Activity 2: Dragons Tail

Dragons Tail

Materials:

• Long swimming noodle
• Blind fold
• three one foot sticks

Players:
3+

How to Play:
One player is assigned a dragon. That player is then blind folded, and kneels down behind the three sticks that are placed about two feet in front. The dragon is to hold on the the noodle; this is the tail. The additional players are on the other side of the sticks, their goal is to try and retrieve the sticks without getting hit by the tail of the dragon. If the player gets hit or touched by the tail, then they are the dragon and the stick gets placed back into its original position.

This activity is great for kids and teenagers:

• Gross motor skills: requiers you to walk quitly in order to not be heard
• Teamwork: players motivate each other
• Stratagic planning: players can collaborate on various ways to trick the dragon to avoid getting hit
• Life skills: failure is part of life, some kids need help learning how to deal with failure and to keep trying.  

Adaptations:

• If you are playing this game with persons in wheelchairs, try placing the sticks on a table so that they can reach them. Place the dragon on the other side of the table.
• try different objects to accomadate to various disabilities. If the indiviuals are violent, try using a less threatening object that isn't to large so that it would get hit by the noodle. Ex: stress balls