June 07, 2007

A Trio of Grilled Desserts

Taking a small bbq grill to camp has its advantages.  It can expand your cooking capabilites.  Perhaps you don't want to do any campfire cooking but prefer using the grill and Dutch Oven.  For whatever reason here are 3 desserts to make on the grill.

 PEARS WITH HOT FUDGE SAUCE


  6                     pears -- peeled/halved/cored
                        juice 1 lemon
     1/2           cup  sugar
     1/4           cup  red grape juice
                        HOT FUGE SAUCE
  1                cup  chocolate syrup
  1               TBSP  instant coffee
     1/3           cup  orange juice

Place pears on a large square of heavy-duty foil.  Add the lemon juice,
sugar & brandy.  Seal foil into packet & form into a packet.  Place 8"
above gray coals and grill for 15-20 minutes, turning packet every 5
minutes.

Hot Fudge Sauce: In a saucepan on the grill, combine the remaining
ingredients & heat until bubbly, then serve pears with hot sauce.

         BAKED AMARETTO APPLES


  6                     Granny Smith apples -- or Rome Beauty
  6               TBSP  orange marmalade
  6               TBSP  almonds -- slivered
  1               TBSP  almond extract
  5               TBSP  water  
  6               TBSP  butter

Peel and core apples, leaving them whole.  Place each on a square of
heavy-duty foil and fill centers with all but the butter.  Dot with the
butter and seal packets.  Place 8" above gray coals and grill for 35-40
minutes, turning every 10 minutes.  Length of cooking depends upon the
size of the apple.  The apples should be easily pierced.

               HOT FRUIT SAUCE FOR ICE CREAM or POUND CAKE

  1                cup  pineapple -- diced
  1                cup  seedless green grapes
  1                cup  peaches -- sliced
  1                cup  mandarin oranges
  1                cup  apple -- diced
  1                cup  pitted dates -- chopped
     1/2           cup  pineapple preserves
     1/2           tsp  ginger -- ground
     1/4           cup  apple juice

Place all ingredients into a large square of heavy-duty foil.  Seal foil
into packet and place 8" above gray coals.  Grill for 15-20 minutes,
turning packet every 10 minutes. Serve hot, spooned over ice-cream or
grilled pound cake.

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June 02, 2007

Beer Pan Bread

This isn't something you can make during a youth-group camping trip, but it sure is good.  Simply cook in a cast iron skillet on top of coals or a fire.  Would probably do well in a dutch oven.  I'm guessing 8 coals on the bottom & 6 on top.


Beer Pan Bread

4 cups Bisquick baking mix
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons sugar
12-ounce can beer
2 tablespoons grease

Combine Bisquick baking mix, sugars, and beer, stirring until thoroughly blended. Pour into a heavily greased iron skillet and cover. Simmer on top of the stove, covered, at low heat for 30 to 35 minutes. Slice while piping hot and serve like cornbread.
Servings: 6 to 8

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May 24, 2007

Zucchini Mix

A good recipe for fresh zucchini is handy any time of year, and it's especially welcome during "Farmer's Market Season".  This recipe comes from Molly & Chick Curry, who are Best Cooks on the Block from West Allis, Wisconsin

2 TBSP oil
1 small onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 green pepper, cubed
1 small rib celery, diced (optional)
1/2 green pepper, cubed
2 medium zucchini, peeled & cut into 1/2" cubes (OR 4-5 small)
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms, fresh (optional)
1/2 tsp dried oregano, or to taste (optional)
salt & pepper, to taste
1 large tomato, chopped (or more to taste)
grated parmesan cheese, to taste (OR Romano Cheese)

In skillet, heat oil.  Saute onion, garlic, celery, if desired & green pepper over medium heat until soft, about 10 minutes.

Add zucchini & mushrooms, cover & simmer 6 to 8 minutes or until zucchini is crisp-tender.

Season with oregano & salt & pepper.  Add tomato & toss.  Simmer uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

Add cheese & toss lightly.  Serve at once.  Makes 4 servings.

NOTE Cooked green beans can be used instead of zucchini.

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May 12, 2007

Instructions for making an oven out of a cardboard box

Anything you cook in your oven at home you can bake in a cardboard box at camp.  I've made this many, many times & have cooked an entire turkey dozens of times in one use a large cookie sheet for the turkey -- the charcoal gives a wonderful smokey flavor). 

One variation which is not listed here I will pass along.  When my son was a Bluebird (Campfire) his leader made a box oven to bake a cake.  She made basically the open top box oven (#1) but cut off both the top & bottom.  For the top she duct-taped a Reynolds Oven Cooking Bag on the top.  This cooks a bit slower than a standard box oven, so add an extra charcoal BUT it allowed the children to actually the watch the cake baking.  It is absolutely amazing!!  A great first experience using the box oven. 

