Monday, April 23, 2012
Children's Quiz
As we prepare for the Children's Quiz games, we should take into account the age group: children. Children are often easily entertained, so it shouldn't take too much planning on our part. The only difficult thing is, their attention span can often be shorter than our own. What types of activities do you think would be most helpful for them? Are there any games we can incorporate the Scriptures they've been learning about into? Also, in what ways can we plan and coordinate with each other in planning the activities?
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I would say that we need to choose games that are very active and that they are able to be changed multiple times to keep their interest. Kids at this age will be very energetic and have short attention span as Jon said. I believe that it is possible for us to be intentional with the games so that we can implement the Scripture they are learning into their games.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ben that we need to choose games that are very active. We need to keep the pace up so that once we are done with one game we can quickly move on to the next one. This will keep them entertained and not allow them to be distracted.
ReplyDeleteLittle kid's have a lot of energy, they are normally pretty easy to keep entertained as long as they are active, because they don't think that anything is lame and are willing to try just about anything. I believe that it is important that the kinds of activities we do keep them active. I believe that it is important to incorporate the lesson into the games but I don't know the lesson so I couldn't really plan a game that way right now.
ReplyDeleteI think choosing multiple activities is key to keeping their attention. This way we don't have to stay on the same game the whole time which loses their attention after only a short amount of time. So basically, we should play one game for a few minutes and then quickly shift gears and play another one and so on to keep the children engaged.
ReplyDeleteBecause children have short attention spans and have a lot of energy, it is important that we keep them active and occupied like everyone has already said. We also need to keep in mind that they are children so we need to plan age appropriate games in order to keep them engaged in the activities.
ReplyDeleteI love working with kids and have had many opportunities in the past few years working with them. One thing I have learned is to definitely keep the energy up!! Kids are excited if the adults are excited. They are engaged if we are engaging with them. They don't handle the transition period from one game to the next well... they get anxious and distracted so fast that we need to be so well prepared that we are ready to move from one game to the next. This is where proper planning and communication will need to take place on our part. With teens I think it is easier to just pull something together randomly...but with children, they don't have the patience or the attention span to wait on us to get our act together. As far as games we could play...We always did "Sword Drills" in children's church. Someone would say a verse and the first person to find it in the Bible and stand to read it got a point for their team. They couldn't have it memorized, but had to actually read it out of the Bible... this helped children learn where the books of the Bible were and they had a lot of fun with the small competition that began between teams.
ReplyDeleteEverything everyone has said so far is great. I think it would be great to do a lot of classic kids games that they have already played, maybe with some variations and a few new games mixed in. We can play variations of tag, duck duck goose, cops and robbers, musical chairs, etc. Noodle ball and relay games would be a great games to play with kids too! Games that are simple and that they may know already are probably best so we keep their attention and can easily explain them with a large group of kids.
ReplyDeleteI like what Lauren said about having variations of some of the classic games! I believe for the morning to we should have games that require moving around to keep the kids and ourselves also awake! I do not have a lot of experience with games that deal with quizzing so I can't give much advice there, but it might be helpful for people who do know a lot about quizzing to help the kids memorize verses in between quizzing.
ReplyDeleteI have very minimal experience with working with children in a...structured setting. I'm fine with taking groups of kids outside, running around, going on hikes, playing competitive or board games, but I have never done anything like this before where I need to plan some specific games that are relative to particular topic-such as quizzing. I do believe that playing short games is important to adapt to attention spans, but I think that the games need to have a definite beginning and end. Short games sometimes have a tendency to become unstructured. I have found that as soon as a game become too unstructured, kids quickly become disengaged.
ReplyDeleteI agree that our games should be very active. I feel like if our games are more active, they won't have to be short games because the kids will always be doing something during the game. As for incorporating the Scripture they're learning into the games, I liked the idea of "Sword Drills." I remember doing those in children's church as well and it was always a fun competition to see who could find it first.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the kids games should involve a lot of activity. If the games do not involve a lot of activity, the kids will get bored. If they games are active, there is a greater chance of keeping the kids involved. I also like the idea of "sword drills" It is a fun activity and it is a good way to start incorporating scripture and allowing the children to know their bible.
ReplyDeleteI think the games should mosetly be high energy, attention holding games in order to cater to their short attention spans. Also, the games should be plannined intentionally. If we plan properly, then any game could be related to Scripture in some way, it is all about how much thought and care we take into planning the game.
ReplyDeleteI think that they will want to run around, during the quiz they will have to be quiet, so they will want to be noisy and use up some of their energy. It will also help the parents on their rides back home, we can tire the kids out so they will sleep on the way back. I'd agree that if we plan properly, we are capable of incorporating the scriptures into the games.
ReplyDeleteI feel with games we could be intentional through doing songs and dances with the kids that incorporate Bible passages and messages. Also we could play a lot of games that would help them get all of their energy out like red light green light, mat ball and ghost in the grave yard.
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