Activities: Week Five

Baking Bread over a Bonfire

We will dig a hole in the grass field near the soccer field for a bonfire, but we will also keep the grass patches to restore the field after use. Under the supervision of volunteers, the children will build two bonfires and prepare their sticks to bake their own bread over the fire. They will roll the dough into a snake or a sausage and wrap it around the stick. This exercise demands patience, as the children cannot remove their bread until it is fully baked.

Chain-Tag

To begin, one person is “it”. When he/she tags someone, they become a two-person ‘it’ unit. This continues until there are four people, and then the unit splits into two. Then there are two ‘it’ units of two. This continues until everyone is in pairs of ‘its’.

Double Circle Tag

There are two circles of kids, one person is “it”, and one person is chased. The person who is chased can choose to take the place of anyone in either circle and be safe. When the chased person picks a spot in a circle, the person in the opposite circle must leave and the person in the spot taken moves over to take that person’s place.