This book published with the asistance of Council of State Support for non-governmental organizations near the prezident of the Azerbaijan R epublic within the framework of projects The ecological educate of children by using “the ecological plays”.
The organizations implementing the project:
The chairman of Public Union of “Eco-World”
Sevil Yuzbashova
Front word
There demands the new attitude to mutual of relations of man-nature by becoming intensified the ecological situation in the modern world. Therefore as the necessary for the ecological upbringing have been accepted not only at the ecologists also by teachers and the most part of the simple population. The correct attitude for the ecological upbringing must be start from childhoods. The ecological upbringing methods is spread by holding his place in the modern time . Time of work with the children give an opportunity to look for the new methods which should be founded the ecological culture in their upbringing. Philologists are consider that to achieve the goals of upbringing the love of nature better is possible in the childhoods . One of such methods is application of an ecological games.
Connected plays
Let to suppose in such situation: You will conduct the seminar with the groups of children which does not get acquainted one with other or you will go to excursion in together . Could they has a pleasure being in together into beauty of the nature ore to get know the nature by being to near with it which they do not acquaintance one with other? All united works or the motions is effectively when they are acquaintance one to other with to be near as the level of companion. How to be in such situation?
Probably, there is necessary to use the plays of connected within 5-10 minutes before seminar. The plays in this group will create not only confidence atmosphere one to other also the plays will help you solve a number of urgent matters:
– It will help to everybody to understand yourself and to value the thought and senses of the others;
– It will help you to be silent from the anxiety and tension;
– It will be a cause for arising of the merry, silent and creative condition by asking the questions from the conductor and to conduct themselves of calmly.
Such plays will use not only at the beginning time of the seminar also the methods will use during all time of the seminar which will create the creatively and calmly situation in the seminar.
1. For the shake of hands in the round
The participants is organize the round by holding hands one to other. The conductor says: I will shake the hands of my neighbor who standing on the right of me then he will shake the hands of the children standing on the right of he so that the play will go on until I will get it at the end of the round. At the same time I can to begin the play of my neighbor standing on the left of me. Also I can shake the hands of my neighbor standing on the right and on the left of me in along of the round. Both side is shake of hands is finished when the shake of hands return to the conductor and the play is over. Further offer to children to shake hands of his neighbors standing on the right and on the left sides, told his names one other and get acquainted.
2. Musical meets
Participants to move quickly under musical sounds in the big, wide area. At he end of music sounds each participants shake the hands of neighbor of him and get acquaintance with him. The acquaintances is help them to inform about him selves one to other till the music sounds (about 15-20 seconds) is begin.
Addition: The musical sounds must be more high because the discussions is noisy.
3. To arrange by height of row
Players move in the room free. The conductor draws a line by chalk on the floor (ore he put on the rope) and explains then; Everybody defines his place near the line in his thought after giving a signal; At the beginning of the row must stand the tall player and at the end the low player. When the conductor give the second signal the players must stand on the line by the height of row by closing eyes. When all the players occupied his place they opening of their eyes and to correct the place and his condition of them. The physical contacts among the children is create solidarity and merry senses in the group. During the time of this seminar the conductor should to give a commentary of the play because the players who is quickly occupied his place must be understand that what is happened around them.
4. To arrange by the date of your birthday
To ask the players that are they know the date of his birthdays and offer them that to be arrange as round on the date of birthdays by along the year. Say to them that they must be stand as two date from the right on the 31-of December and on the left on the 1 of January. They must appoint on gradually from January by days of birthday and months along the round. Let everybody define his place by their thought along the round. Especially to inform them that the term of the connected play that not to ask the questions from each other to be in silently during occupied of their place along the round. After all, when they have they will occupied of place that to offer them to inform the date of his birthday and the position of themselves. Further to offer to children that to shake the hands of their neighbor and to get acquainted with neighbors is stand on near him and to say his names one to other.
5. Muddle
To offer players that to be arrange as round and to length of hands forward. Then ask them to connect his hands to the players standing far from him by close eyes. It is not allow to hold the hands of player standing near your. When all hands are find the pair ask them to open of their eyes by not to free the hands. To be not free the hands is hold they must do some move in and take off the play from the muddle.
Note: At the end of the play explain to children that they could find the way off from the all difficulty situation which is seem them very difficulty in first view.
