Here we go again with twister hoopla

Single Race approach

make a start and finish line

divide the class into pairs

each team gets one of each color ring

spin the wheel that says how to carry the ring

ask the memory work question

when they are done saying the fact, they race accross 

if they get accross without dropping the ring they get to count it as a point

if they drop the ring they take it back to the back of the line

first team to get all four rings accross wins

The game comes with little line markers or you could use masking tape.  I'll probably use masking tape as it is easier for everyone to see, and wont get kicked out of it's spot.  

I like these twister games because they are physical.  Another great point to the games is that it doesn't single any person out to say memory work on their own.  Sometimes when you have a class ofveteran  CC kids and a few newbies, the newbies feel inadequate to compete.  Make sure to team up newbies with vets when possible.  

If you have a class full of veteran CC kids go ahead and give them opportunities to say memory work alone.  

Another Review With Twister Hoopla

So, this is my version of the second game available with Twister Hoopla.  The game is called Toss in the Twister box.  We will change a few things to fit our class of eight.  I will have two teams of four.  One person from each team will be designated the catcher first.  The other three will be in line at the throwing end. (might have to add some pictures so you are sure to catch my ramblings) I will ask a memory fact question and have everyone recite the answer.  The first person in line at the throwing end will pick up a ring, I'll spin the spinner labeled with an orange ring and the words "twister disperso".  It will tell the catchers how to catch: with their right or left hand, or right or left foot.  The spin also tells which color ring to toss. If they catch it they get to keep the ring. If not they take the ring and go get in the throwing line.  The person who just threw is now the catcher. The rings are a type of score keeper.  So count up the rings and announce the winner (if your group is good with winners and loosers ;).

How far will the $20 I spent on this game go???? stay tuned...

Another Review Game

So, here I am with another review game using the Twister Hoopla.

This is my CC version of Twister Hoopla Glue.  Using the rings and spinner...

I'll split the class into teams of two giving each team a ring of each color.  I'm going to spin. Tell the kids "put a green ring between your ____" .  They have to keep the ring between their knees, ears, elbows... whatever, while they answer the next memory work question.  Then I'll spin the wheel and they put another ring wherever the spinner dictates.  If we've got a red ring between our elbows and the next spin says red ring between our knees, we'll just move the red ring ;)

I think they'll have a blast working in teams to keep the rings in place, and we'll be sneaking in review.  WOOHOO!!!

I have a feeling this game is going to "spin" off lots of ideas (punn intended, okay it's late and I'm getting cheesy).

Week One Review and Drawing

Well, I'm excited! I'm excited for a few reasons.  In two days I leave for a missions trip in Burkina Faso, Africa.  I'm excited because I get to take my oldes daughter, Claire, with me.  I'm also excited because CC starts as soon as we return.  So, as I've been readying for Africa, I've also been readying for CC.  

I thought I wouldl let you know about another thing I'm a bit excited about (excitement is relative, right?).  On our way home from our fishing trip (a gift from my dad) in Alaska my kids introduced me to Twister Hoopla.  A five in one game.  All of the variations we've tried so far have been fun.  The one we had access to belongs to my parents, so I went to Amazon and found my own.  I'm planning to use it in CC for various review games.  

For week one we'll divide into groups of two and each group will recieve a ring.  Here I show a blue ring from the game set.  There are also yellow, red, and green rings, four of each color.  On the spinner you'll notice on the outside ring there are several ways to carry the ring between the two players.  I'll spin the wheel, tell the kids how to carry their ring (between elbows, ears...), the first team to carry it successfully from start to finish line will get a chance to say the memory fact.  We'll keep score with talleys- I'll have a mom, or two, help with this.

For our Drawing lessons this firsst week, I'll start with sectioning a piece of paper in four quadrents.  In each sections we will practice one of the OILS elements.  Then I found these drawing instructions online and thought they were great ways to use our new OILS skills.

The page on the left is from Art Projects for Kids.  I had found it on pinterest and the link was no good. I ended up just searching on the site for faces and found what I was looking for.  The page on the right is from the same site.  Here are the web addresses for your search bar (I don't have time to link them)

http://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-cartoon-faces/

http://artprojectsforkids.org/portfolio/fox/

I have 6-9 year olds and thought these were well suited.  

I hope you are just as excited about the upcoming CC days.  

ARE YOU READY??? LET'S CC!!!