Directions:

• Campers pair up. One person is the “leader” and the other is the “mirror.”
• The leader makes slow and simple movements, and the mirror tries to reflect them perfectly.
• After a minute or two, they switch roles.
  

Directions: The group stands in a circle.

1. One person starts by making a sound and pretending to throw an imaginary ball to someone else.
2. The receiver catches the imaginary ball and transforms the sound into a new sound before “throwing” it to another person.
   

Directions: This is a tag-game variation.

1. Start by outlining the boundaries of the playing field with cones or visual cues.
2. For the first round, you (Adventure Guide) will be “Uncle Sam.”
3. Have all campers line up at one side of the field.
4. In unison, campers yell, “Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam. Send me over the river!”
   You (Uncle Sam) respond with, “Yes, but only if you are wearing [specify criteria. i.e. red]
5. All players meeting the criteria must run from one side of the field to the other without being tagged.
6. If you are tagged you join “Uncle Sam” and help tag people as they cross the river.
7. Play continues until one person remains. That person then becomes Uncle Sam for the next round.

Grade:

All

Setup:

Campers spread out

Objective:

A good welcoming game! Have each member of the group clap out a beat corresponding to the number of syllables in their first name. Marc claps once. Alison claps three times. Then have people with the same number of syllables in their names find each other without speaking, by walking around the room clapping out their names. Once the group is divided into subgroups, have them introduce themselves to each other and then to the rest of the group.

Variation: Shake hands in a rhythm corresponding to the number of syllables in your name.