How to explain practicing life skills to youth
“Throughout the course of our camp/program we are getting better at certain skills. What are they?” (Most youth will talk about the team sport, art project or whatever the focus of your program is.)
“What team skills do we need to do well to help us do other activities well? Maybe it is cooperating and getting along. What are some other skills we need to do well?” (This is where you are talking about life skills.)
“We’ll be working on some team skills you mentioned. Think of it like this. When you want to strengthen a muscle in your arm, you have to work it, practice, lift weights. It can be hard at first. Our team skills are similar. We have to practice team skills, kind of like lifting weights. Some games will be chances to develop our team skills. This is done by the group thinking about what happened during the game and then answering some simple questions. So be ready and lets have fun.”
- Brain Break
- Circle Up
- Stop, Fall, Go
- Triangle Tag
- Pass Me the Chicken
- Speed Rabbit
- Unique Partners
- Play Hard, Play Safe, Play Fair, Have Fun
- Feeling Cards: Charades
- Peek-a-Who
- Memory Circle
- Human-made-machines
- Structures
- Wizards and Gelflings
- Group Poem
- Everybody’s It / Freeze
- Screaming or Laughing Toes
Brian Brandt,
Faculty
bbrandt@wsu.edu
253 798-3250
WSU Pierce County Extension 4-H: Supporting youth
programming through training and resources