Week Twelve: Long Leadership, Fitness & Games

   Last Thursday, we switched class plans around a bit because of the weather.  Only one group presented their long leadership activity.  We went to a racquetball court at the rec and began by stretching out a little.  We then played sheet volleyball.  We had two groups, each with one sheet, and we worked as a team to move the sheet in order to launch the volleyball.  I thought this game was creative and fun, but it did get old pretty quickly.  We then played a partner charades game.  There was an inner circle with one partner and the other partners made up the outer circle.  The leader called out a charade such as "churning butter" and we had to find our partner and act out the charade. This game was high energy and tons of fun! The last game was "humans vs. zombies".  This game was confusing to many at first.  We all closed our eyes and one person was the zombie.  When two people ran into each other, the humans would scream and the zombies would not.  If two zombies ran into each other, they would turn back to humans.  


   Overall, I liked the charades game the best and would consider using it in my future with a group of kids.  I would consider the sheet volleyball for individuals working on arm strength or fine motor coordination. (their hands holding the sheet)  I did not particularly enjoy the "humans versus zombies" game because I thought it was not very exciting and would be difficult to use with the intended population of individuals with visual impairments.  As facilitators, I would have planned more games and played them for shorter time periods.  The environment was also hard to hear them because their voices echoed.  I would have split the class into smaller groups and had one facilitator explain the games to each group.  


  I had a fun time trying out new games this class and participated with an open mind and also gave constructive feedback during the processing circle at the end.