Your Turn to Lead!: Children's Group Activities (Anytime Crafts S.) - Softcover

Whiteside, Kay Healton; Healton, Sarah H.

9780830643929: Your Turn to Lead!: Children's Group Activities (Anytime Crafts S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830643923 ISBN 13: 9780830643929

Publisher: TAB Books Inc, 1993

You've been put in charge of a group of children and don't have the faintest idea what to do with them. Don't despair ..."Your Turn to Lead!: Children's Group Activities" is full of answers for distraught group leaders and parents who must cope with the task of directing a room full of young people. This book does more than offer a list of activities, however. It escorts readers through every step in the process of organizing a group, initiating and guiding activities, and handling the inevitable crisis. Throughout "Your Turn to Lead" are a variety of fun and educational activities that group leaders can use, including those that encourage physical fitness, such as organizing a jog-a-thon. Rummage sale fund raisers, simple recipes and tips for feeding large groups, and group camping are all highlighted in detail. Appropriate age levels for various activities, and what can be expected from each age level, are also addressed. One of the book's most outstanding features is that is focuses on increasing children's awareness of people with special needs. For instance, through various acitvities, kids can get a feel for what it might be like to be blind, deaf, or confined to a wheelchair. Attention is also given to getting groups started and providing transportation. Helpful diagrams and illustrations, an easy-to-read format, and icons that highlight unique features or warn of potential dangers round out this all-inclusive guide to group leader survival.

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