I've been in schools that have had games clubs. I even participated in
them in middle and high school when we had clubs. They are a lot of
fun, IMO, but I've always liked board games. They tend to attract the
more studious (dare I say, nerd?) students who aren't into sports or
drama or other activities. By the time kids get to high school, they
don't usually have time. At my last high school, the games club was
among the least popular with the academic track students, but a bit more
popular with the certificate track. My homeroom students enjoyed Uno,
but that was about it.
Magi
Carol Townsend wrote:
cool! Thanks for your answers Magi and Timothy.... this helps.
What do you all think of the games club? Is that something that would
work where you're at?
Carol
On 12/15/06, *Magi D. Shepley* <magid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:magid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I'd do Family Fluxx...I'd be worried that regular Fluxx would have
some
cards that are objectionable to the staff/parents. EcoFluxx might
be a
good choice also, if their science curriculum does any kind of
environmental or recycling lessons. You could also challenge them to
make their own Fluxx version. I really need to finish that with my ED
kiddo. Maybe we can work on it this week since its a short week.
I'd also do NanoFictionary, although we are still struggling with that
with my students... writing is a real challenge for them, and all
we've
been able to do with Nanofictionary is describe characters. That has
taken anywhere from 60-90 minutes depending on the day we do it. I
keep meaning to try Kimberly's version, but then I forget to send the
pictures she supplied to my email or something else comes up.
Chrononauts would be a good choice as well, especially the early
american history version because that is usually studied briefly in
elementary school.
I don't know much about Icehouse or the other games, because those are
just so far beyond anything I could imagine my students doing
right now...
Magi
Carol Townsend wrote:
> I got this great email from a counselor at Pierce Elementary in
Cedar
> Rapids, Iowa. Having been born in Cedar Rapids (and lived there the
> first 6 years of my life), this caught my eye immediately!
>
> Anyway, I wanted to pass on this link to an article about their
Board
> Games Club for 4th and 5th graders - it's a great project that seems
> to be taking off well. It would be great to see this sort of thing
> copied in schools all over the country!
>
> < http://pierce.cr.k12.ia.us/schoolactivities/boardgameclub.html>
>
> This is also a great list of games - except for one thing... they
> don't quite have Looney Labs games there. Which is why she
contacted
> me... to see what games we would suggest for her club.
>
> I think that kids who are playing Ticket To Ride, Carcassone, and
> Settlers can handle just about any of our games. Thoughts?
Opinions?
> What would be your list of Looney games that you'd suggest for this
> sort of group?
>
> Carol Townsend
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