Friday, January 14, 2011

SIlent Games

Two games that can be played when you need your class to be quiet.

Four Corners:

Equipment Needed: Blindfold
Layout: 4 Corners of Rectangle
Grades: 1-5
Set Up: Send students to four different corners. Have students move from corner to corner. One student is in the middle blindfolded. Blindfolded student selects corner he/she thinks was the loudest. Those students are eliminated from the game. Students keep moving from corner to corner and blindfolded student keeps pointing to loudest corner. Last 2 students are the winner of the game.

Whisper Relay:

Equipment Needed: 5 Cones
Layout: 5 Teams, Cones placed 1o yards away
Grades: 1-3
Set Up: Divide class into 5 relay teams. Give first person in each group the same secret. Have the first person do assigned movement around cone and back. Have the student whisper the secret to the next person. At the end of the relay, ask the last person in each group what the secret is. Change the movement to different locomotor movements.
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