Cooperative Games

Hey! Have you heard about Cooperative Games? They emphasize participation, challenge, and fun rather than competition. With this kind of games students work in groups, improving their relationship, and learning. Here are some very good examples, just adapt them in your classes:

CONTINUOUS STORY
The rules are simple. One person creates a story line
and everybody in turn adds a few sentences until the
story is complete or everybody gets tired.

GOING TO THE MOON
This is a guessing/deductive game in which the first
person establishes a word pattern for everyone else
to figure out. He or she says, “I’m going to the moon
and I’m going to take (name an object).” Everyone else
follows by repeating the same phrase but naming a
different object with the same pattern. Patterns could
include words that start with the same letter as the
speaking person’s name, words with double consonants,
or words that begin with the last letter of the
previous word.
—from Games

WAMPUM NAME GAME
Materials: a foam sword or rolled newspaper wrapped
in tape
Seat everyone in a circle with feet facing in and one
person in the middle. Holding the play sword or rolled
newspaper, the middle person should be able to reach
the feet of everyone in the circle. The game begins with
one person saying the name of another. The middle
person tries to hit the feet of the named player before
the named player can say someone else’s name. The
game continues until someone gets caught, at which
point that person goes to the middle.
—from The Bottomless Bag

WORD WHISKERS
A word whisker is a time-filler word like “uh,” “er,” “um,”
“you know,” “okay,” etc. The object is to try to talk for
30 seconds without using a word whisker. Not talking
for more than three seconds is also a word whisker.
—from Games

Source:
http://www.learningforlife.org/exploring/resources/99-720/x08.pdf