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06 The Toolkit Values
13 Selecting and Facilitating Activities
14 to 17 Group Discussion
Purpose of the Activity
To experience teamwork and to think about:
How working together can help us achieve our goals
How everyone succeeds when we cooperate
Rights and Responsibilities
Right to non-discrimination (Article 2)
For all of us to enjoy this right, we need to include others.
Object of the Game
For the group to pass the hula hoop around a circle
formed by the children.
How to Play
1. All the children stand in a circle holding hands.
2. Two children let go of their hands and place their arms
inside the hoop before joining hands again. The hoop
is now suspended between them.
3. Every child, in turn, passes their body through the
hoop so that the hoop makes its way around the
circle until it gets back to where it started. To succeed,
the children must work together. The children cannot
use their fingers or let go of the hands of the people
next to them.
4. Once the children have completed the circle with
1 hoop, you can increase the level of difficulty by
adding more hoops to the circle.
Age:
6- 8 years old
Time:
15 minutes
Location:
Indoors/Outdoors
Group Size:
6- 20
Activity Level:
Moderate to active
Materials:
A large hula hoop (can be
played with 2 or 3 hoops)
Principal Value:
Cooperation
Other Value:
Inclusion
Play It Fair!
Activity 05
Around the World with a Hula Hoop
Cooperation
Variations
Getting to know you
This game can be used to help the children get to know
one another. First, ask the children to say their name as
they move through the hoop. The children should then
pass the hoop around the circle a second time, but this
time they should call out the name of the child who is
moving through the hoop. You can play the game
several times asking the children to name their favourite
colours, their favourite games, or even what country they
come from.
Increase the challenge
To make this game more challenging, invite the children
to try and pass the hoop around the circle while standing
on one foot, while kneeling, or while sitting on the
ground. Feel free to make up your own challenges!
Group Discussion
After the game, have the children reflect on the experience.
You can use these questions as a guide:
How did you like the game?
What was the easiest part of the game? What was the
hardest part?
What kind of strategies (tricks) did you use to move
the hoop around the circle?
How did you learn how to move the hoop along?
If you played this game again, what do you think could
make it go faster?
How can we learn from one another in our group?
How can we cooperate better together?
Play It Fair!
Activity 05
You can download other games from the following website:
http://www.equitas.org/toolkit/
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