WEEK 2 - RECREATION DAY ONE: Obstacle Course Relay MATERIALS: recreation equipment (two of each) hula-hoop, jump rope, basketball, anything really- you can have as many or as few as you like. You don’t need more than three or four but have at least two. OBJECT: To be the first team to have all of their team members to complete the obstacle course and sit down in their lines. SET UP: Before recreation, choose two or three things that you would like to use in an obstacle course. Each thing that you choose, you should have one for each team to make the game equal. Have them do something with each of the things that you put in the way. For example: Jump rope three times, hula-hoop three times, run around the chair and come back. You could add in some things like bounce a basketball five times, jump over something, using a racket of some kind - bounce the ball in the air twice, if you are playing outside or have a small basketball goal you could have it end with shooting the basketball to make a basket. Whatever you create! This game could be different every time you play! Divide the children into their two teams. Have them start standing in a line. When they return, tell them to sit down in the line, so that you know which children are finished already. TO PLAY: Tell the children that when they are in their lines, they can start. Have one staff person watching each of the team to make sure they are doing each of their along the way. “events” Also the staff person should be available to retrieve any thing that might roll away or get misplaced during the course. The winner is the team that completes the course and is seated in their lines first. DISCUSSION Watch to see which children are encouraging their teammates on one of the things that might be harder for them. How do you see children not giving up? What did you like most about this game? Is it hard to think of something that you liked when your team lost? Why? If your team tried their best and didn’t give up, were spirited, won the spirit points for the day, but lost the game, do you think loosing would matter as much? Why? you like to be on a team that doesn’t give up? Why?
WEEK 2 - RECREATION DAY ONE: Obstacle Course Relay MATERIALS: recreation equipment (two of each) hula-hoop, jump rope, basketball, anything really- you can have as many or as few as you like. You don’t need more than three or four but have at least two. OBJECT: To be the first team to have all of their team members to complete the obstacle course and sit down in their lines. SET UP: Before recreation, choose two or three things that you would like to use in an obstacle course. Each thing that you choose, you should have one for each team to make the game equal. Have them do something with each of the things that you put in the way. For example: Jump rope three times, hula-hoop three times, run around the chair and come back. You could add in some things like bounce a basketball five times, jump over something, using a racket of some kind - bounce the ball in the air twice, if you are playing outside or have a small basketball goal you could have it end with shooting the basketball to make a basket. Whatever you create! This game could be different every time you play! Divide the children into their two teams. Have them start standing in a line. When they return, tell them to sit down in the line, so that you know which children are finished already. TO PLAY: Tell the children that when they are in their lines, they can start. Have one staff person watching each of the team to make sure they are doing each of their “events” along the way. Also the staff person should be available to retrieve any thing that might roll away or get misplaced during the course. The winner is the team that completes the course and is seated in their lines first. DISCUSSION Watch to see which children are encouraging their teammates on one of the things that might be harder for them. How do you see children not giving up? What did you like most about this game? Is it hard to think of something that you liked when your team lost? Why? If your team tried their best and didn’t give up, were spirited, won the spirit points for the day, but lost the game, do you think loosing would matter as much? Why? you like to be on a team that doesn’t give up? Why?
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