Forest Games

Room 10 students have been exploring the outdoor space in front of our school. We have discovered that the little clumps of trees in the field are perfect for games such as "Capture the Flag". We have decided to make up our own games. We broke up into groups and brainstormed new games to play. We decided that our games had to include rules, instructions, number of players, a name and materials/equipment. We took turns presented our ideas and today we trailed the game "Taggers and Baggers". We discovered that we really liked how this game had a "hunt" aspect where we had to hunt for baby wolves (stuffies) that were hidden the in tress. We noticed that some people were "stealing" more then one stuffy at a time and taking it to their zone and that when someones tail was taken not everyone went to the "jail" which was part of the rules. One of our students suggested maybe we should create a Rule Book to help us all work together and remember the rules. After conversation amongst the class we have decided that we need to add to the rules that you can have only one "puppy" in your hand at a time and that when you go to jail after three students enter after you, you are free and then you see the tail person for a new tail!