Nov 9, 2010

Games to play with stones!

Game #1: Gather a handful of stones. Scatter them on the ground. Toss one in the air, pick one up from the ground, then catch the falling one. Put the one you picked up from the ground aside. Repeat until no stones remain. Scatter all of the stones again. Now repeat the tossing and picking up steps, this time picking up two stones with every toss. Scatter the stones again. Repeat, picking up three stones with every toss.

Game #2: Toss a stone in the air and clap once before catching it. Now toss it in the air and clap twice. Now toss it in the air and clap once and tap your chest. Now toss it in the air and touch your toes. Etc.

Game #3: Toss a handful of stones gently into the air, flip your hand palm-side down and try to catch one on the top of your hand or your fingers. If more than one lands, ask someone to remove the extras so there is only one resting on the top of your hand/fingers. Now, keeping that stone balanced where it landed, pick up the scattered stones one by one and place them to the side, using the hand that is balancing the stone. When all of the stones are aside, toss the stone balanced on your hand into the air and catch it. Put the stone aside in a different location. Repeat from the beginning with the remaining stones. Continue until all of the stones have been set aside.

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