Game Description:
A Manitoba themed game, that gets children thinking and learning about wild life, a national park, the food chain, and moving all at the same time!
Objective:
Keep your species alive, by tagging and saving.
Game Rules:
Split all the children up into these four classes of animals: polar bears, wolves, foxes and rabbits. The polar bears are at the top of the food chain, they cannot be tagged by anyone and there should only be a couple of polar bears. The wolves can only be tagged by the polar bears, and there should only be a few. The foxes can only be tagged by the polar bears and the wolves, and there can be a few more than wolves. Lastly the rabbits can be tagged by everyone, but cannot tag anyone. Give children something to help identify what animal they are, whether its all polar bears get a yellow flag to hold, or all the wolves get a blue pinnie. If you are tagged by the animal that is allowed to tag you, you must sit down and can only be saved by an animal in your same species. For example, if you are a rabbit and a wolf tags you, you must sit down and make rabbit ears to let all the other rabbits know you need help. When you are saved by another rabbit you are back in the game. Be sure to switch up the children to different animals to make sure they get to try different roles.
Saftey Considerations:
Create a boundary that is appropriate for the size of the group and the space.
Remind children to run with their heads up.
Adaptations (optional):
Add or take away certain animals depending on your group size. Change the numbers of each animals in each species, try the game with a lot of hungry polar bears.
Progression (optional):
Here is a chance for the leaders to get involved! The leaders can be an "Inuit hunters" and they get to hunt any animal, including the polar bears. Give the leaders a noodle, which is their "spear" and they use this to tag the children who then have to sit down and be rescued by their other animal friends.
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Age:
7 to 9 years
10 to 12 years
13 to 15 years
Type of Activity:
Co-operative / Team Building / Ice Breaker
Warm up/Cool down
Space Needed:
Large Space (Gym, Multipurpose Room, Playroom)
Medium Space (Classroom, Empty Room)
Equipment Needed:
Low Key (Balls, Balloons, Skipping ropes, Hoops)
How Big of a Group is Needed:
Medium group (6 - 15 kids)
Large group (16+ kids)
Types of Skills Practiced:
Agility
Run
