Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
Twelve things to find in the park, and a race to get them all.
Draw the instructions on the pavement and let them follow the trail.
Hop, spin, tiptoe, jump. A chalk trail turns a driveway into a course they will run repeatedly.
Reading a symbol and immediately converting it into a movement links decoding to action, which suits children who find sitting-down reading practice unbearable. The physical sequence also builds motor planning.
Private driveways, paths and gardens only. Never near a road.
The next rain does it, or a watering can if they want it gone.
Twelve things to find in the park, and a race to get them all.
You blow. They chase. That is the whole thing and it works every time.
Ten squares of chalk and a stone. Still undefeated.
Name a colour. They run. You sit down.
One bag, one walk, ten things to find.
Music on, dance. Music off, freeze. That is the whole game.