Telephone
The game " Telephone " is a
simple game. You start off by getting lots of friends and parents, a total
of about 15 people. Then you all hold hands and get into a big circle.
While still holding hands, stretch out until your arms hurt. Then you sit
down and let go of each other's hands. The oldest person should think of
a message. When the oldest person thinks of a message they pass it to the
person sitting next to them, then the person sitting next to them passes
the message to the next person and so on. If one person should not understand
the message they may say operator and the person sitting in front of them
repeats the message to that person again. If anyone needs to say operator,
they can only say it once.
When the last person gets
the message they stand up and they say the message out loud. If the message
is right, then the person who thought of the message says "yes" and the
last person wins the game. If the message is wrong, then the person who
thought up the message wins the game. The point of this game is not winning.
The point of the game is to see if the last person can say the message
correctly. The fun thing about this game is that usually the last person
never say's the message correctly. It is fun to hear the message all scrambled
up. (Maureen McHugh)
Hide and Go Seek
Hide and Go Seek is a very fun
and exciting game! You can play this game with two or more people. If there
are more then two people playing then you can have teams. First you pick
who will "hide" and who will "seek". Next you must set up the boundaries
of were you can hide. Before the game is started the players must agree
on the number of seconds or minutes the seeker must count to before looking
for the hidden players. When the seeker (or seekers) is finished counting
he or she yells "Ready or not, here I come!" So the people hiding
will be aware and will be total silent until the seeker finds them, or
gives up. If the seeker never finds the hider than the hider with, but
if the seeker does find them then the hider wins. That is how you play
hide and go seek the traditional American way.
Crack the Whip
Crack the Whip is usually played
with five to ten players. However it can be played with two players. To
play with two players you hold with both hands, and spin fast until someone
falls down. The opposite player is the winner.
To play with five to ten
players there is a person in the lead, or front pulls the whole line of
people holding hands. The last person in line usually gets whipped around
the hardest. There isn't a winner with five to ten players. The best place
to play this game is outside in a grassy open area. Be careful! Usually,
more than one person falls down. This is why you play on a very grassy
area. Good luck and hold on! (Sarah Fields and Amanda Gehlmeyer)
Red Rover
Red Rover is a game where there
are two even lines of children matched up facing each other. After one
team yells, "Red Rover, Red Rover send (the person's name) right over,"
the person whose name was called tries to break through the chain of children.
If that person breaks through, then the person's team has another chance
to go again. If they don't break through the other team takes their turn.
If they succeed by breaking through the most children then they will be
declared the winners. The reason why this game is fun is because you get
to break through a line of your friends and it tires kids out. Plus I recommend
it because I "LOVE" to play it. (Dave Anderson)
Students Eldredge
Elementary School
East Greeenwich, Rhode Island,
USA
Teacher: Sue McKenna
<[email protected]>
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