Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.brandonandkatie.com/?p=934&cpage=1#comment-3423 Donna Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:28:26 +0000 http://www.brandonandkatie.com/?p=934#comment-3423 Play a game with elementary aged kids. Fill grocery sack with 5 random items - for example: measuring spoon, hairbrush, safety pin, box, shoe. Give them 5-10 minutes to make up a skit using all 5. Then have them perform. Sounds silly but it works EVERY time and I've used it a lot. In fact, they keep asking for a new bag. I split hte kids up, give each group a bag. Then skits. Then get bags, fill with all new items and do it again. And again. Play a game with elementary aged kids. Fill grocery sack with 5 random items – for example: measuring spoon, hairbrush, safety pin, box, shoe. Give them 5-10 minutes to make up a skit using all 5. Then have them perform. Sounds silly but it works EVERY time and I’ve used it a lot. In fact, they keep asking for a new bag. I split hte kids up, give each group a bag. Then skits. Then get bags, fill with all new items and do it again. And again.

]]> http://www.brandonandkatie.com/?p=934&cpage=1#comment-3422 Julie Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:46:41 +0000 http://www.brandonandkatie.com/?p=934#comment-3422 Hey guys! One fun active game is called 4 corners. You'll need music. One kid is "it" and lays down in the middle of the room, covering his eyes. When the music starts, the rest of the kids move in a circle around the "it" person in the middle - you can give them different ways to move (crab walk, leap, skip, dance, etc). When music stops, all the kids run to one of the 4 corners of the room (label the corners 1, 2, 3, and 4). Count down from 5 to give them time to choose a corner. When you get to 1, the "it" kid chooses a number (whithout peeking). The kids in that corner are out and sit to the side to watch. This continues until all you are down to 4 kids, then they each must go to a separate corner. The last kid left gets to be "it" for the next round. Sort of like a different version of musical chairs. It's fun to use a wide variety of music - classical, patriotic, worship, funky etc. to give them good exosure and keep them guessing each time. The rules for behavior - no talking while the music is on, no touching/jumping over the "it" kid. It's a great 20 minute or so game. :) Hey guys! One fun active game is called 4 corners. You’ll need music. One kid is “it” and lays down in the middle of the room, covering his eyes. When the music starts, the rest of the kids move in a circle around the “it” person in the middle – you can give them different ways to move (crab walk, leap, skip, dance, etc). When music stops, all the kids run to one of the 4 corners of the room (label the corners 1, 2, 3, and 4). Count down from 5 to give them time to choose a corner. When you get to 1, the “it” kid chooses a number (whithout peeking). The kids in that corner are out and sit to the side to watch. This continues until all you are down to 4 kids, then they each must go to a separate corner. The last kid left gets to be “it” for the next round.
Sort of like a different version of musical chairs. It’s fun to use a wide variety of music – classical, patriotic, worship, funky etc. to give them good exosure and keep them guessing each time. The rules for behavior – no talking while the music is on, no touching/jumping over the “it” kid. It’s a great 20 minute or so game. :)

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