Wednesday, May 20, 2009

GAME: Where is My Chair? It's Right There! Blind Directions!

This is a mish-mash of a few camp games I love-love-love. The closest and most familiar are the challenge game, MINEFIELD and the circle dance game called RIDE THAT PONY/orGOING TO KENTUCKY

Materials:
3-4 blindfolds
a chair for each student

Vocabulary:
Go. Stop. Turn. Around. Right. Left.
Straight. Reach. Up. Down. Forward
--Depending on your level/objective, you can change the end catch phrase;
You can't miss it!
It's right there!
Sit down!

Pre-Gaming Directions:
Situate the students in a large circle.
Review the vocabulary.
I do this by testing them.
(You could make a simple powerpoint to help your demonstration if possible, but rely mostly on the kids actions) They all do it at once, so it's funny to watch, if they get it wrong, they'll figure out how to correct themselves quickly.
1st, Right hand/Left Hand.
Turn around.
combine vocab:
Turn to the Right
Turn to the Left
etc...etc...etc..
Demonstrate what the blindfolded kids will have to do, by doing it yourself.
How to play:
Kids walk in a circle singing..."Where oh where is Namdaemun...(see songs)" when they stop, kids will sit down. blindfolded kids (who were dancing and spinning in the middle) stop and point to someone outside the circle. THIS PERSON IS THEIR DIRECTION GIVER. The must tell the walker how to find a chair and sit down.
When everyone is sitting...the DIRECTION GIVER stands up and takes the place of the walker, and the fun begins again!

My students LOVE this game to pieces.

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