YMCA Adventure Guides: Games
Games play an important part in Circle meetings. Children look forward to games and enjoy them, and parents often have as much fun playing them as children do. Games played at Circle meetings should be well planned and relate to children’s skills and interests. Included here is an example of a game played in YMCA Adventure Guide Programs. For other game ideas, check out the member manual Friends Forever.
Scrambled Papers
Materials: Two identical newspapers
Divide the Circle into two teams of equal size. Give each team a disarranged newspaper and have them reassemble it as a team. The first team to get the paper in correct order wins the game.
Game Resources
For more ideas for games, check out YMCA Family Time or Holiday Games and Activities, both available from the YMCA Program Store. Many of the games you played when you were young still appeal to kids today. Take time to reminisce and introduce some of your favorites, or check out these Web sites for more ideas:
http://www.gocampingamerica.com/kidspages/campinggames.html - This site offers lots of fun and games to do while camping.
http://www.bonus.com/ - This site offers games, sports, “new fun,” brain games, and all sorts of family fun.
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/ - You’ll find descriptions and rules to over 250 games. No board games here!
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/ - This site offers kids’ games and activities for math, reading, language arts, social studies, and science.
http://www.headbone.com/ - This site is all about kids, including games and interactive fun activities.