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is down, the children make some changes to themselves,
i.e. swapping socks, putting the shoes on the wrong
way round, tying a knot in the t-shirt etc. When they
have finished they give a signal and the parachute is lifted
up again. The two come out and stand on the parachute.
Now the others need to guess which changes
have been incorporated.
Blind man’s buff
All children are standing round the parachute and swing
it up and down with their eyes shut. The entertainer
ticks on one child’s shoulder. This child quickly hides
under the parachute, once it is up. Then the entertainer
calls out: Put the parachute on the floor. All children
open their eyes. Can they guess which child is under the
parachute?
Colours
All turn with parachute in a circle. Once the entertainer
calls out a colour, they let the parachute fall and sit
down on this colour. (Can also be played calling out different
parts of the body.)
One, two, three, you are gone
A ball is placed on the parachute, all children are swinging
the parachute with the ball, trying to avoid that the
ball falls of the parachute. The child, who let the ball fall
off, can go under the parachute and try to influence
with his feet where the ball is rolling.
Circus director
Place the parachute on the floor, now all children sit
with some distance to each other on the parachute.
One child is appointed circus director and sits in the
middle. Its eyes will be blindfolded. All the other children
are little artists, apart from another one, which tries
to quietly approach to the director and touch him. If the
circus director hears this child approaching he points to
the child and the child goes back on its place. If the
child manages to touch the director, it becomes the new
director. For the next round places round the parachute
are swapped.
Catching prey
Duration: approx. 15 minutes
Material: Jelly bears (alternatively berries, cherries)
Bats can catch their prey with high precision during the
flight. Mostly the prey is directly caught with the
mouth, sometimes the wings are supporting. All children
line up in a row, holding their hands on the back.
Then a jelly bear (moth) is thrown in the air, the child
needs to try and catch it with its mouth. In another
attempt the wings (arms) might be used to support
which might guarantee some success. As a third alternative
all children are flying around, the jelly bears are
being thrown up in the air, each bat tries to be faster
than its competitors.
Robber – prey
Duration: Approx. 15 minutes
Material: Eye folds
Children will learn in a game to orientate like the bats
to catch their prey.
Alternative 1: In a circle
All children are standing in a circle. One child with blindfolded
eyes will be the bat; it then stands in the middle
of the circle. Then another three till five children are
appointed moths and go in the circle. The bat now has
to catch the moths. In the dark this can only
ork with echolocation. The bat calls out “bat” whereas
the moths have to answer with “moth”. The bat’s cry
thus is the bats’ ultrasound and the moth’s answer the
echo. The bat should therefore give as often as possible
its ultrasounds, in order to be able to orientate on the
regular echo and catch the moths.
Alternative 2: Scenery
Also in this alternative the echolocation of the bats will
be recreated. Scenery with different elements is being
built. Some children are trees, they will answer with
tree, and others are hedge, pond, frog or insect and
answer accordingly. There might be further elements
such as lanterns etc. One to three children can be the
bats and get blindfolded. Objective of the game is to
successfully guide the bats through the night into their
hunting district, where they will finally find their prey,
the moths.
Bat – owl game
Duration: 15 minutes
Material: Chalk or long rope
A quiz combined with fast movement, which will help to
memorise gained knowledge.
Organise two groups: Bats and owls. Both groups are
standing one meter apart, face to face, divided by the
middle line. In ten meters distance there is a further
line on each side. Now statements concerning bats are
made, which might be right or wrong. If the statement
is right the bats chase the owls, if it is wrong the owls
chase the bats. Who reaches the saving line in time
continues playing in the other team the next round.
Examples for correct statements: Bats are mammals,
bats are winter sleepers, bats are only weighing five
grams, and bats eat insects…
Examples for wrong statements: bats lay eggs, bats
have feathers, bats eat leaves
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