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wiki Leadership and Nature Games and Activities

Web-based, free-content leadership project. written collaboratively by DG Educational Services, RDNA Leadership Team and Participants (and I hope) volunteers from all around the world. This is going to be the resource for leadership games and challenge activities. These Nature Games ad Activities truly connect young and not so young to nature, develop creativity, or bond them to the community they are now a part of. Games have a component of competitions and activities do not. Both games and activities have great value in mentoring those on their nature journey. Keep checking back. If you know of any games or activities that fit or model please email me.

Sensory Games and ActivitiesmSting walk

Blindfolded String Walk

  • Description
    • string is run through under and over obstacles
    • participants should not see the string trail at any time before the activity.
    • participants are blindfolded and lead to the string
  • purpose
      • develop since awareness
    • Hazards
      • must run sting so that there is no chance of getting into poison oak or other ground hazards
      • have spotters where participants may fall or walk into an object.
    • Debrief questions
      • what was the over all feeling?
      • what was the biggest edge for you?
      • what sensations did you feel?

Quite Blindfolded Sensory Activity

    • description
      • participants are walked blindfolded to the area to do the activityblindfolded sensory
      • participants are given plants with various textures and smells
      • staff and participants do not talking
      • do not give any poisonous plants
    • purpose
      • develop sense awareness
      • have fun
    • Debrief questions
      • did you touch with any other part of your body then your hands?
      • what senses did you use?

      Ninja Tag

      • Description
        • One person is blindfolded and in the center of a group of 5 to 10 people.
        • The people that make up the circumference of the circle attempt to tag the blindfolded person some ware on the front of the person and not get tagged by the blindfolded person
        • when all of the people on the circumference are tagged the last person is blindfolded and the game starts again.
      • purpose
        • develop since awareness
      • Hazards
        • Maintain vibe check the person in the center may get overwhelmed
      • Debrief questions
        • what was the over all feeling?
        • what was the biggest edge for you?
        • what sensations did you feel?

        • The Stalker

      • Description
        • Half the group is to find and carry as many fist sized objects in the forest in one trip
        • These players are placed in scatter formation within the boundaries of the playing area.
        • The stuff is placed between their feet but not touching them and given blindfolds to wear.
        • The other half of the group (the ones that can see!) begin to stalk the blindfolded players in an effort to obtain the stone from between their feet.
        • If the blindfolded played tagged the stalker the two players switch positions.
        • Stalkers try to collect as many stones as possible without being caught.
        • purpose
          • develop sense awareness
          • have fun
        • Hazards
        • Debrief questions
            • what was the over all feeling?
            • what was the biggest edge for you?
            • what sensations did you feel?
            • What worked as your best strategy

      Animal Forms

      animal pantomime

      • Description
        • The participants, like the name indicates, acts like some animal in the forest.
        • Flapping wings for bird is not good enough, but flapping twice and soaring for red tailed hawk is what we are after.
      • Purpose
        • This gets the students more in tune to bird behavior.
      • Hazards
        • the facilitator my die laughing or at least pee their pants
      • Debrief questions
          • what was the over all feeling?
          • what was the biggest edge for you?
          • what sensations did you feel?

       

      Row-Sham-Bow animal style

      • Description
        • limits are set as to where home is run
        • students decide what animals eat each other ex mosquitoes eats bear, bear eat salmon, salmon eats mosquitoes
        • each time played in a week must pick new animals
        • Break up into two teams
        • The teams in secret decide what animal will do
        • The teams line up and on "3" act out the animal form
        • the winners chase the loses back to their home and tag the others team member who are now on the winners team
      • purpose
        • This gets the students more in tune to animal behavior and animal forms
      • Hazards
        • running tag issues
      • Debrief questions
          • what was the over all feeling?
          • what was the biggest edge for you?
          • what sensations did you feel?
          • what if anything should be changed
          invisible sting pantomime

           

          Community Building and Creative Mind

          progressive hand shake

          progressive song

          Progressive Story

          Pantomime car ride

          Imaginary object toss/ name call

          Pass the orange down the line with no hands

          5 minute friction fire

          Interpretive between two people

          script from the snap shoot

          blind folded person goes around a circle sits in a lap and identifies the person from touch

          mini tank walk