COOPERATIVE GAMES - Learning For Life

COOPERATIVE GAMES 1 COOPERATIVE GAMES WHAT ARE COOPERATIVE GAMES? Cooperative games emphasize participation, challenge, and fun rather than defeating someone. Cooperative games emphasize play rather than competition. Cooperative games are not new. Some of... More

COOPERATIVE GAMES 1 COOPERATIVE GAMES WHAT ARE COOPERATIVE GAMES? Cooperative games emphasize participation, challenge, and fun rather than defeating someone. Cooperative games emphasize play rather than competition. Cooperative games are not new. Some of the classic games we participated in as children are classic because of the play emphasis. There may be competition involved, but the outcome of the competition is not losing and sitting out the rest of the game. Instead, it may involve switching teams so that everyone ends up on the winning team. OUTDOOR ACTIVE GAMES SARDINES This can be played anywhere, indoors or out. The goal is similar to “Hide and Seek,” except that “it” hides first. Everyone else then tries to find “it.” When someone finds “it,” they hide with “it” in the same spot. The game ends when everyone finds the hiding spot of “it.” BLOB TAG In this variation of “tag,” the persons who are caught join hands with the “it” person to form a blob. As more people are caught, the Less