- Asthma Twister

Asthma Twister

Target group: older

Supplies:

a mat or sheet with the game drawn on it or colored circles taped to the floor
a colour paper bag containing twelve cards – four green, four yellow and four red
an extremity paper bag containing four extremity cards – right hand, left hand, right foot and left foot

Activity

This game is played in a manner similar to the original "Twister" game.
The board consists of 16 circles drawn on the sidewalk. Each circle contains a symptom that corresponds with a symptom from an action plan, with four symptoms from each category – red, yellow and green.
A child is selected to start the game by selecting one card from the extremity bag and then one card from the colour bag.
The child then finds a symptom on the board that corresponds to the colour they selected upon which to place the extremity they selected. For example, if the child selects a right foot card and a red card, it would be appropriate for the child to put his right foot on the circle that states “can't walk without being short of breathe.”
Players may need assistance to decide which symptom corresponds to their colour, as each player's diary varies and the game is generic.
Circles may have more than one extremity on them, unless you want the game to be more difficult.
The students take turns selecting cards from the two bags.
Players cannot move an extremity once it is placed on a symptom on the board.
The first player to touch any part of the board other than a selected symptom, or who moves from one symptom to another, is out.
The winner is the final player to have all four extremities on the correct symptoms they selected.
If there are more than four players, others may be rotated in when another player is out.

Last modified 2006-01-21 21:12