HOLISTIC CHILD DEVELOPMENT Games Manual Holistic Child Development THE GAMES SECTION Contents Contribute! ........................................................................................................... Gii Introduction to the Games Section.................................................................. G1 What types of games are included? ........................................... G1 How are the games organized?................................................... G1 What do the instructions for each game include? ................... G3 1. Key Learning.................................................................... G4 2. Goal of the Game.......................................................... G4 3. What You Need .............................................................. G4 4. How To Play ..................................................................... G5 5. Watch For ........................................................................ G6 6. Discussion......................................................................... G6 7. Variations ......................................................................... G7 8. Inclusion ........................................................................... G7 9. Fact Sheet (for Green Ball Games only)..................... G12 How do you adapt games to your cultural context? ............... G12 What does a program plan include? .......................................... G12 Getting Started .................................................................................... G14 Stretching ............................................................................................. G20 Warm-ups............................................................................................. G27 Cool-downs.......................................................................................... G45 Red Mind Ball Games ......................................................................... G56 Black Body Ball Games ........................................................................G80 Yellow Spirit Ball Games ..................................................................... G92 Blue Peace Ball Games ................................................................ G155 Green Health Ball Games................................................................... G269 GAMES: INTRODUCTION Gi 02/07/2007 CONTRIBUTE! At Right To Play, we are always looking for new additions to our Games Section of this Manual. If you know of a game that we could use, don’t keep it a secret. And please include games from your own cultural context. Follow the instructions below to send us your game. We will review it for possible inclusion in new editions of the Manual. There are no deadlines. In this way, Red Ball Child Play can continue to evolve. As well, if you have comments or ideas to improve existing games, please tell your Right to Play Trainer or Supervisor. They will send your suggestions to Right To Play Headquarters in Canada. Instructions for Submitting a New Game to Right To Play 1. Make a copy of pp. Gii-Giv. 2. Insert the information. Be as clear and detailed as possible. People who do not know the game will have to follow your directions. 3. Give the completed form to your Right To Play Trainer or Supervisor. They will go over it with you. Then they will send it to Right To Play Headquarters, Attention: PME Games Dept. or via email: [email protected]. NEW GAMES FORM Your Name: Your Location: Your Role: Name of Right To Play Trainer or Supervisor: Date: Please complete each section of the blank game template. Type or print the information using the questions which follow as a guide. Key Learning: State the main learning outcome (physical, mental, emotional or social). Goal of the Game: State what the players are trying to achieve. What You Need: List the equipment. The number of children is always 6 or more. How To Play: Give clear and detailed instructions for playing. The focus should be on Team Play and Fair Play, not on winning. Include safety factors. Draw a diagram to show the game setup. Watch For: Ask 2 or 3 questions to see if the children are meeting the Key Learning. Discussion: Ask questions based on Reflect-Connect-Apply. Variations: State other ways to play the game to make it harder or easier. Inclusion: Give the page references from the Games Manual for inclusion ideas. Gii Holistic Child Development - Leader/coach MANUAL NAME OF THE GAME BALL COLOUR: __________________________ AGES (CIRCLE): 6-9 6-12 10-12 Key Learning How To Play Goal Of The Game What You Need Equipment No. of children • 6 or more GAMES: INTRODUCTION Giii 02/07/2007 NAME OF THE GAME CONTINUED Watch For Discussion Reflect Connect Apply Variations • • • Inclusion • Giv Holistic Child Development - Leader/coach MANUAL Introduction to the Games Section INTRODUCTION This section of the Manual contains 100 games. These games promote learning and growth for every child who participates. The games have been revised and tested in order to ensure that each game is easy to follow and contributes to the holistic development of the child. The Games Section, along with your training, will enable you to ensure that the activities you lead: are safe, effective and fun are appropriate for children’s ages and developmental stages focus on Key Learnings What types of games are included? The Games Section includes examples of games for each of the following: Stretching Games Warm-up Games Cool-down Games Red Mind Ball Games Black Body Ball Games Yellow Spirit Ball Games Blue Peace Ball Games Green Health Ball Game How are the games organized? The games are organized by: ball colour and its theme age grouping Ball Colour Games are grouped together first by ball colour. The games within a ball colour grouping have Key Learnings that link to the theme of that ball. The table below is a reminder of the theme of each ball. GAMES: INTRODUCTION G1 02/07/2007 RED MIND BLACK BODY YELLOW SPIRIT BLUE PEACE GREEN HEALTH BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL Thinking and Physical Feelings and Relationships and Development of a Intellectual Development Emotional Social State of Well- Development Development Development being The Red Mind Ball The Black Body Ball The Yellow Spirit Ball The Blue Peace Ball The Green Health addresses: addresses: addresses: addresses: Ball addresses: awareness the senses self-esteem communication dangers of drugs and infectious perception aerobic capacity optimism cooperation diseases concentration strength fear teamwork dealing with aches, pains and strains memory flexibility hope leadership importance of insight coordination security empathy physical activity, hygiene, diet, sleep understanding development of humour trust and healthy healthy lungs, environment learning bones, muscles and coping skills relationships with hearts peers, family and numeracy self expression community literacy expression of positive and knowledge negative emotions strategy organization G2 Holistic Child Development - Leader/coach MANUAL Age Grouping The games are age appropriated and the activities for 10+ are included in the manual: INTRODUCTION 10+ - games that are most appropriate for children aged 10 years and older As you learned in Chapter 4 on Child Development, all children go through the same stages of development in the same order. But, children go through those stages at different rates. One child may reach a stage earlier or later than another child. When planning a session, review the games you will use to ensure that they match the developmental stage of the children in your group. What do the instructions for each game include? Below you will find a sample of the game template that is used to present each game. The games in this Manual do not include opening discussion questions. However, there is a set of sample opening discussion questions for each ball. These questions are located at the beginning of the games section for each ball. GAMES: INTRODUCTION G3 02/07/2007 The pages that follow explain each heading on the game template. 1. Key Learning The “Key Learning” is the main learning objective of a game or activity. It answers the question: In what way do we want children to grow by playing this game? Each Key Learning is related to the Enduring Understandings for a particular ball. See the chart in the Leader Manual, pp. 33-37, for the Enduring Understandings for each ball. 2. Goal of the Game The “Goal of the Game” is the main task the children will be asked to perform during the game. 3. What You Need “What You Need” lists the equipment and the number of players required for the game. All of the games in this Manual have been designed for groups as small as 6 and as large as 100 children. G4 Holistic Child Development - Leader/coach MANUAL Be Creative with Equipment The chart below suggests creative alternatives for equipment listed in the games. INTRODUCTION Equipment Listed Possible Alternatives Balls plastic bags tied with string balls of yarn wrapped in tape a long-sleeved shirt tied in a ball newspaper packed tightly and wrapped in tape or string Cones/Pylons chairs shoes plastic bottles or bowls cups cardboard boxes Parachutes/ bed sheets or blankets Tarps towels garbage bags T-shirts sewn together Start and Finish chalk Lines/Line bottles Markings sticks string or rope chairs trees Beanbags plastic bags or balloons filled with sand socks filled with sand cloth squares filled with sand and sewn Sponges rags or towels socks cups plastic