NAME OF THE GAME SEVEN STONES

THEME  SOLIDARITY AMONG GROUP MEMBERS

COMPLEXITY  SUITABLE FOR YEARS OLD

GROUP SIZE  2 GROUPS  6-8 STUDENTS IN EACH GROUP

TIME  40 – 60 MINUTES

RELATED RIGHTS  SOLIDARITY

OBJECTIVES  The aim of this game is to create an enjoyable atmosphere while the students are playing by interacting and communicating with each other. The importance of this is to provide the students to learn how to behave in solidarity. The group members must behave and play together to reach a goal. Each group has different goals to reach so they should show the example of solidarity among their group members by sharing the same roles to reach their goal.  Also the students in the groups feel themselves as an important member of the group and they have got an important role in the group. It provides self-confidence.

MATERIALS  Seven flat Stones  A ball  A piece of chalk  Some materials ( eg. caps on the heads of one group members ) that differentiate the group members from each other

PREPARATION A small circle is drawn with a piece of chalk in the middle of the playground and a line to the 5 metres away from the stones. The stones should be put one on the top of the other in the circle. The group members of one group should wear a cap.

INSRUCTIONS  Students form two groups.  One student holds the ball. One student from each group comes near that student with ball. S/he throws up the ball and the one who catches the ball starts the game.  The student who catches the ball goes back the line and the other one goes near the stones. S/he throws the ball towards the stones in order to fall them down. The group members have four chance to fall the stones down. If s/he can’t fall them down, it passes the other group and they change the places. This continues until one group can fall the stones down.  If one group fall them down, they run away from the other group members. The goal of one group members who fall the stones down is to build up the stones again without hit by the ball of the other group members. The goal of the other group is to hit the others by using the ball in order not to let them to build up the stones.

 The one who is hit leaves the game. But if s/he can catch the ball without a hit, the other group member who throw the ball leaves the game. In order to join the game again, their group members must touch the colour on the other group members’s clothes. The colour is said by the other group. For example; the student in the first group is hit and leaves the game. s/he asks What colour do they want. Second group says a colour and the student in the first group must touch the colour on the second group members’ clothes without a hit.  If the group members achieve to build up the stones, they win. If the other group members can hit all the others before building up stones, they win.

EVALUATION  The students enjoyed themselves very much while playing and they learned the importance of being together.