Goodwin Memorial Library
Hadley MA
June 24, 2018
This was opening day of my 1st Weekly Games Class residency at the Goodwin Memorial Library. We're playing Fox & Geese. The Fox in the plaid shirt, is trying to catch the Geese inside the circle. Both can go inside and outside the circle, which is helping the Geese.
This is the same group I've been leading a weekly drop-in "gym class" for since 2011. Each Fall, we look for a low/no cost indoor location for the Winter, and this pretty cool, new, indoor urban park offered us a roof over our heads. We took up residency in this little corner of their place and it worked out very nicely. It was a fairly small group that winter - 5-10 kids each week - so the space was ideal.
Fryeburg New Church Assembly family camp
Fryeburg ME
August 2009
The teens at the FNCA are called The Flames, and three evenings a week, I lead "Flames Games" with the Flames. This is Rock/Paper/Scissors Tag. Each team secretly picks a symbol, face each other in two long lines, and then "Rock, Paper, Scissors, SHOOT!" and each team throws their symbol. The winner chases the other team back to their back line. Tagged players join the other team. In the photo above, the other team obviously did Paper!
Leeds Elementary School
Northampton MA
June 15, 1993
This game is called Toe Fencing. Each player is trying to tag the other's toes without getting their own toes tagged!
This is the Lap Game. Standing in a very tight circle, all together, everyone sits down on the lap of the person behind them at the same time! If everyone keeps their feet still and steers the person it front of them, it works every time.