101 More Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 9-15)

191 Pages·2006·1.47 MB·English

by  Bernie Badegruber

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101 More
Life Skills Games
FOR
Children
Learning, Growing, Getting Along
(Ages 9 to 15)
Bernie Badegruber
Copyright © 2006 VERITAS-VERLAG Linz First published in Austria in
2002 by Veritas as Spiele zum Problemlösen, Band 2
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Badegruber, Bernd.
[Spiele zum Problemlösen. Band 2. English]
101 more life skills games for children : learning, growing, getting along
(ages 9 to 15) / Bernie Badegruber.
p. cm.
Summary: “A resource that can help children understand and deal with
problems that arise in daily interactions with other children and adults.
These games help children develop social and emotional skills and enhance
self-awareness”—Provided by publisher.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89793-443-5 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 0-89793-443-1 (pbk.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-89793-444-2 (spiral bound) ISBN-10: 0-89793-444-X
(spiral bound) 1. Social skills—Study and teaching—Activity programs. 2.
Life skills—Study and teaching—Activity programs. 3. Educational games.
I. Title: One hundred one more life skills games for children. II. Title: One
hundred and one more life skills games for children. III. Title.
LB1139.S6B3213 2005 302’.14’071—dc22 2005015574
Project Credits
Cover Design: Jil Weil Editor: Alexandra Mummery
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Book
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Translator:
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Copy Editor: Peter
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Acquisitions Editor:
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Printed and Bound by Bang Printing, Brainerd, Minnesota Manufactured in
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Thoughts on Playing with Children
Play Therapy and Game Pedagogy
How to Use This Book
A Brief Word on Brevity
Key to the Icons Used in the Games
I Games
What I’m Feeling
What I’m Thinking
How I Am
You Games
Getting to Know You
Perceiving You
Working with You
We Games
Warming-up Games for the Group
Cooperation Games
Integration Games
Relationship Games
Aggression Games
Adding More Imagination
Statue and Sculpting Games
Simulation Games
Social Role-Play Games
Keyword Index
The Games Arranged by Specific Categories
A detailed list of the games indicating appropriate group sizes begins on the
next page.
Index of Games
Game
I Games
What I’m Feeling
A Picture of My Mood •
Flashlight •
Mood Meter •
Body Language Spells Your Mood •
Moodles •
Mood Buildings •
Mood Mail •
Mood Music •
Moodscapes •
Mood Dice •
What I’m Thinking
Brainstorm •
Finish My Thought •
How I Am
Missing Person •
Who Said That? •
Celebrity Profile •
Dream People •
The “I” Museum •