Game On!

Traditional and innovative games to educate children

This book is packed full of innovative ways to unite groups and promote active fun.

Includes:

• ball games
• playground games
• activities for groups of all sizes.

With an at-a-glance guide, showing you the skills each game teaches and the recommended age levels for easy implementation. Game on!

Part 1 The more, the merrier

• Chapter 1 Ice Breakers
• Chapter 2 Paired Up
• Chapter 3 Assembly Spirit
• Chapter 4 Old Favourites, New Twist
• Chapter 5 Mass Games with a Twist

Part 2 Have a ball

• Chapter 6 Getting Started
• Chapter 7 Teamwork
• Chapter 8 Halfcourt Fun
• Chapter 9 Ball Games with a Twist

Part 3 On the playground

• Chapter 10 Fabulous Four Square
• Chapter 11 Heaps of Hopscotch
• Chapter 12 Fancy Footwork
• Chapter 13 Off the Wall
• Chapter 14 Outdoor Games with a Twist

Pat Doyle is the president of the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association of Ontario (CIRA Ontario), an organisation that encourages, promotes, and develops active living, healthy lifestyles, and personal growth through intramural and recreation programmes within the educational community. He has written seven resources for CIRA Ontario, including Great Gator Games, Mass Appeal, and Awesome Asphalt Activities. He has also conducted workshops across Canada. Doyle has more than 26 years of experience as a physical education teacher at the kindergarten through sixth grade levels. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario, with his wife Francine and their children. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, reading, and jogging; he has completed 11 marathons.