What to do with children on summer holidays at a children's camp? Of course, new fun games. In this selection you can find different camp games for children. Fun, active and calm interesting games for children at summer camp. Choose your favorite ones, play, come up with new rules, or try playing new wonderful games. We hope that this selection will help counselors and educators in organizing children’s leisure time.
Technical issues
This is the most difficult thing. The ideal option is if the child not only has access to a computer (laptop), but also a smartphone and a printer.
In this case, it is easiest for counselors to communicate with children. Some classes will be held on ZOOM, some links can be sent to WhatsApp.
WhatsApp groups for children can be used to post daily schedules and quickly send photos and videos of creative work. In parent groups - publish lists of materials and tools needed for master classes. On the printer, children can print one-page study guides, diagrams, coloring pages, patterns, etc.
Naturally, everything needs to be planned taking into account the gadgets and devices the children have, so start the shift by surveying parents.
- They will like...
Many children over 10 years old have accounts on Tik-tok, VKontakte, Instagram. They already know well how difficult it is to “get” interesting content for which they give likes. If during the lessons you get creative photos and short videos for posting on social networks, the children will definitely be happy. The first likes and comments can be exchanged with each other.
Thematic days and themed shifts
Each week can be devoted to one topic. This will be a deep dive with theory and practice. Your program will consist of the blocks listed above, but they will all be tied to the topic.
For example:
Change “Movie! Movie! Movie!"
Educational block: Analysis of a cartoon or film fragment in English. Literary translation of a famous song. Films based on books or true stories. Important skills: Acting sketches, speech technique, tongue twisters. Sports block: Any exercise can be called training for stuntmen. “Household” block: Beautiful scenery for shooting from scrap materials. Sandwich for an actor on the set. Artistic creativity: Poster for a new film. Sketches of costumes for characters in a science fiction film. Art collage "Movie poster". Code for a spy movie. Photo projects: Casting for the main role. Natural scenery in nature. Filters for creating unusual photos. Portraits of the characters from the film “In the Thick Grass” (large insects). We photograph evidence for a detective series. Handmade master classes: Paper superhero masks. Headdress for the main character of the film. Magic glasses. Decorating a magic wand. Intellectual games: Movie quiz. Detective puzzles using ready-made cards. Quest. Horizons: Examples and discussion of documentaries and feature films, cinematic professions, famous actors of the past and present, selections of films on various topics. We study genres. Healthy lifestyle: Secrets of actors' slimness. Theater at the microphone: New voice acting of old cartoons. We read by role. Multiconcert (online karaoke). Entertainment block: Comic acting tasks. "Mafia". "Crocodile" with the words "around the cinema". Challenge "Acting Debut". Discussing the script of your own three-minute film. Filming a new trailer for a famous film.
More examples of names for shifts: “Professions”, “In the Animal World”, “Great Inventions”, “Around the World”, “School of Bloggers”, “The Universe in your Pocket”, “Water All Around”, “City Stories”, “The Age of Dinosaurs” ", "Wonders of the World", "Gems", etc.
By the way, you can call the shift “Holiday Again,” like my entire site. If you look at the calendar, you can find all sorts of funny national and international holidays for every day. Even if there is no coincidence with the exact date, but from Monday to Friday you can oh, “International Friends Day”, “Tea Day” or “Soup Day” (there are such holidays, check the calendar), “Dance Day”, “Day Emoji", "Children's Invention Day", "World Pirate Imitation Day", etc. All this is on calend.ru (there are even 3-4 holidays every day).
