Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Do you retain the capitalization of Counter-strike, Red Alert, Starcraft? When I was working for my college newspaper, we came across a game that caused a lot of uncertainty: ultimate frisbee. Virtually all games that are products, including the ones you list, should be at least capitalized. I did some research online and learned that the preferred name is simply ultimate, equivalent to football, etc.
Tom: As I mentioned in a response to John, computer games are products, and just as Prius and Cheerios and Kleenex are product names, their names are therefore capitalized. But chess and poker are nonproprietary—though companies produce chess sets and decks of playing cards, no company holds the trademark for the names of those games—hence the distinction.
This would seem to follow other games of similar kind in being lowercase — but it is also named after a place and so would seem to require uppercase. The other people run off and hide while the "it" covers his or her eyes and counts to a certain number. If a person is tagged by "it", they go into a holding pen for captured players. If one of the un-captured players manages to kick the can, the captured players are released. The game is over once all the non-"it" players are in the holding pen.
Equipment : A metal can. This game is most fun when played with a large group. Split the group into two teams, each team having a flag or other marker at the team's base. The object of the game is to run into the other team's territory, capture their flag and make it safely back to your own territory. You can tag "enemy" players in your territory, sending them to your jail. They can be sprung from jail by a member of their own team running into your territory, tagging them and running back, with one freed person allowed per jail break.
It is sometimes played that all the people in jail could hold hands and make a chain back toward their own territory, making it easier for members of their team to tag them. We also played a similar game called Steal the Sticks.
It had almost the same rules, but several sticks were used instead of one flag. Number of Players : A large group. Equipment : Two flags or other markers. Fun for kids of all ages, this game involves a large round parachute, preferably with handles, with people holding the parachute all around the edges. It helps if someone is in charge telling people what to do. Players can just ruffle the parachute up and down a little bit, they can go all the way up and all the way down, or all the way up and then run underneath, sitting on the edge of the parachute, which can create a bubble of air with everyone inside.
Players can also place light objects such as wiffle balls or beanbags on top of the parachute, and make them jump by ruffling the parachute. Also, one person can sit in the middle of the parachute and everyone ruffles it near the ground. If there is a smooth floor and a light child, the child can sit in the middle on top of the parachute and everyone else can walk partway around still holding the parachute edge.
Then everyone pulls backward, spinning the child. There are countless variations. Number of Players : Depends on the size of the parachute, but usually eight to ten. Equipment : A play parachute. These aren't as hard to find as you would think. Try here and here. This game works best on a street with little to no traffic, or in a large paved area of some kind.
You need bikes, wagons, pedestrians, scooters or whatever is available. One person directs traffic to make sure kids don't run into each other. It is more fun than it sounds, and helps kids learn about waiting to cross the street and about traffic safety. Number of Players : A small group. Equipment : Bikes, wagons, scooters, anything on wheels. This ball game is played on a square court further divided into four smaller squares, numbered one through four.
One player stands in each of the squares, with the highest ranked player in number one, lowest in number four. You bounce the ball among the players, bouncing once in the other person's square before that person catches it. When I played this as a kid, we had countless additional rules to choose from. The person in square one got to choose the rules. Anyone who violates the rules will have to move down in the ranking, or be eliminated with another player rotating in to square four.
Number of Players : Four, unless you take turns. Equipment : A four square court or sidewalk chalk, a playground ball. Use some sidewalk chalk and make a hopscotch grid. Number the squares from one to nine. Pick a rock that is good for tossing. Small ones can bounce too much, and larger ones are hard to throw.
Start by tossing the rock onto Square 1. Hop over the rock and hop with a single foot or both feet to follow the hopscotch pattern all the way to the end. Turn around and come back, stopping on Square 2. Balancing on one foot, pick up the rock in Square 1 and hop over Square 1 to the start. Continue this pattern with Square 2. And so on. If you toss your rock and miss the correct square, your turn is over. This game can be played with any number of people, but only one person can go at a time.
If it's raining or dark or too cold, you can get indoor hopscotch mats or foam pieces, or just find a pattern on the floor to follow, perhaps using a beanbag instead of a rock. Number of Players : One at a time. Equipment : Hopscotch grid, rock or beanbag. One of the biggest ways I spent my recess time as a young girl was jumping rope. I got quite good at it for my age, both in speed and in skill.
It was fun to jump by myself, but it was even more fun to have a long rope and jump with a couple of friends. That's where jump-rope rhymes come in. They turn a simple exercise into a fun game, to compete against yourself and others. Then there's double dutch. I was always in awe of the older girls who could do double dutch. Remarks can be general or very specific, depending on how long the group has known each other. To play this game, inflate one balloon for every child in the group plus one or two extra in case they pop.
Have each child write their name on a balloon and decorate it with marker. Put all of the balloons in a container, box or bag. Have the children bat the balloons around and attempt to keep them in the air.
The child whose name is called should then answer a predetermined question about themselves, one that was chosen at the beginning of the game. Some good questions include: What is your favorite food? What would you like to be when you grow up? If you could do anything for a day, what would it be? Repeat until every child has had a turn to share. For this game, find a large plastic jar. To play, ask all the kids to sit cross-legged in a large circle. This is a good basic name game for students who have never met before.
Have all the kids sit cross-legged in a large circle. Point to yourself and say your name while holding the ball, then go around the circle and have each kid say their name while holding the ball.
Go around the circle a few times to make sure everyone has a chance to remember names. When ready, have each student throw the ball to another student. The student who catches the ball has to say the name of the student who threw it. Have all the children sit cross-legged in a large circle. Walker and I like the color purple.
Walker and she likes the color purple. For this game, have everyone stand up in a circle. Explain that you are going to make a statement, and if the statement is true about them, then they must sit down. Once the kids are sitting down, ask each of them to say their name and elaborate on the statement. To start this game, choose a category of things for the game, such as cartoon characters, types of fruit, or animals.
Have the kids sit cross-legged in a large circle, then tell them to think of a word from the category that starts with the same letter as the first letter of their name. Have one child say their name and then name the thing they have chosen. The third child will say their information and the information for the first two children, and so on until everyone in the circle has had a turn. For example, you can decide to ask about a favorite color, food and type of animal. When the group has finished, have the kids take turns introducing their partner by name and talking about the information they have learned.
Have the kids sit or stand in a circle. Start off by saying your name and the name of a place you would like to take the class to visit. Playing icebreaker games is not only great for children but also for teachers, coaches, counselors, or any group leaders.
I encourage everyone to play even the adults learning the group. Check out these fun and exciting Name and Icebreaker Games for Kids. Try any of these fun name and icebreaker games below and find out which ones the kids enjoy most! Then add your own twist to keep them coming back for more games. Have all players stand in a circle. Each player has to do a different motion for each syllable of their name. For example, Jenn-i-fer, Jenn shake hips -i clap hands -fer stomp feet.
Once the player completes their motion the entire circle says the name while completing the motion. The next player does the same thing with their name using different motions. When they are finished the entire circle says the name while doing the motions of the first player than the second player. Repeat until everyone in the circle has a turn. Have all the players stand in a circle. Teach the group a beat.
For example slap thighs twice, stomp feet twice, clap hands twice.
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