Another hint:  To eliminate carrying a bulky cardboard box to camp, pick a box that will carry your food supplies.  This will eliminate the need to bring an extra box along plus at the end of camp you won't need the box anyway as you will have used the food you brought in it!!

This comes from MacScouter site

The Cardboard Box Oven
A cardboard box will make an oven -- and it works just as well as your oven at home! There are different ways to make a cardboard box oven.

1. The open top Box Oven
Cut off the flaps so that the box has four straight sides and bottom. The bottom of the box will be the top of the oven.
Cover the box inside COMPLETELY with foil, placing the shiny side out.

To use the oven, place the pan with food to be baked on a footed grill over the lit charcoal briquets. The grill should be raised about ten inches above the charcoal. Set the cardboard oven over the food and charcoal. Prop up one end of the oven with a pebble to provide the air charcoal needs to burn - or cut air vents along the lower edge of the oven.

2. The copy paper Box Oven
The cardboard boxes that hold reems of paper, 10 reems of 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, or 10 reems of 8 1/2 by 14 inch paper, will make very nice box ovens. Line the inside of the box and lid with aluminum foil. Use a sponge to dab some Elmer's glue around the inside and cover to hold the foil in place. Make a couple holes in the cover to let the combustion gases out, and make a few holes around the sides near the bottom, to let oxygen in.
Make a tray to hold the charcoal using one or two metal pie plates. You can either make feet for a single pie plate using nuts and bolts, or bolt two pie plates together bottom to bottom. Cut a couple coat hangers to make a rack to hold up the cooking pan. Poke the straight pieces of coat hanger through once side, and into the other. Two pieces will usually do fine..

Put several lit briquets on the pie pan, put your cooking pan on the rack, and place the cover on top. The first time you use this box oven, check it a few times to make sure that enough oxygen is getting in, and enough gases are escaping, to keep the charcoal burning.


3. Box oven without the box!
David T. Berg says, "I saw a demo last week at our round table of the box oven minus the box! Proceedure:

Pound four one inch + diameter by about 1.5 ft length sticks into the ground in the shape of a square about 1.5 ft per side and wrap them with heavy duty foil.
Arrange aluminum foil around stakes and drape over top and crimp to hold in place. Also line floor with foil.
Drive three or four stakes into the ground through the foil floor to hold up the baking dish.
It looked kind of ugly but worked pretty well for baking the bisquits. If you make it this way, you don't have to take up room with a bulky box. Anyway, that's what the person doing the demo said."


5. Yet another description of a Box Oven
From Dori Byron, Fair Winds Girl Scout Council Trainer, Brownie leader, and Computer nut, "You need:

One large box (wiskey or any double corragated box that will fit a cake pan or cookie sheet with about 1" all around will do.) Note: this does not have to have a lid or top.
Lots of large high quality, heavy duty, tin foil (commercial time, use Renyolds wrap)
Four small TIN juice cans
A 9x13 cake pan or small cookie sheet
One #10 can, open at both ends and vented at bottom for charcoal chimney.
One small friendly stone to vent bottom
First cover the inside of box with two layers of foil. Be sure you have no box showing anywhere. You can tape it down on OUTSIDE. Place a large sheet of foil on a level, not burnable, piece of ground. Place the charcoal chimney on the foil and place a fire starter and whole charcoals (one for every 40 degrees of temperature plus one or two for cold, wet, or wind) Light the chimney and wait about 20 min for charcoal to be ready. Pull off chimney and spread out charcoal to fit under pan used. Place four small juice cans to support cake pan and lower box oven over all. Vent on leaward (thats away from the wind for non mariners) side with small stone. Cook for amount of time called for in recipe. If cooking for much more than 30 minutes replenish charcoal.

Note: Be sure and lift box straight up or you will "dump"the heat. No peeking allowed!! Anything you can cook in an oven at home can be done in a box though I prefer things that can be done in 30 min or so. Good Eating!"

For all box ovens:
Control the baking temperature of the oven by the number of charcoal briquets used. Each briquette supplies 40 degrees of heat (a 360 degree temperature will take 9 briquets).

Experiment! Build an oven to fit your pans - or your menu: Bake bread, brownies, roast chicken, pizza or a coffee cake. Construct a removable oven top or oven door. Punch holes on opposite sides of the oven and run coat hanger wire through to make a grill to hold baking pans. Try the oven over the coals of a campfire.

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Buttermilk Cornmeal Pancakes

Buttermilk Cornmeal Pancakes (Makes 8)

6 large eggs
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (about) butter, melted

Preheat oven to 250°F. Beat eggs in large bowl to blend. Add buttermilk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat until smooth. Mix in 6 tablespoons melted butter.

