Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

1

Name of Game/Activity:

Creature Crawl

Time for this activity:

10 - 15 min

Supplies needed:

None

Group organization:           

The group participates together

Description of activity:

·          Have the campers think of their favorite zoo animal.

·          They then act out the animal with only movements to start.

·          Once all the campers are doing their movements, they add sound to their action.

·          The campers are then asked to stand in a circle.

·          In pairs, the campers act out their animal for the different campers to guess!

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

1

Name of Game/Activity:

Spacewalk

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Supplies needed:

A chair for each camper.

Group organization:           

The group acts out the activity together.

Description of activity:

·          The campers are about to venture into space on a spaceship and then land on an unknown planet!

·          The chairs should be arranged into 4 rows and 4 columns (the spaceship).

·          Have the campers each select a chair and tell them this is their spaceship to travel to a new planet.

·          When they ‘board’ they should buckle-up their safety straps. Tell them it will be a bumpy take-off.

·          While they get settled in, have them brainstorm what it is like to be in space. They should be prepared to walk/move slowly and a bit exaggerated.

·          Begin take off by counting down from 10. When blast off occurs, have them tremble/vibrate in their chairs to simulate the bumpy take-off. Also ask them to  act out how they would feel if they were really leaving earth!

·          After about 30 seconds, tell them they are now in space and ask them what they might see out the window.

·          The ship lands on the new planet. Have them release their safety harnesses to move about and practice their spacewalk before exiting.

·          The campers will exit the spaceship and begin to walk around the planet. Ask them what they see or if they encounter anything unusual (acting it all out while telling you).

·          After a few minutes, it is time to return home.

·          Reboard the ship, buckle-up and countdown for the return.

·          Again, the take-off is bumpy so they should show that by trembling in their chairs.

·          Once they land on earth, they unbuckle and exit the spaceship and show by movements and facial expressions how happy they are to be home.

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

2

Name of Game/Activity:

Soaring Birds

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Supplies needed:

None

Group organization:           

The group acts out the part together.

Description of activity:

·          Tell the campers they are going to be birds and they will fly up around the world to see some amazing sites!

·          First have them describe a few things about their bird: what color are they, are they big or small, do they have babies at home in their nest, where do they live (in a tree in a backyard or on the edge of steep cliff), what is their name (they can make up a name, like ‘sally the seagull’).

·          Once they have an idea of what kind of bird they, then tell them they are about to begin their journey and they need to warm up: flap their wings a few times, practice a little run to take-off and a slow down run to land, stretch their necks so they can peer around and see everything.

·          Start with a take-off and then feel the rush of wind as they begin. Tell them they are free to fly around, just to watch out for other birds!

·          The first place to visit is a beautiful lake with a forest all around. Ask them what they see.

·          Have them swoop down to the side of the lake to land and take a little birdbath.

·          Other places to visit: Rain Forest/Jungle, Mt. Washington, South Pole, their neighborhood, the Ocean, Hawaii, etc.

·          For each place, ask them what they see or how they feel or if they like it so much they want to move their nest to this new place.

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

2

Name of Game/Activity:

Silent Theatre

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Supplies needed:

None

Group organization:           

The group practices together, then acts in groups of 2 for the rest of the group.

Description of activity:

·          The campers are given a series of feelings to act out, but they must do it without making any noises. First the group does what is called out together and then they pair off and act for the rest of the group. The pair is whispered a feeling, and the rest of the group should try and guess what it is .

·          Possible feelings: happy, sad, mad, excited, silly, frustrated, scared, sleepy, shy, etc.

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

3

Name of Game/Activity:

Role Reversal

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Supplies needed:

Two chairs, a soccer ball, paper to draw on and crayons/markers.

Group organization:           

The campers are one group and the counselors are another group.

Description of activity:

·          Divide the campers into three groups, one group per counselor.

·          The campers are given the role of the counselors and the counselors are now the campers.

·          The campers are told that they are responsible for their one camper, but that they can work together to have the new campers interact and play activities.

·          The available activities are soccer, arts & crafts, and drama.

·          The  real counselors will act in ways to challenge the real campers, like pretending they are too tired, or bored, or don’t like the activity. The challenge is to get the campers thinking of solutions to any problems and to also see what it is like to be the counselor.

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

3

Name of Game/Activity:

Pet Show

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Supplies needed:

Ribbons for awards (can be made or purchased by one of the counselors on a day prior to this activity) to be taken home. Each camper will receive a ribbon. Paper and pen (three pens, 24 sheets of plain paper)

Group organization:           

The campers independently portray a pet for the show. The counselors are the ‘judges’.

