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Objective
• Why we play games• Understand the different types of games• When to play which games• How to keep games safe• Have a number of new games to take back to
your unit
Why Play Games
• Structuring an Evening Programme– How to start and end– Time Fillers– Young people led activities
Why Play Games?
• Fun & enjoyment• Learning takes place– Learning a skill– Learning co-operation– Learning to win and lose
• Physical activity
Types of Games
• Discuss different types of games in groups• Some games fit into more than one category• Do you use a range of games in your section?
Types of Games
• Energetic Games– Good for beginning and end of meeting– Maybe good to break meeting up in middle– Good for games evenings, e.g. football night– Good on camp– Remember some young people might not like this
type of game
Types of Games
• Team Games– Scouts learn co-operation & team work– Good way to build a team– Never let young people pick teams
Types of Game
• Instructional Games– Introduce or develop a skill– Be careful of age range
• Individual Games– Any game that isn’t a team game– Adapt to let someone shine
Types of Games
• Elimination Games– Can be good fun– Consider the feelings of the first few eliminated
• Quiet Games– Perfect for calming down time– Good if out and need to make up time– Some young people prefer quiet games
Types of Games
• Competitive– Great fun and good to build sense of belonging– Characterised by having a winner and a loser– Can be team or individual– Can be frustrating if the same people also win or
lose
Types of Games
• Critical Thinking Games– Generate discussion– Fit in with faiths & beliefs element of
programme
Organising Games
• Do you have the necessary equipment to run the game?
• Do you have enough Leaders to run the game?
• Do you understand the rules?– Explain the rules to the Members clearly and
simply
• Keep an eye on time
Organising Games
• Is the hall safe?• Is the equipment safe?• Maintain discipline during the game• Match your games to your explorers
Game Ideas
• Energetic– Quarter Ball– Windmills– Scarecrow Tag– Dancing, line dancing– Mini Olympics– Cricket / rounders– Circuits
Game Ideas
• Team– Football, Volleyball, bucket ball etc– Spider’s Web– Treasure hunts– Old fav’s – crab football etc– Problem solving– Human Knot
Game Ideas
• Individual– Banana Republic– Playstation / 360– Truth or Dare– I’d take to space…– Ice-breakers– Strategy Games
Game Ideas
• Competitive– Most team games– Games against the clock• Races to tie knots, build pioneering structures,
navigate or any other instructional type game
– Board games – chess, connect 4, scrabble– Scale up board games to real life – e.g.
monopoly around the town– Mummies
Game Ideas
• Critical Thinking Games– Paper Games – Radioactive Circle– The Chicken and The Fox – Balloon Debates