Add 1/2 tablespoon melted butter to large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls into skillet, spacing apart. Cook pancakes until golden brown on bottom and some bubbles begin to break around edges, about 2 minutes.

Turn pancakes over; cook until bottoms are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Transfer pancakes to baking sheet; place in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter, adding more melted butter by 1/2 tablespoonfuls to skillet as necessary. Serve pancakes as you wish: butter, syrup, fruit.

VARIATIONS:
Fluffy Pancakes: Separate eggs.  Beat yolks in large bowl, add buttermilk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda & salt.  Beat until smooth.  Mix in 6 TBSP melted butter.  With clean beaters, beat egg-whites until stiff.  Gently fold into pancake batter until incoporated. 

Lunch/Dinner Pancake (Savory): Decrease sugar to 2-1/2 TBSP.  Serve topped with chili, creamed chipped beef or other similar dish.

To make outdoors:  You probably won't be able to make the fluffy pancakes easily, so just use the basic recipe or the savory recipe.  Make pancakes in skillet over campfire.  Keep pancakes warm in box oven with 5-6 coals in oven.  Could also use a Dutch Oven to keep pancakes warm. 

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Outdoor Cooking: Orange Egg & Muffin Breakfast

 

                Orange Egg & Muffin Breakfast


  1                     orange
  1                     egg
                        batter for 1 muffin

Cut in half & carefully remove fruit from both halves of orange.

Break into 1/2 of the cup shaped orange peel.  Into the other half, place batter for 1 muffin.  Place each half-orange on foil large enough to bring to the top and twist.  Place the foil-wrapped orange in hot coals for the required 15-20 minutes.

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May 11, 2007

Lenas 3 Cheese Macaroni

Miss Lena has a small chain of grocery stores serving the inner city.  About 7 years ago a large chain moved into the area & opened a beautiful new grocery store within walking distance of her one store.  Conventional wisdom would say that the large store would force the small mom & pop store out of business.  First of all, Lena's has always had THE BEST meat and her produce is excellent.  She also instituted a fleet of vans to drive customers home (remember, this is the inner city and a large number of her customers do not have cars) and really worked on providing a lot of service to her customers.  7 years later the chain has left the area.  This week Lena's had a double grand opening -- enlarging her chain now to 6 stores.  The two stores that just opened?  -- she just took over 2 of the stores that the large chain left.   Several years ago she put together a little booklett of holiday recipes by the employees of her store.  This is her excellent holiday macaroni & cheese.

Lena's 3 Cheese Macaroni


  1               pkg.  elbow macaroni -- (8oz)
  1                cup  sharp cheddar cheese -- shredded
  1 1/2            cup  American cheese
  1 1/2            cup  Monterey Jack Cheese -- shredded
  1 1/2           cans  evaporated milk
     1/4           cup  sour cream
  3                     eggs -- lightly beaten
     3/4         stick  butter -- or margarine
     3/4      teaspoon  salt
     1/2      teaspoon  white pepper
     1/4      teaspoon  paprika

Pre-heat oven to 350 F degrees. Grease 2-quart casserole bowl or baking dish.
Blend eggs, milk, sour creme, salt and pepper. Cook macaroni following
instructions on package. Rinse in cold water and drain noodles. Place 1/2 of
the macaroni in greased casserole dish; pour 1/2 of the egg mixture over
macaroni. Add some of the cheese over the macaroni. Alternate layers of
macaroni, egg mixture, and the 3 cheeses. Make the final topping cheese.
Sprinkle with paprika and bake for 30 to 45 minutes.

MAKES 6 TO 8 SERVINGS

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May 10, 2007

Crafts: Jello Fingerpaint Recipe


Easy to make finger paint. Kids will spend hours having fun.
Here is an easy-to-make finger paint recipe. It is not only fun to paint with but, is non-toxic and smells yummy too!

Jell-O Finger Paint

Different colors of Jell-O
Boiling Water
Glossy freezer paper or finger paint paper

What you do.

1. Pour just enough boiling water into the Jell-o to make it a thick, gooey consistency. Add ice to thicken quickly.

2. Spread newspaper on the table for easy clean up. Use you normal finger-painting material or glossy paper to paint on.

3. Start painting!

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Crafts: Kool-Aid Fingerpaint recipe

Kool-aid finger paint is easy to make, and fun to use.
Here is an easy-to-make finger paint recipe. It is not only fun to paint with, but is non-toxic and smells yummy too!

Kool-aid Finger Paint

2 cups flour
2 packages unsweetened Kool-Aid (use different flavors for different colors)
1/2 cup salt
3 cups boiling water
3 tablespoons oil

What you do:

1. Put the Kool-aid, flour and salt into a mixing bowl.

2. Add the oil.

3. Slowly add the boiling water.

4. Start painting!

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Crafts: Watercolor paint recipe

 Make your own watercolor paints with this recipe.
You can make your own inexpensive watercolor paints with htis recipe from Heloise. Never run out of paint again.