Description of activity:

·          Have the campers think of a pet they would like to be (cat, dog, snake, hamster, etc). Tell them they will be in a pet show, so they will also have to answer questions: what is their name, what do they like to eat, what tricks do they do, are they washed and combed everyday, where do they sleep, what games do they play with their owner, do you have long or short hair, do you have spots, what does your animal say (what noises do they make?)

·          The campers will line up and then one at a time will walk past the three judges to act out their pet and answer two or three questions.

·          At the end, the campers will all be congratulated and each given a ribbon for different categories: well groomed, silliest trick, coolest trick, scariest trick, best tail, longest whiskers, tallest ears, biggest paws, littlest paws, loudest bark, bravest, most spots, most cuddly, fastest runner, best ball fetcher, sweetest meow.

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

4

Name of Game/Activity:

Animal Trainer

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Supplies needed:

6 to 8 chairs, 4 to 5 balls (various sizes), hoola hoops (5 or 6), wands (like magic wands or similar, if available).

Group organization:           

The campers are paired off, but all of the pairs will be doing the same activity at the same time.

Description of activity:

·          Pair off the campers (either let them choose or do it by birthday month or color of their shirt) and let them know that each person of the pair will get a chance to play all the roles.

·          One camper will be the animal trainer, the other will be the animal. Have the campers name some examples first.

·          Possible options: Lion Tamer/Lion, Horse Trainer/Horse, Dog Trainer/Dog

·          Give each pair about 1.5 minutes to act out their roles, then have them switch roles. Then move onto a second option, then a third.

·          If they loose interest in the trainer/animal pairs, try other paired options like babysitter/child, teacher/student, Artist/mold of clay.

Tribe Name:

Yuma

Head Counselor:

Octavia Brauner

Activity:

Drama

Week:

4

Name of Game/Activity:

Silent Theatre

Time for this activity:

10 – 15 min

Group organization:           

Grouped off into groups or four

Description of activity:

·          Each group will be given an activity to act out for the other groups to guess. The trick is, they must do it silently.

·          Each group is given some time to come up with what they would like to do to act out their activity before performing for the rest of the groups.

·          Possible activities: playing a game of basketball, building a house, swimming in the ocean, preparing a picnic lunch, and driving a bus.

Tribe Name:

Pima

Head Counselor:

Emily MacRae

Activity:

Drama

Week:

1

Name of Game/Activity:

Rules/Safety, Pass the Groceries, Memory Tray

Time for this activity:

40 Minutes

Supplies needed:

Assorted items (enough for each camper and counselor, not necessarily grocery items), Music source.

Group organization: 

Whole group, small group

Description of activity:

We will go over rules and safety for this activity (5 min). Pass the groceries is kind of like reverse musical chairs. Campers pass an item around the circle until the music stops. Whoever has the item keeps it. The game continues until everyone has an item. (15 minutes). Campers will be divided in half or thirds for Memory Tray. Counselors lay out the items for campers to look at. Have campers close their eyes and counselor takes away one item. See if they can figure out the item. Start with small number of items and add to make it tougher. Also can take away more than one item or let campers “lead” (20 Minutes).

Tribe Name:

Pima

Head Counselor:

Emily MacRae

Activity:

Drama

Week:

2

Name of Game/Activity:

Farmer in the Dell, Run, Fly, Swim, Animal Parade

Time for this activity:

45 Minutes

Supplies needed:

List of animals for Run, Fly, Swim

Group organization: 

Whole group.

Description of activity:

Sing and act out Farmer in the Dell (15 minutes). Counselors call out the name of an animal, campers act out its behavior (does it run, fly swim (15 minutes). Campers act out (they can parade for the rest of the campers) different kinds of animals (farm, jungle, pets, etc.) (15 minutes).

Tribe Name:

Pima

Head Counselor:

Emily MacRae

Activity:

Drama

Week:

3

Name of Game/Activity:

Zookeeper, Animal Hunt

Time for this activity:

45 Minutes

Supplies needed:

List of animals

Group organization: 

Whole and small groups.

Description of activity:

Half the campers are assigned an animal (pet, jungle, farm) and act out how that animal would act. The other half observe and then “care” for the pets. Then switch groups (20 minutes). To play animal hunt each pair of campers is assigned an animal (but they don’t know who has the same animal as them). They have to act out their animal’s behavior and try to find their match. Then re-assign animals and have them try to find their partner by sound (this may work better in smaller groups (25 minutes).

Tribe Name:

Pima

Head Counselor:

Emily MacRae

Activity:

Drama

Week:

4

Name of Game/Activity:

Charades, Dress up Relay

Time for this activity:

45 minutes

Supplies needed:

Character, animal, emotion etc. ideas, four sets of clothes