ADDITIONAL GAMES—MENAGERIE
A new game which you will enjoy playing is called “Menagerie.” Choose one of the children for “keeper” and blindfold him. After he is blindfolded, each of the others must choose the name of some animal. The “animals” then form a circle around the keeper and march about him till he gives the order to “halt.” Then he calls for an animal to come into the “cage” (the circle), such as “bear.” The bear enters the circle and, standing near the keeper, growls. The keeper must guess the name of the child who is the bear, and if he fails he must be keeper again. If he guesses right the “bear” becomes the keeper. Each child, when called into the circle, must make the noise of the animal he represents.
CRITICISM
To play criticism, choose one of the children to be criticised. Now let another child take pencil and paper and ask each one to whisper something about the child who was chosen, writing the remark down so as to remember it. Then he must read these sayings and the one who is criticised must guess who said them. For instance, Jack has asked every one to say something about Marjorie. When he has finished he turns to Marjorie. “Some one says you have pretty curls.” Marjorie guesses Edna.
Jack: “No, you are wrong. Some one says your blue sash is lovely.”
Marjorie: “Grace said that.”
If Grace was the one she must take Marjorie’s place.
Of course only pleasant things must be said about each other.