GAME TYPE - Tag games.
WHO'S IT FOR - Group Two. You need at least four people for this game, and probably no more than ten.
WHAT YOU NEED - Normally, you need a pool for this game. However, in this dry version, you'll need a large clearly defined space and a blindfold. You may want to have some musical instruments as well.
HOW TO PLAY:
- First, set up your area. A roped off section will work, or a chalk marking with adults on the outside making sure no one leaves.
- Select one player as IT. IT gets blindfolded.
- All other players must avoid being caught by IT. However, since IT cannot see, he/she tries to find the other players by shouting "MARCO!"
- When the other players hear "MARCO!", they must respond by shouting "POLO!" Failure to do so will result in being taken out of the game.
- IT listens for the "POLO!" and moves towards the sound. The other players must sneak away as best they can.
- No player may leave the marked off area. If IT does (accidentally), they get redirected back to the area. If another player leaves, they are out of the game.
- If IT catches another player and tags them, they become the new IT.
It is possible within your setting that some of the children will be non-verbal. If this is the case, use musical instruments instead of the words "MARCO POLO". For example, IT may shake a tambourine in place of "MARCO", and all other players shake maracas in place of "POLO".
THIS WORKS ON - Competition (trying not to be tagged), following directions (saying the appropriate thing at the appropriate time, not leaving the area), sensory (using sense of sound rather than sight)
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