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Q: I am in a Summer Enrichment Program through my local Youth Assistance, and it's like theatre camp for elementary kids and middle school kids.
I'm with 4th graders in the morning, and the "teacher" or leader of the class asked me to come up with theatre games so that we have a new game every day to play.
We have 24 days total, but with today over, we have 23 days left.
Obviously I don't expect each person to give 23 ideas, but maybe if you give 5-10 game ideas, that would be cool.
For example, today we played "Murder Mystery" where you sit in a circle and one person is the murderer and they wink at people to "kill" them. And there's a person in the center trying to guess who the murderer is.
Games like that are what I mean. Thanks so much! =]
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Sounds similar to a game we play at camp, Indian Chief. Everyone sits in a circle except for one designated guesser, who closes their eyes or leaves or something. The group picks an Indian Chief, who starts a repetitive movement, like clapping. The Chief can change the pattern at any time (ie. by tapping his head or snapping), but the rest of the group must do whatever he/she does. The guesser is called back in, and must observe the circle (preferably from within it) and figure out who the Chief is. The trick is to not look directly at the Chief.
We also played a type of murder mystery game. Everyone sits still with their eyes closed and the game's leader silently chooses a murderer and an angel. While everyone's eyes are still closed, the murderer chooses someone to kill. The leader tells an elaborate story about how the townspeople awoke to find so-and-so dead. Then, the townspeople vote on who they think is the murderer - obviously, the angel tries to tell the people who the murderer is, but if he/she is too obvious, the murderer will figure out who the angel is and kill him/her next. If the townspeople guess correctly, they win and the town is safe. If not, the murderer kills again.
There's always Seven-Up, where all but seven people close their eyes and put their thumbs up. The seven special people choose seven others (one each) by putting their thumbs down, and then the chosen people have to guess who picked them. If they guess correctly, they switch with the person who picked them. If not, they remain in the crowd.
You could also try charades! Throw some scenarios into a hat, and you can play in groups or individually. Some fun scenarios are: being deep-fried, animals at a zoo, dunk tank, infants, old people, etc.
Good luck, have fun!
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Thanks you. =]
Charades is a good one, but I don't know how well 4th graders would be at it. I can suggest it.
I was thinking along the lines of straying from murder-type games, because they're all the same basic principle. The point is to expose the kids to different forms of acting and different ways to use it.
Your ideas were thorough, so thanks you very much =]
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