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Post by Miscreative on Sept 3, 2015 10:22:53 GMT 9
Hey ya`ll. I don`t know about you guys but I apparently have a lot of school visits to do and approximately half of the time (if not more, depending on the request) is set aside to "gym time!" aka, `please for the love of god tire them out for us we can only do so much and out old tactics are starting to run thin`
That being said, I figured a thread for gym games would be good and I am also currently fishing for ideas ^.^
Apparently, one of the staples of my pred and other CIRs in the office is "Sharks and Minnows" (サメと子魚？）
which I am still learning the rules to/how to teach it.
Yoroshik~
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Post by sorafi on Sept 3, 2015 11:27:59 GMT 9
I have a lot of school visits, but there's not much by way of games that I do. I hate rarking up the kids.. Because I do NZ related stuff I do the most culturally insensitive thing ever and teach a bastardised version of the Haka. (I have no Maori body-juice in me and am also female, but I had to take on my pred's presentations and Haka is the most popular so the schools won't let it go). But the kids seem to enjoy dance-type stuff/making noise/stamping their feet too..
Any type of game/dance that is related to your home town/country?
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 7, 2015 13:20:25 GMT 9
The one time I had a gym to play games in we just did simple things like Duck Duck Goose and Red Light/Green Light. I thought about Red Rover but decided that was too dangerous, haha.
It might be harder in a gym (since they are so big) but even in regular classrooms I like to do 4 Corners because it's a game they usually don't know but is simple and they can even do it in English (since all they have to do is count).
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 11, 2015 11:54:06 GMT 9
I am currently trying to figure out how to explain number tag that I found courtesy of akitajet.com/wiki/Elementary_school_activitiesWhy do we say the person who does the tagging is `it`??? How does one say that in Japanese... (when I was explaining to Russian CIR I just kept using サメand 子魚, the names we use for the shark and minnows game since I didn`t know what else to say and she was like... can we use other animals? it can`t always be サメand子魚 orz) 鬼？That`s the best I can come up with. |
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 11, 2015 13:01:12 GMT 9
I usually say 鬼, yeah. Especially for tag, since it's 鬼ごっこ.
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Post by hinats on Sept 14, 2015 13:17:16 GMT 9
If you're struggling with how to lead games you are not alone. I do kindergarten and pre-school visits and am SO. BAD. at explaining and facilitating games. I can't even do it in my native language. I might try teaching Evolution Rock Paper Scissors... It's not precisely an American game but I have instructions in Japanese and they would maybe learn some animal words in English, too? I just don't want to focus on English too much and risk my visits becoming just another 英会話 hour. I struggle to come up with activities that introduce American culture, and I have yet to find a good balance between general American things and something more specific to my region. |
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 14, 2015 14:16:40 GMT 9
As per Sparkles suggestion I used a quiz style, everyone gets into groups and goes to the corner of the room/person holding the sign the corresponds with the answer they think is right. Though I did not have the time in session nor in preparation for rewards, Sparkles, as a reward gives them items to fill the lunch tray (print out) they were given. (getting learning in from all the corners) (correct me if i am wrong Sparkles senpai) I also did the number game courtesy of this link akitajet.com/wiki/Number_Tag that I found in a different thread thanks to snell I believe. They. Loved. It. and it is a good way to practice numbers (cough*yeasure*cough) they wanted to play again but we ran out of time. We also did it in Russian and the Russian CIR taught 1-5 in her native language, we practiced saying the numbers together and when she called out the number we also held up the same number of fingers to clarify. (we played 4 rounds, twice in each language and the second time we did Russian they were like hmmmm how bout english? >w<) |
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Post by popchyk~ on Sept 15, 2015 9:47:02 GMT 9
Hi everyone, I don't do school visits very often but occasionally I'm asked to. I'm visiting a very very rural school and at one point we are going to divide the pupils into two groups. I'll lead one group for 20 minutes playing a British game or a British activity, Chinese CIR will lead the other group. Then we will swap groups. I need a game or an activity, but I don't think it can be a running/moving around game. Preferably it should be something "British", but at this point I'm so out of ideas that anything from the 外国 would be fine, I think. Normally when I have to teach the pupils a game where they stay sitting down and don't run around, I teach the pupils how to play the paper game Consequences (I made a Japanese version) but as this is a rural school, there's not many pupils so we will be teaching a wide age range and I think Consequences the game is too hard for some of the very young ones. Last year Korean CIR wrote everyone's names in Hangul for his activity, and Chinese CIR taught them traditional Chinese paper cutting (like when you cut paper with scissors and it becomes a Chinese character). Any ideas? Thanks for any help  |
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 15, 2015 9:50:41 GMT 9
If running/moving is no good, what about something like Heads Up 7 Up? Might be a bit complicated to explain (frankly I barely remember how it works myself) but I think it's good in that it is a quiet game they can do at their desks.
