Maze Game

Perhaps best suited to an asphalt playground. Keep the mood light and the pace lively, maybe making the avoidence of collisions part of the game.

Objectives

Children participating will be able to follows a line through a maze of intersecting lines (figure/ground)
and plan a move before acting on it.
Children ages 4-5 will learn to walk along curved line, one foot in front of the other GM I
and name or match colors like red, yellow, and blue Lang. IB
Children age 3-4 will be able to respond to auditory cues and follow verbal directions Lang. IA

Materials

Draw a series of intersecting curved lines on floor with 5 different colored chalks; pieces of construction paper (5 colors); recorded music with a nice, regular beat or a child band playing rhythm instruments.

Procedures

1. Give each child a piece of colored paper. Tell the children that they are to follow the path that's the same color as the piece of paper they have.

2. Help the children to walk on the lines until the music stops at which point they should "freeze." As children walk along the lines, encourage them to stay right on the lines, one foot in front of the other. For younger children, enlarge the lines or hold their hands as they walk along.

3. As each child stands "frozen," teacher or child/leader (color changer) goes to each child, takes old color card, and gives new one.

4. When everyone has a new color, the band starts up and off they go following new color trail. Children can rotate among the three possible roles (walker, color changer, or rhythm player).