6. The plays by rope
To divide the children in a few groups. Give each of them the rope in length of approximately 0.5–2 centimeter. To give them a few tasks for implemented of them that they must make the triangular then pentagon etc.. Watch each of the participants in group is making the task with attentively. After that the groups make the task to ask them to say what they have thinks about a purpose before that is doing the task. Help them to come at such conclusion that such tasks are necessary to them for that to clear up who are the conductors or the executors. To value the ability of work of each gropes in different variants ; There are a few leaders, has executors in the group or there is not leaders in the groups..
7. To stay on the newspaper
The participants divide in a few groups, give to one of groups one of four part of the newspaper and ask them to lay the newspaper on the ground and stand on it so that you feel not to stay out of the newspaper. This play develops the comradeship sense of the children.
8. The nature in my life
Main goals: It is forming the suppose about one of each of the participants; In the course of the play each participants will have the experience of how to analyze yourself and how conduct themselves among the society ,also the emotional inclination arising among the groups.
The time for determine the situations: 30-40 minutes.
Prepared period and the visual aids: Pen, paper.
In the course of the play. The task is given to every participants that write the numeral one under another from 1 to 10.To note before each numeral of every participants of thoughts about “the nature of my life”. When the participants have write is over then to offer them to speaks about his relation with nature. This time they could speak more then write.
Note. Your ask the participants to repeat the story to another one.
9. Centipede
Main goals: To take out the barrier of communication among the children, to create the merry situation, to develop the mutual abilities in the group , to develop the sense of responsibility of each participant.
The time for determine the situation : Approximately 40 minutes.
In the course of the play. In first stage they form “centipede’ from participants.
They form this lively centipede so that the first participation stands in front of the participants with the open eyes and plays the role of head of the of” centipede “ and the others perform as the role of the segments of the body and move on by close eyes. . Each of the participants performed the segment to grasps the waist of the player standing on before himself. The route of the “centipede” can be the corridors conducting the seminar ore the stepped of the building. If the condition will possible they could go out to the street and go on by the side-walk. The participants is not warning about of route therefore they don’t know which of route they will to play of “centipede” or they will go out during the play.
The conductor is direct the “centipede”.
When the route is over they begin to analyze the seminar by sitting in the form of around. The first segments are discussion the mutual relation among them then about move on of the head, when they have forgotten of their body, sometimes they have gone quickly or slow. The participants also have discussion the other mans looking at near them and they tells of his senses. The discussion is over when all of them says his sense.
Note. The main role is select the children who is restrained and look after to all the participants so that the participants feel themselves more quite. This seminar give a chance to each of the participants that he will think to about his partner though if he is at the end .The participants being more attentively to their partner for general work of them. There is an especially problem that to do unusual moves on the eyes of around people. The attitude of the participants to this work in different. In generally they are proud doing this work on the eye of other peoples. They come at the result of that they conduct themselves more normally and the other mans to envier to them. When your will to form the route you should to enter the stepped to the plan. The stepped is forced the participants to look after one to other. Before to begin to the play for safety they will do 1) to collect the glasses of the children 2) to close the room of things 3) the conductor must be forward to down on the stepped 4) he must be in front of the participants to the go out of the stepped. They should to appoint to observer the girl one of the participants. She inform the participants about such things which she have saw by observing from the side.
10. The play to organize association unity
The goal of to educate: To introduce the children one to other in the group.
In the course of the play. The participants is select the conductor.
He is go. The participants is select one of among of them. Then the conductor return and ask from one of them one questions.
The subject of the questions;
From you point of view which of animals this man to organize this association?.
Which of the plants he organize the unity?
The conductor could clear up who is he and can try to find the answers in tree times. After unsuccessful answers you could go on the questions.
The play they should conduct in the camp when the children are rest.
At first when he came to the camp in first time which no one do not acquaintance one other by their external looks, at second time when they are acquaintance one to other they could to organize the association or the unity by other way.
11. Play of snow pile is acquaintance
The goal of the play: To be aquaintance .
In the course of the play. The participants has sits as a circle so that to see one to other much better. One says his name who sits at first then the other sits near him and so they all says his name till the last player who sits at the end of the round.
The play is aquantance -1
The purpose: To be aquantance and to achieve the unity beetwen the children.
