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Games
& Outdoors : Reptiles & Pond Life
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Turtle Races
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Make three to five turtles and let
the children race them. Cut turtle shapes out of green posterboard, number
or name each one. Punch a hold just above the center of each turtle and
put a five to eight foot long piece of string through it. Get one chair
for each turtle. Tie one end of each piece of string to one of the legs of
a chair. Line up the chairs along the finish line. Have the children who
are racing their turtles stand in a row at the starting line. Each child
should hold the loose end of one of the strings.
Begin the race with the turtles near the children's hands. When you say
"Go" the children who are racing should start jiggling their
pieces of string so that the turtles bound toward the finish line. The
other children should pick a turtle and cheer for it. Which turtle made it
to the end first? Which one was last? Race Again.
The Chameleon Game
added 4-6-02
Original
Author Unknown
Talk with children about how chameleons blend with their environment. The
children can be chameleons in reverse. Have the children find colors in
the environment that match their clothes. Children who are wearing the
same color as the rug can lay down on the rug. Children wearing the same
color as the wall can stand against it. Children wearing the the same
color as the chalk bord can stand against it. Etc...
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