Skip Back In Time
Introduction
This wonderful trip down memory lane is thanks to the young ladies of Holy Child School Killiney. Each Wednesday they are joined by the most amazing and interesting group of Older people who very kindly share their life’s experience with the girls. This section of timeless classics is the ideal way in which to get children to socialise and excerise.There is no reason why your class or community group couldn’t invite a group of Older People in to tell their stories, their knowledge is invaluable and will be of great benefit to the children they share it with.
Project Overview
Target Population
Boys and girls aged 5 years to 12 years old
Goals and Learning Objectives
This section of timeless classics is the ideal way in which to get children to socialise and excerise.
Project Time
2 hours one day per week
Project Duration
September to December or January to June
Setting
Equipment
All necessary equipment, such as worksheets; will be supplied by tutors
Tutor Requirements
One trained facilitator
Tutor Skill
Experienced working with children and writing, editing, creative workshops
House
This was a very simple game and did not require any expensive materials. It simply required dirt on the ground. The girls used to rearrange the dirt on the paths to create a house. In the house they would add detail including leaves for beds , rocks for chairs and twigs for tables.
Hopscotch
Rules:
- Draw several circles of chalk in a row and a finish line at the end.
- Throw a stone into a circle of chalk.
- Jump to where the stone landed.
- Pick up the stone and throw it again.
- Jump to where it was thrown.
- Repeat these steps until someone reaches the finish line.
Marbles
Rules:
- Draw a circle of chalk.
- Everyone places their marble in a row inside the circle.
- There is a big marble called a dumper used to knock the other marbles out.
- Someone flicks the dumper and tries to knock a marble out of the circle.
- Any marble they knock out is theirs.
Towns
Two girls came up with the name of a town. They would then make a story with the town name hidden in it. For example, “I went into town to get some Liver but on the way home I dropped it in the Pool.” If someone guessed the town correctly, the two girls would chase them. If they caught them, they would join the girls and so on and so forth.
Helicopter
One person grasps one handle of the jump rope. The remaining participants form a circle around him. The player with the jump rope lays it out on the floor and spins in a circle. As the opposite handle of the jump rope passes the players, they must jump over it. A player who trips or is hit with the jump rope is eliminated. The final standing player is the winner and becomes the helicopter spinner.
Skipping
If you have a long skipping rope two people can each take an end of the rope and swing it while someone jumps saying a chant or singing a song.
Skipping Chants:
- Alphabet song-A my name is ALICE, my husband’s name is AL, we live in ALABAMA and we bring back APPLES.
- B my name is BETTY, my husband’s name is BEN, we live in BERMUDA and we bring back BUGS.
- C my name is CAROL, my husband’s name is CARL, we live in COLORADO and we bring back CRABS.It just goes on like that through the alphabet.
Charades
a word guessing game. It is an acting game in which one player acts out an action, title of a book/movie or a famous person, by miming similar-sounding words or actions using different symbols for :
- Book
- Movie
- Action
- Person,And the other players guess what they are acting out.
This wonderful trip down memory lane is thanks to the young ladies of Holy Child School Killiney. Each Wednesday they are joined by the most amazing and interesting group of Older people who very kindly share their life’s experience with the girls. This section of timeless classics is the ideal way in which to get children to socialise and excerise.There is no reason why your class or community group couldn’t invite a group of Older People in to tell their stories, their knowledge is invaluable and will be of great benefit to the children they share it with.
Project Overview
| Target Population | Boys and girls aged 5 years to 12 years old |
| Goals and Learning Objectives | This section of timeless classics is the ideal way in which to get children to socialise and excerise. |
| Project Time | 2 hours one day per week |
| Project Duration | September to December or January to June |
| Setting | |
| Equipment | All necessary equipment, such as worksheets; will be supplied by tutors |
| Tutor Requirements | One trained facilitator |
| Tutor Skill | Experienced working with children and writing, editing, creative workshops |
House
This was a very simple game and did not require any expensive materials. It simply required dirt on the ground. The girls used to rearrange the dirt on the paths to create a house. In the house they would add detail including leaves for beds , rocks for chairs and twigs for tables.
Hopscotch
Rules:
- Draw several circles of chalk in a row and a finish line at the end.
- Throw a stone into a circle of chalk.
- Jump to where the stone landed.
- Pick up the stone and throw it again.
- Jump to where it was thrown.
- Repeat these steps until someone reaches the finish line.
Marbles
Rules:
- Draw a circle of chalk.
- Everyone places their marble in a row inside the circle.
- There is a big marble called a dumper used to knock the other marbles out.
- Someone flicks the dumper and tries to knock a marble out of the circle.
- Any marble they knock out is theirs.
Towns
Two girls came up with the name of a town. They would then make a story with the town name hidden in it. For example, “I went into town to get some Liver but on the way home I dropped it in the Pool.” If someone guessed the town correctly, the two girls would chase them. If they caught them, they would join the girls and so on and so forth.
Helicopter
One person grasps one handle of the jump rope. The remaining participants form a circle around him. The player with the jump rope lays it out on the floor and spins in a circle. As the opposite handle of the jump rope passes the players, they must jump over it. A player who trips or is hit with the jump rope is eliminated. The final standing player is the winner and becomes the helicopter spinner.
Skipping
If you have a long skipping rope two people can each take an end of the rope and swing it while someone jumps saying a chant or singing a song.
Skipping Chants:
- Alphabet song-A my name is ALICE, my husband’s name is AL, we live in ALABAMA and we bring back APPLES.
- B my name is BETTY, my husband’s name is BEN, we live in BERMUDA and we bring back BUGS.
- C my name is CAROL, my husband’s name is CARL, we live in COLORADO and we bring back CRABS.It just goes on like that through the alphabet.
Charades
a word guessing game. It is an acting game in which one player acts out an action, title of a book/movie or a famous person, by miming similar-sounding words or actions using different symbols for :
- Book
- Movie
- Action
- Person,And the other players guess what they are acting out.