In the course of the play. The conductor stayed on the center of the round holding the long stick by twine of clothes round. The one of the children to say the name of other player. The conductor must touch in the same player. This player must say the name of other player in a quene .At that time the conductor must to run and touch in by stick to that player whose name said the previous player before the player will said the name of other player.
The play is aquantance – 2
The purpose of the play: To be aquaintance.
The matters: Bed-sheet ore the other clothes is not seen.
In the course of the play. To devide the children in two groups,sit down in front of them in no rule. Two of them make the burrier by bed-sheet so that they not see one to other. One of each groups not to stand up of his place to approach to the bed-sheet at sitting situation.Just one moment the bed – sheets to set down and the players in front of must say the name to other. Who will find the name at first the other player must come to his groupe.
12. The island is stayed under water
The area of playing: A forest.
The participants: The children under same year of birthday not more than 10 people.
Purpose: The unity among the children and the sosiality.
The equipment: Some piece of board and the two round of board.
In the course of the play. According to the legend of the island of stayed under water no one is live on the Earth besides you . The stayed alive mans must save themselves from that place to another green island by using the two board of piece.The children must go to the green island for save themselves so that they will go on the pieces of board of short one to another not to put of their foots on the land which they agreed with among them.
The main result: The children must feel of themselves in the collective and they must know that the sense of their are important.The works was done in together to approaching them more near.
13. To fall from the gulf
The goal: The mutual of understanding and the unity in collective.
The matters:The 1 number thin piece of board .
In the course of the play. The groups devide in two teams. The piece of board put beetwen them.It is a bridge for accros from the gulf.
The task– to accross to another side .
The width of piece of board only is possibly to accross one man.
The two groups was given a task who will reace to the another side.It is possibly in such situation that they will not push one to other so that not to fall to the gulf and not to create the crowd when accrosing the bridge.
14. Mutual connection of the fingers
The goal: Within one minute you should in touch by press the nail of thumb of your partner by thumb of yourself.
Method: The children divide in two pair. They grasp by all fingers of their hands besides the thumb finger by one to other. The thumb finger by a pair of children must be one to over another one among the partners.
Result: The pairs win who move in together and mutually.
15. To move by mutually .Pass to the opposite side
All participants organize the round. A few chair is places in the middle of the round.
The goal : The players within one minute (60-second) must change his place with the player sitting in the opposite side. The play should go on until to receive the result.
Result: The players have win who move in together and mutually.
16. Hare and fox
The goal: The participants move in mutually.
Materials: Big and little ball.
In the course of the play. All participants to organize the round, if the participants will be a lot of number the play will more interesting. The big ball (fox) is passing one to other by players. They should to give the big ball (fox) one to some of players after that you could pass the ball to another one. The little (hare) ball can jump therefore you could to pass the ball to every one. The play is over when the fox to seize the hare.
17. Mutual to understanding
Materials: 2 little sticks.
In the course of the play. The 2 player is stand in front of each to other. It is necessary to put the sticks in the horizontal so that the forefinger of the both player touch to tip of the stick. The player looking at eyes one by one and to move in the horizontal direction. The main agreement – not to drop the sticks to the land.
18. Castle, nomad tent, sofa
Purpose: Mutual of help, to be unity.
In the course of the play. One group of children to collect the dry branches, big and little sticks, dry grass etc.
Then they begin to build the castle, nomad tent, sofa etc as they planned. Everybody applies his to the building of the castle as they planned. The conductor pours the water from high place when they are finished the building. If the castle is built badly the water will spill to inside. So they could check to sit or to lie on the sofa.
19. The alive of word
In the course of the play. Each player is suppose the one of letter. At the result the group is write of their word. Who have is very much letter this team is wins. Sometimes possibly use from the stick of additional.
20. Blind caterpillar
The goal: To develop the senses of feel the nature.
Participants: Different adults of children.
Play place held: A Forest.
In the course of the play. All the participants stand one by one in the behind. They put hands to shoulder and waist one by one. Players are barefooted. The conductor asks to close of their eyes. Motion begins. The conductor is select a path at the areas of different land and plant. The players feel the difference during the play when the role of the eyes is play of their feet. Participants discuss what feel after play.
When the play is implementing in the city there is main goal that to be unity of the collective and to feel the help one by one.