Optional Opening Game

In this game, you are going to work together in teams of two to build a wall.

Note: for an odd number of children, have a leader play on one team.

Place an equal number of blocks in a pile on the floor for each team near one end of the room. Have one player on each team stand next to their pile of blocks. Have the second player for each team stand several feet away, facing his/her teammate.

The goal of each team is to build one wall at one end and then a second wall at the other end.

Begin the game. The first player of each team will take one block at a time from the pile to their teammate. The teammate will begin to build a wall by carefully stacking the blocks in a column.

Continue this way until all the blocks are stacked. Then reverse this order. The player who built the tower will now remove one block at a time and take it to the first player to build a new tower at the other end of the room.

Note: This is not intended to be a race or competition. It is an example of children working together to complete a task successfully.

Optional: Call out different ways to travel as the children carry the blocks: skip, walk backward, hop on one foot, hop on two feet, tiptoe, shuffle, walk sideways, balance the block on your head, etc.

Conclusion: Good job! You each did different jobs as you worked together to complete your wall.

When you work together and do your best—no matter how big or small the job is—everyone can succeed!

In today’s video, many people worked together doing different jobs to build something very big—so big it was impossible for one person to do it alone! Let’s watch the video to see what was built.