FORCE YOUR WAY

A little test of children's strength.

1. All participants form a tight circle by standing shoulder to shoulder excepting two players who are left outside the circle.

2. As the game begins, these two players have to force their way inside the circle, both from one point, while the children forming the circle have to prevent them from entering.

3. If the players manage to get in, the two players who allowed them in, are declared 'out' and are sent out of the circle. The earlier two players join the circle and the game continues.

4.This is an endless non-competitive game. You can stop it after 5-7 minutes.

JUMIpNG IN RHYTHM

Kids just just love it!

1. Play some fast music. While it is being played, the children have to jump up and down to its rhythm.

2. Every time the music stops, the children must sit down quickly.

3. The child to sit down last is eliminated.

Hint

like "Hop" or "Clap" or "Wave your hands", as soon as the music stops.

In each case, the children who don't stop immediately are eliminated

from the game. The last child left in the game is the winner.: You could also select a leader who can give different commands

POPCORN GAME

1. Have the needles threaded before the party starts.

2. Get the children to sit on the floor. Place a bowl full of popcorn close to each child.

3. As the music starts, the children have to start threading the popcorn.

4. At the end of a fixed time period, stop the music.

The child who has threaded the maximum number of Popcorn is the winner.

PASSING THE HAT

You can play this popular game with many variations.

1. All the participants sit in a circle.

2. When the music is played, the hat is passed around. Each child has to put on the hat before passing it on to the next player.

3. The music is stopped intermittently by a referee who is blindfolded. When the music stops, the child who has the hat leaves the game.

4. The player who remains in the game till the end is the winner.

Hint: If you have extra time in hand, you could include forfeits, i.e. every
time the music stops, the child holding the hat must perform a task given to
him by an adult referee, before rejoining the players.

THE DETECTIVE

1. The players sit in a circle.

2. One player is selected to be the detective and sent out of the room till the other layers select a leader.

3. The leader has to initiate different actions which the others must imitate. He may twitch his nose, clap his hands, tap his head and so on.

4. When the detective comes in, he has to stand in the centre of the circle. He has to find out who the leader is in three chances, by closely observing the players who are imitating the leader's actions. The leader meanwhile has to cleverly change his actions without making it noticeable to the detective.

5. When the detective spots the leader, the

leader then becomes the next detective.

BALANCING GAME 05

You may look forward to a lot of excitement while playing this game.

1. Children stand around in a circle.

2. Each child is given an exercise book.

3. When the music starts, the children have to walk around in the circle, trying to balance the books on their heads, till the music stops.

4. The children who drop the books from their heads are eliminated.

5. The player left till the end is the winner.

JUGGLING LEADER

This is an excellent game to get the children to mix with one another.

1. One child is chosen as the leader and the rest of the children are divided into two equal teams.

2. The children join hands and form two circles, one inside the other, around the leader.

3. When the music is played, the children in the inner circle start walking around in one direction; while those in the outer circle walk in the opposite direction.

4. As soon as the music stops, the children stop. Each child from the outer circle has to pair up with the child from the inner circle facing him.

5. The leader then gives a command like "Hold hands and hop on one leg" or "Tickle your partner till he/she laughs". Each pair follows instructions till the music starts again.