I mostly did theater games. We did a game using a scarf tossing it around getting the kids names and sharing their favorite animals. Some were inspired to act them out and we all mirrored the movements back to them. 5en I passed around a crystal and asked them what they wished they could get, shares ranged from magic powers to favorite snacks. I then did some other theater warm up’s with the scarf. Pass it around as if it’s a hot potato, as if it’s cold, as if it’s heavy, as if it’s a cute little animal. This led into some scene work and interactions as it became a little bunny. Then I did a game where they walked around the room as if the floor was different surfaces, like hot concrete, ice, a rocky river etc. I then did a game called itching plague where I told them I gave them an itching disease and they had to show the itchiness getting more and more intense as I counted form one to ten. I said if they wanted they could pretend to die from itchiness or imagine doing something that would save them from the itchiness. This led into a death and turning into zombies scene. I suggested we go into the scene they worked on the previous week but one of them wanted to play guess the animal so we did that.this somehow morphed into a scene where a parent was scolding a child (I became the child) and this turned into a game about parents giving a child a time out and a friend trying to sneak them out.we resolved the conflict and I suggested ending with a dance party for the family who had worked through the situation. I played a pop song and we danced around until it was time to end. The kids were all very engaged and asked if I could come back to help again. I loved working with them!

I mostly did theater games. We did a game using a scarf tossing it around getting the kids names and sharing their favorite animals. Some were inspired to act them out and we all mirrored the movements back to them. 5en I passed around a crystal and asked them what they wished they could get, shares ranged from magic powers to favorite snacks. I then did some other theater warm up’s with the scarf. Pass it around as if it’s a hot potato, as if it’s cold, as if it’s heavy, as if it’s a cute little animal. This led into some scene work and interactions as it became a little bunny. Then I did a game where they walked around the room as if the floor was different surfaces, like hot concrete, ice, a rocky river etc. I then did a game called itching plague where I told them I gave them an itching disease and they had to show the itchiness getting more and more intense as I counted form one to ten. I said if they wanted they could pretend to die from itchiness or imagine doing something that would save them from the itchiness. This led into a death and turning into zombies scene. I suggested we go into the scene they worked on the previous week but one of them wanted to play guess the animal so we did that.this somehow morphed into a scene where a parent was scolding a child (I became the child) and this turned into a game about parents giving a child a time out and a friend trying to sneak them out.we resolved the conflict and I suggested ending with a dance party for the family who had worked through the situation. I played a pop song and we danced around until it was time to end. The kids were all very engaged and asked if I could come back to help again. I loved working with them!