Fun Game Idea

I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a little while. This weekend my husband, two kids and I moved apartments. What an endeavor! Now we are all settled in and I can get back to sharing my ideas. Since my first year of teaching all my students (and my own two kids) have always loved what I call "the game". We play it in the hallway when waiting to go to a special (art, music, etc) or in the classroom at the end of the day while waiting for parents. It is such a simple game but children adore it.
How To Play:
 1. line the children up horizontally almost shoulder to shoulder, I have found putting their backs against a wall works great if you are near a wall
2. pick one students to be the "picker" and have that child stand in front of the line facing the other kids
3. the "picker" must choose the child who is standing the quietest and the stillest, the "picker" cannot choose a friend who is not quiet or else he/she forfeits being the "picker" for the rest of the game
4. once the quietest child is chosen, the "picker" goes into that child's spot and the chosen child becomes the "picker"
5. play as long as the kids want and as many children have had turns to be the "picker"
I hope it works as well for your classes as it has for mine!

Thank you to those of you who have downloaded my activities at Tpt. I hope you are enjoying them. I just put up two worksheet packets called Superdog Plato and His Sidekick Ollie Story Problem Mission:  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Superdog-Plato-and-His-Sidekick-Ollies-Story-Problem-Mission  and Superdog Plato and His Sidekick Ollie Number Match up Mission: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Superdog-Plato-and-His-Sidekick-Ollies-Number-Match-Up-Mission
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