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Post by 950nancy on Mar 21, 2019 22:21:14 GMT
I volunteer for 4 fifth grade teachers. Today they gave the assignment of coming up with a bunch of indoor activities that they can do with a class of 20-30 kids. On Fridays, the kids who have their homework complete and have been well behaved get a Fun Friday. They used to be able to go outside and play, but admin has put the brakes on that. I started making a list of about 20 things that are indoor friendly as well as not needing much time for prep. I'd love to know if there are things out there that others have done that I haven't thought of adding to the list. Please don't worry about duplicating anything on my list. I know there a great basics that most of us use. TIA!
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Post by katlaw on Mar 21, 2019 22:38:59 GMT
You can do skits with paper bags. Fill some paper bags with some little things like a rubber ball, a plastic spoon, a sock, a glove, a plastic cup, etc. Be creative. Divide the kids into groups and have them open the bag and create a skit with the items in the bag. This can be very funny. If you give the kids a bag with 4 items and there are 4 kids they each act with the item they got.
Another one is fill a jar with impromptu topics written on folded pieces of paper. Stuff kids are interested in like "who is the best sports team in town?" "what is the best movie? book? video game? Something they can talk about.
Have one kid be the timer. A kid pulls a topic, they have 1 minute to plan their mini speech and then they talk for 2 minutes about the topic. Then you can invite the audience that if someone has another point of view they can come up and have 2 minutes as well.
This can be very funny. The kids learn to listen, public speak, debate their point of view and usually get a lot of laughs without feeling like they are learning anything.
If you are in a space you can jump around you can fill different coloured balloons and the kids play in teams and play balloon ball. You can't touch the wrong colour balloon.
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Post by jemali on Mar 21, 2019 22:42:52 GMT
Google “Minute to Win It” games. Lots of quick things to do with common objects.
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 21, 2019 23:22:28 GMT
Google “Minute to Win It” games. Lots of quick things to do with common objects. They do a big competition of these at the end of the year. It is hysterical. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 21, 2019 23:50:01 GMT
What about games like Night in the Museum or something similar?
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Post by jenjie on Mar 22, 2019 0:09:34 GMT
Google “Minute to Win It” games. Lots of quick things to do with common objects. Exactly what I was going to say! So much fun. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 0:16:54 GMT
You can do skits with paper bags. Fill some paper bags with some little things like a rubber ball, a plastic spoon, a sock, a glove, a plastic cup, etc. Be creative. Divide the kids into groups and have them open the bag and create a skit with the items in the bag. This can be very funny. If you give the kids a bag with 4 items and there are 4 kids they each act with the item they got. Another one is fill a jar with impromptu topics written on folded pieces of paper. Stuff kids are interested in like "who is the best sports team in town?" "what is the best movie? book? video game? Something they can talk about. Have one kid be the timer. A kid pulls a topic, they have 1 minute to plan their mini speech and then they talk for 2 minutes about the topic. Then you can invite the audience that if someone has another point of view they can come up and have 2 minutes as well. This can be very funny. The kids learn to listen, public speak, debate their point of view and usually get a lot of laughs without feeling like they are learning anything. If you are in a space you can jump around you can fill different coloured balloons and the kids play in teams and play balloon ball. You can't touch the wrong colour balloon. Know your kids before doing this I would have been terrified and ended up as a puddle of mush. Thinking about it is way to sad. The worst Times in school were pick a team day and public speaking days. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 22, 2019 0:39:57 GMT
You can do skits with paper bags. Fill some paper bags with some little things like a rubber ball, a plastic spoon, a sock, a glove, a plastic cup, etc. Be creative. Divide the kids into groups and have them open the bag and create a skit with the items in the bag. This can be very funny. If you give the kids a bag with 4 items and there are 4 kids they each act with the item they got. Another one is fill a jar with impromptu topics written on folded pieces of paper. Stuff kids are interested in like "who is the best sports team in town?" "what is the best movie? book? video game? Something they can talk about. Have one kid be the timer. A kid pulls a topic, they have 1 minute to plan their mini speech and then they talk for 2 minutes about the topic. Then you can invite the audience that if someone has another point of view they can come up and have 2 minutes as well. This can be very funny. The kids learn to listen, public speak, debate their point of view and usually get a lot of laughs without feeling like they are learning anything. If you are in a space you can jump around you can fill different coloured balloons and the kids play in teams and play balloon ball. You can't touch the wrong colour balloon. Know your kids before doing this I would have been terrified and ended up as a puddle of mush. Thinking about it is way to sad. The worst Times in school were pick a team day and public speaking days. They now have random pick a team kind of apps so kids don't feel left out or picked last. Public speaking was something the kids just did every three weeks. By the end of the year, I had a classroom full of hams. |
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