Games my Grandparents Played
I talked to my dad about the types of games that he played at recess, and he told me of a game called "Jackpot" or "500". In this game one person is the thrower who calls out the point values, and all of the other people are opposite the thrower trying to get the ball and have points that add up to 500. Usually there is around 5-8 people who will be playing. There are special callouts for the person throwing the ball:
Alive - the ball must be caught in the air.
Dead - the ball can hit the ground.
Jackpot - whoever gets the ball automatically wins.
Mystery Box - the thrower does not tell the group what the value is worth until someone has caught the ball.
This game although was played a long time ago, is still played to this day in many physical fitness settings. The safety of this game can be a little bit dangerous depending on where it is played and if there is contact involved. It can be played on all surfaces and indoor, so if it is being played in a parking lot with cement this could be a safety issue if someone falls or decides to dive for the ball. The respect in this game is very important because you are the one that keeps track of your points, so respecting each other and how many points they say they have is important. In this game participation and inclusivity is implemented because you can have lots of people playing at one time, no matter their skill level, and even though there is only one thrower everybody has a chance to be active and go for the ball after it is thrown. Boys and girls could play this game together, but there might be some contact between the groups so that could be an issue when playing. The skills involved are mostly catching and throwing the object and there aren’t really any strategies for the receiving players because the thrower can throw the ball anywhere.
This game adheres to the “max participation” motto very well because the maximum participants are taking part with the maximum effort to be on task for the maximum amount of time. A lot of people can play at one time and everyone is playing at all times in the game, there is no way that you can get out in this game. And everyone has to be trying to get the ball if they want to be the designated thrower.
The culture of children’s games has changed since my parents played on the playground are the games we play today have gotten safer to play and adapt the max motto better. Seeing some of the games presented in class there can be many adaptations made to make the game a lot safer and adhere more to the max motto. For this particular game the only adaptation I would make is that if you have a large group of students trying to play this game I would split them up into two or three smaller groups so that they can get more touches and be more involved in the game and possibly make a no contact rule so that people don’t fight or push someone over the ball so everyone is safe and no one gets hurt.
Alive - the ball must be caught in the air.
Dead - the ball can hit the ground.
Jackpot - whoever gets the ball automatically wins.
Mystery Box - the thrower does not tell the group what the value is worth until someone has caught the ball.
This game although was played a long time ago, is still played to this day in many physical fitness settings. The safety of this game can be a little bit dangerous depending on where it is played and if there is contact involved. It can be played on all surfaces and indoor, so if it is being played in a parking lot with cement this could be a safety issue if someone falls or decides to dive for the ball. The respect in this game is very important because you are the one that keeps track of your points, so respecting each other and how many points they say they have is important. In this game participation and inclusivity is implemented because you can have lots of people playing at one time, no matter their skill level, and even though there is only one thrower everybody has a chance to be active and go for the ball after it is thrown. Boys and girls could play this game together, but there might be some contact between the groups so that could be an issue when playing. The skills involved are mostly catching and throwing the object and there aren’t really any strategies for the receiving players because the thrower can throw the ball anywhere.
This game adheres to the “max participation” motto very well because the maximum participants are taking part with the maximum effort to be on task for the maximum amount of time. A lot of people can play at one time and everyone is playing at all times in the game, there is no way that you can get out in this game. And everyone has to be trying to get the ball if they want to be the designated thrower.
The culture of children’s games has changed since my parents played on the playground are the games we play today have gotten safer to play and adapt the max motto better. Seeing some of the games presented in class there can be many adaptations made to make the game a lot safer and adhere more to the max motto. For this particular game the only adaptation I would make is that if you have a large group of students trying to play this game I would split them up into two or three smaller groups so that they can get more touches and be more involved in the game and possibly make a no contact rule so that people don’t fight or push someone over the ball so everyone is safe and no one gets hurt.
TGFU Peer Teaching Assignment
Inventing Games
There are two handouts below that show a student worksheet to invent their own games, and teacher notes that show offensive, defensive, and transpositional skills and strategies that involve teaching games for understanding.
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Basic Movement Skill Lesson
For this assignment we had a group of preschoolers come into our class to teach them some basic movement skills. The class was set up in a station format, where the kids would rotate around the gym and get taught different movement skills.
For this assignment I was partnered with Caro, and the Basic Movement Skills we got to teach the kids was Catching and Running. We chose to only look at one performance indicator, which was keeping your body in front of the ball when catching, since time was limited at each station.
The skills gap was very large between the different kids that came through our station, with most of the kids at the pre-control level. One student really stood out from the others in catching, and caught the ball a lot of the time, while other students would struggle with our performance indicator and not move to where the ball was thrown.
This was a really fun and exciting experience for myself, because it showed me what it is like to teach kids of different skill levels and to get them to understand what you are saying. The students looked like they were having a blast as they went from station to station, so I would say that this day was a success.
For this assignment I was partnered with Caro, and the Basic Movement Skills we got to teach the kids was Catching and Running. We chose to only look at one performance indicator, which was keeping your body in front of the ball when catching, since time was limited at each station.
The skills gap was very large between the different kids that came through our station, with most of the kids at the pre-control level. One student really stood out from the others in catching, and caught the ball a lot of the time, while other students would struggle with our performance indicator and not move to where the ball was thrown.
This was a really fun and exciting experience for myself, because it showed me what it is like to teach kids of different skill levels and to get them to understand what you are saying. The students looked like they were having a blast as they went from station to station, so I would say that this day was a success.