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A Small Book About Large Group Games

A Small Book About Large Group Games

Author(s): Karl E Rohnke

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2002

Pages: 104

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ISBN 9780787297046

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The 23 games and activities included in this small book can be used with small or large groups, but the emphasis is upon how to use or adapt them to large groups (50-500 people). Does the thought of facilitating sessions of 50, 75 or 100+ participants cause you to have a convenient excuse ready as to why ". . .that particular date isn't good for me?" Perhaps what you need is an experienced guide and a batch of tried and true activities to maneuver through the yips and anxieties of looking at "all those faces."

The text alternates from regular print to bold. Regular print represents those things you need to know about the activities; rules, venue, etc. Bold print is Karl talking to you about tips and tricks specific to showing up, things to say, situations, what can go wrong, group size, etc.

A bonus final chapter by Gloree Rohnke covers the validity, practicality, and usefulness of processing with a large group.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Preface
Introduction
Panic Pages
Disclaimer

Share-a-Stretch
Heel Clicker
Gotcha
Galloping Hands
Hog Call
Projected Proverbs
Pairs Tag
Everybody's IT
Up Chuck
Cutey a.k.a. QT a.k.a. Quick Touch
Weird Walking
Categories
The Dog Shake
Two-Lip Traverse
Balloon Frantic
Tank
Jumping Jack Flash a.k.a. Hop Box
Hand Jive a.k.a. Patty Cake
Tiny Teaching
Subway Sardines
Yurt Rope
PDQ (Play Determinet Quotient)
F.U.N.N.= Functional Understanding's Not Necessary...Or Is It?

Closures

Karl E Rohnke

Karl graduated from Washington & Lee University (Lexington, VA) in 1960. After two drafted years in the U.S. Army, serving as a Medical Technologist, he used that medical training to secure a postion as a Med. Tech at a retirement community in California. This was followed by four years of teaching outdoor education in the Southern California area. Since that time, Karl has been an important "player" in the field of experiential/adventure education. He was a watch officer at Hurricane Island Outward Bound in 1967, and chief instructor at North Carolina Outward Bound until 1971. He left Outward Bound to become one of the founders of the Project Adventure program in Hamilton, MA, and worked there continuously until 1996. During his tenure at PA, he served as director and president of the company. Karl is also one of the founders of The High 5 Adventure Learning Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Karl has been the recipient of two A.E.E. (Association of Experiential Education) awards: The 1990 Stratton Practitioner's Award, and in 2000, he presented the Kurt Hahn Address at the national A.E.E. convention. Karl has written over 15 books that relate to the field of adventure education, including The Bottomless Bag Revival, Silver Bullets, Quicksilver, and Funn 'n Games.

Karl says he's retired but continues to travel worldwide presenting clinics about the use of games and initiative problems as applied to various pedagogic applications. He currently lives in Galena, IL with his wife, Gloree. .

The 23 games and activities included in this small book can be used with small or large groups, but the emphasis is upon how to use or adapt them to large groups (50-500 people). Does the thought of facilitating sessions of 50, 75 or 100+ participants cause you to have a convenient excuse ready as to why ". . .that particular date isn't good for me?" Perhaps what you need is an experienced guide and a batch of tried and true activities to maneuver through the yips and anxieties of looking at "all those faces."

The text alternates from regular print to bold. Regular print represents those things you need to know about the activities; rules, venue, etc. Bold print is Karl talking to you about tips and tricks specific to showing up, things to say, situations, what can go wrong, group size, etc.

A bonus final chapter by Gloree Rohnke covers the validity, practicality, and usefulness of processing with a large group.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Preface
Introduction
Panic Pages
Disclaimer

Share-a-Stretch
Heel Clicker
Gotcha
Galloping Hands
Hog Call
Projected Proverbs
Pairs Tag
Everybody's IT
Up Chuck
Cutey a.k.a. QT a.k.a. Quick Touch
Weird Walking
Categories
The Dog Shake
Two-Lip Traverse
Balloon Frantic
Tank
Jumping Jack Flash a.k.a. Hop Box
Hand Jive a.k.a. Patty Cake
Tiny Teaching
Subway Sardines
Yurt Rope
PDQ (Play Determinet Quotient)
F.U.N.N.= Functional Understanding's Not Necessary...Or Is It?

Closures

Karl E Rohnke
Karl E Rohnke

Karl graduated from Washington & Lee University (Lexington, VA) in 1960. After two drafted years in the U.S. Army, serving as a Medical Technologist, he used that medical training to secure a postion as a Med. Tech at a retirement community in California. This was followed by four years of teaching outdoor education in the Southern California area. Since that time, Karl has been an important "player" in the field of experiential/adventure education. He was a watch officer at Hurricane Island Outward Bound in 1967, and chief instructor at North Carolina Outward Bound until 1971. He left Outward Bound to become one of the founders of the Project Adventure program in Hamilton, MA, and worked there continuously until 1996. During his tenure at PA, he served as director and president of the company. Karl is also one of the founders of The High 5 Adventure Learning Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Karl has been the recipient of two A.E.E. (Association of Experiential Education) awards: The 1990 Stratton Practitioner's Award, and in 2000, he presented the Kurt Hahn Address at the national A.E.E. convention. Karl has written over 15 books that relate to the field of adventure education, including The Bottomless Bag Revival, Silver Bullets, Quicksilver, and Funn 'n Games.

Karl says he's retired but continues to travel worldwide presenting clinics about the use of games and initiative problems as applied to various pedagogic applications. He currently lives in Galena, IL with his wife, Gloree. .