How wide is the age range?
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Post by Caic on Sept 15, 2015 9:54:29 GMT 9
Simon says, english rock paper scissors... uh.. I can't think of anything british...
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Post by popchyk~ on Sept 15, 2015 9:55:47 GMT 9
I'll look that game up Thank you! The age range is the entire primary school. Not sure what age kids in Japan start school but it would be from Year 1 to whatever age they are the year before middle school, I think. I thought about maybe doing a game based on that old SM:TV Live game Wonky Donkey but coming up with a Japanese version would maybe take a little time :/ Edit - Just saw Caic's post Simon Says is a good idea, thank you! |
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 15, 2015 10:06:48 GMT 9
Also I like to teach kids the thumb war thing (1-2-3-4 I declare a thumb war) to say before starting to play and they like it because they can usually already count from 1-4 and also because they love 指相撲.
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Post by popchyk~ on Sept 15, 2015 10:10:22 GMT 9
That's a good idea!
Also I still play thumb war when I'm with hulemdos waiting in a queue or something and I'm 25, hue.
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Post by ザ・penguin54 on Sept 15, 2015 10:20:47 GMT 9
Just for reference, Japanese elementary schools are from ages 6 to 12.
I've found that Duck Duck Goose is pretty popular among both ends of that range
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Post by popchyk~ on Sept 15, 2015 10:32:47 GMT 9
I've played Duck Duck Goose during school visits before, but this time I think it needs to be an activity pupils can sit at their desk and do.
Do Japanese kids play Hangman or Pin the Tail on the Donkey?
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Post by ザ・penguin54 on Sept 15, 2015 10:36:14 GMT 9
Sorry, I blame my illiteracy on this cold D:
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Post by popchyk~ on Sept 15, 2015 10:37:49 GMT 9
お大事に  Colds are rubbish. |
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 15, 2015 10:39:37 GMT 9
I don't think Hangman/Pin the Tail on the Donkey are a thing here, though I think my ALT hulemdos have mentioned playing Hangman in class? Not sure if they introduced it or if the kids already knew it or not though.
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Post by popchyk~ on Sept 15, 2015 15:55:27 GMT 9
In the end I decided on a Pictionary-type game. I don't know if my colleague will turn me down cos it's not a British game and I bet people in Japan play it to. But I made the Pictionary word card things so hopefully they'll come in handy at some point in the future, hue. Thank you for the ideas, everyone! |
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 16, 2015 9:36:10 GMT 9
Also! So we have to do another school visit (a proper one this time, not a day camp).
This time there will be 105 kids (like 3 times what I had last weekend) so we will be playing Sharks and Minnows, which is apparently a fan favorite and the CIRs here have been using it for years.
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Post by マイJake - 島人ぬ宝 on Jan 14, 2016 10:04:20 GMT 9
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Post by Caic on Jan 14, 2016 10:25:46 GMT 9
musical chairs/statues with irish music makes it a game and irish themed. in case ye were looking for that specifically
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Post by King Quailbee on Jan 14, 2016 14:07:38 GMT 9
I just did this game for my school visit in which I covered Martin Luther King Jr. and the importance of cooperation (in terms of achieving peace) and never giving up with the Human Knot.
