Each year the fourth and fifth graders get to go do a "ropes course" as a field trip. It is one class at a time. I was able to go as a chaperone for Kayda's class. It's basically several "team building" activities that the kids have to figure out.
In this challenge the kids had to be connected to two people (except the very first and very last person) in order to move forward on the log. If someone fell they had to go to the end of the line. It took them a while to figure out that they had to squish together before someone stepped off the log at the end otherwise they made someone fall off. It was a great warm up to try to get them talking to each other.
In this challenge there was a 6x7 grid of ropes. They has to be connected and if someone stepped in a square without someone else having stepped in it the square is closed. Each person HAD to step into 6 squares or they would have to restart. It took them three tries to figure out they really needed to do just one long line to keep too many squares from closing.
This was a balance game. It had one fulcrum so it could shift in any direction. They had to keep all sides off the ground long enough to sing "row row row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream".They were finally able to do it by sitting down, leaning their bodies with one person standing in the middle to help.
We all were thoroughly soaked by the end! The kids had a great time though.
Kayda has had a really hard time with her class. There are a lot of really rowdy kids in there and it stresses her out. Apparently the class has been dong a lot better behaviorally since doing the course.
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