Directions: Divide students into small groups of 4 or 5. Instruct students to grab each other's arms and form a circle. Explain that the goal is for each group to keep a balloon in the air as long as possible without using your arms or letting go of each other. Toss a balloon in the middle of each circle and let the games begin! Repeat several times either keeping the teams the same or moving students around. When game time is over, lead students in a discussion about any strategies their groups discovered for keeping the balloon in the air: what worked, and what didn’t work?
Wrap it up: Explain that this is a cooperative game, one in which everyone is on the same team instead of competing with others to win. In cooperative games, people work together to achieve goals. Ask them to describe any cooperative games they’d like to play and make a plan to try out their suggestions.
Directions: Divide students into small groups of 4 or 5. Instruct students to grab each other's arms and form a circle. Explain that the goal is for each group to keep a balloon in the air as long as possible without using your arms or letting go of each other. Toss a balloon in the middle of each circle and let the games begin! Repeat several times either keeping the teams the same or moving students around. When game time is over, lead students in a discussion about any strategies their groups discovered for keeping the balloon in the air: what worked, and what didn’t work?
Wrap it up: Explain that this is a cooperative game, one in which everyone is on the same team instead of competing with others to win. In cooperative games, people work together to achieve goals. Ask them to describe any cooperative games they’d like to play and make a plan to try out their suggestions.
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