The kids seemed to love it. Huge groups are difficult, but you need at least 5 people per group. I have done it in a group of 15 before so it is possible but crazy difficult.
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Post by Shimanchu 2024 on Jan 19, 2016 14:29:42 GMT 9
I have a lot of school visits, but there's not much by way of games that I do. I hate rarking up the kids.. Because I do NZ related stuff I do the most culturally insensitive thing ever and teach a bastardised version of the Haka. (I have no Maori body-juice in me and am also female, but I had to take on my pred's presentations and Haka is the most popular so the schools won't let it go). But the kids seem to enjoy dance-type stuff/making noise/stamping their feet too.. Any type of game/dance that is related to your home town/country?
hue, sorry to dig up this old post but
I've seen the Haka done many times by Maori, with their tongues sticking out, being way into it etc.
There were many Maori (and otherwise kiwi) Mormon missionaries in Japan during my time
..... and the thought of seeing you do the Haka .....
Maybe at the next meetup?
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Post by sorafi on Jan 20, 2016 15:49:57 GMT 9
hue, sorry to dig up this old post but
I've seen the Haka done many times by Maori, with their tongues sticking out, being way into it etc.
There were many Maori (and otherwise kiwi) Mormon missionaries in Japan during my time
..... and the thought of seeing you do the Haka .....
Maybe at the next meetup?
Being a female, I was taught that it's very culturally insensitive for women to actually do the Haka. Or at least the one that is known, there were female Haka according to wiki-sensei, but that's not well-known even in New Zealand. I've been getting around it by doing a completely unrelated "dance" that happens to use movements that are in the Haka and telling the kids that it's purely for cultural understanding and that girls don't usually take part. But you're definitely correct about being very into it, it's a very rude thing to do a half-arsed Haka, so if you're going to do it, it has to be loud and 激しい with the pukana (tongue out)! Anyway, that's your NZ MAMETISIKI for the day, along with me conveniently getting out of dancing in front of people. 一石二鳥！ |
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Post by Shimanchu 2024 on Jan 20, 2016 16:01:29 GMT 9
It became the study
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Post by tomoe on Apr 19, 2016 9:55:55 GMT 9
Posting in this thread because why not.
I need to come up with a game that can be done in groups of 5-ish for an event. As in 5 groups of 5 will be either competing with each other or something else that involves being in smaller groups but still playing one big game together. Idk. I'm sooo bad at this. Anyway, here are the details that make this a little harder:
-It's for a community event, so the kids probably won't know each other (so anything involving names, etc. is out).
-It will be grades 1-6 so it has to be suitable for various skill levels.
-Nothing that is similar to a game they have in Japan is allowed.
-They have about half a gym marked off, so they can move around, but not too much.
I might use quail's idea of human knot, but does anyone else have any good ideas? Save meee
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Post by snell_mouse on Apr 19, 2016 10:05:21 GMT 9
I guess if it's only half of a gym you can't really do anything like a scavenger hunt, huh. The not being able to do things like they have in Japan is hard too (considering most games are actually very similar or exactly the same...) - otherwise I would have suggested maybe you could have them play telephone or something. Human knot sounds like it could be good, though if they are all different sizes/ages it might be harder for them to cooperate.
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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Apr 19, 2016 12:04:55 GMT 9
must they be in groups?
I know kids love playing "what time is it mr fox/wolf/etc?" and I think they don't exactly have that in Japan? I THINK
(fake edit: oh I think "daruma ga koronda" is probably similar oops. er but something along those lines? will this give you inspiration?)
Is freeze tag too freestyle? hue.
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Post by King Quailbee on Apr 19, 2016 13:29:33 GMT 9
If you are worried about human knot in terms of heights and age differences, you could have them line up by height and then arrange them in groups in that way.
I did the "What time is it Mr. Wolf?" with my English Saturday classes (Grades 1-3). The boys were the only crazy ones - like they wanted to become Mr. Wolf. Dx And a lot of the 1st years were too scared to move forward. But it still works.
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Colds are rubbish.
