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Bibchar
Minimum number = 4
Before the game prepare pieces of paper by writing subject headings across the top (long side) in landscape mode, e.g. animal, book, colour, boy’s name, girl’s name.
Give each child a piece of paper and a pencil. Choose a letter at random, e.g. by pointing at a newspaper sheet with eyes closed. The children must them write the name of each subject using the chosen letter, e.g. for “M” they might have mouse, Mysterious Island, maroon, Mike and Michelle. The first person to complete one name for each item shouts stop. They then read out what they have and score as follows: zero for a blank or a wrong item; one point if more than one has written the same thing; two points if no one else has the same thing. (NB the first person to finish may not necessarily score highest). Continue for as many rounds as the children want to continue. The person with the most points overall is the winner. It’s called bibchar because the original required a Biblical character!
Cat and Mouse 2
Minimum number = 10
Everyone but two of the players form into three parallel lines, equal numbers in each line and holding hands – for example with 11 players the 9 would line up as shown
above opposite. The two other
players stand at opposite ends – one is the cat (chaser) and the other the mouse. The mouse can run between the rows of people, but not through clasped hands. Similarly the cat. The
leader shouts “change” at strategic points during the game: the rows of players then drop hands, turn to the right and then re-clasp hands, so they will now form barriers at 90 degrees
and the cat and mouse find they have to run in different directions! If the mouse is caught the cat becomes the new mouse and the old mouse swaps with one of the other players, who becomes
the new cat.
Fences
Minimum number = 10
This game coulod be played using different materials than boxes, e.g. Duplo bricks, etc.