Picture Perfect- Watercolors:

- 4 tablespoons baking soda
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon glycerin (available at your local pharmacy)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- Red, blue, yellow food coloring

1. Mix the vinegar and baking soda in a small bowl or jar until mixture stops foaming.

Add the glycerin and cornstarch and stir thoroughly. Pour the mixture into small containers or paint box compartments.

Now you can experiment with color by adding a few drops of food coloring to each individual container.

Mix each color thoroughly and leave (preferably overnight) to set.

NOTE: Styrofoam egg cartons make great paint holders.

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Games: Murder

 Murder

The group is seated in a circle.   The group leader walks around the circle and whispers in each ear.  One of the players becomes the "killer".  The killer winks at his victim.  The victim waits 5 seconds and then falls. The victim chooses his own way of falling.  If a player thinks he can identify the killer, he points and says "I accuse you". If he is wrong, both players are dead.   Play continues until someone guesses who the killer is.  That person becomes the person who gets to pick the next "killer".  If no one guesses who the killer is, then the killer gets to pick the next "killer".  Variation:  the group leader may choose themselves to be the "killer" by not picking anyone else.

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Game: Ali Babba & the Fourty Thieves

 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves


The group sits in a circle and chants "Ali baba and the 40 thieves", while doing an action.  The group leader on the next round changes the action and then on the next round the person beside him/her does that action.  The action follows its way around the circle and the whole time the group is repeating the phrase.  The group leader must change the action after every round, so that every person in the circle eventually ends up doing a different action.  (This may be  compared to singing a song in a round).

Rules: If one of the players gets confused and does the wrong action s/he is out.  If the group leader repeats an action s/he is out.  To make the game more challenging the players who are out can make up their own actions to confuse the other players -- although I've played this game for decades & never gotten to this point.

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May 09, 2007

Craft: Styrofoam Cup Spring Hats

Styrofoam Cup Spring Hats
Crafted by Amanda Formaro


These dainty little springtime hats are perfect for Mother's Day, Easter, or any day you want the feeling of Spring around your home. These are super easy for kids to make and surprisingly fun to watch shrink in the oven!

YOU WILL NEED:
Styrofoam cups
acrylic paint in pastel colors
small silk flowers
small beads
pastel or sheer ribbons
hot glue gun
magnets (optional)


Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.

Editor's Note: The temperature and instructions in this craft are based off of a dark coated cookie sheet at 250 degrees F in an electric oven. You may want to experiment with different temps until you receive satisfactory results. We recommend baking one or two cups at the recommended temperature and time first. If they seem to melt too quickly or the ends curl up and under, try reducing the temperature and trying again.

Place Styrofoam cups upside down (open end of cup down) on a dark coated cookie sheet, placing them about 1-2" apart. Note: we experimented with both dark coated and silver cookie sheets, the cups did not melt properly on the silver sheets.

Bake in the oven for approximately 3 minutes, don't walk away! It will take about one minute before you see any changes to the cups, then the heat will begin to melt and shrink them rather rapidly after that. It's lots of fun for the kids to watch, so be sure to turn the oven light on.

Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and set aside to cool completely. DO NOT try to remove the cups from the cookie sheet until they are completely cooled. As they cool, the Styrofoam that is stuck to the sheet will relax and release its grip from the sheet, allowing you to remove them easily. Most cups will melt rather well, though you may end up with one or two that look rather distorted or disfigured.

Paint the "hats" with pastel colors, one coat is usually enough, and allow them to dry completely. Once they are dry you can embellish them with small silk flowers, pretty beads, and ribbons using a hot glue gun.

If you like, you can hot glue a small round magnet to the bottom of the hat at the brim and hang on the refrigerator.

Younger children can make these with adult help.

If you would like to see the original go to:
http://www.familycorner.com/cgi-bin/print/friendly.cgi?doc=http://www.familycorner.com/family/kids/crafts/styrofoam_cup_spring_hats.shtml

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Songs: 3 more graces to the tune of Edelweiss

3 more graces to the tune of Edelweiss

EDELWEISS GRACE
Bless our friends, bless our food,
Come, oh, Lord and be with us.
May our words glow with peace,
May your love surround us.
Friendship and love, may it bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow, forever.
Bless our friends, bless our food,
Come, oh, Lord and be with us.


FATHER GOD
Father God, Father God,
For thy blessings we thank Thee,
Telling us of Thy Grace
And Thy goodness towards us.
Grant that our service may be of use
In our life's endeavour,
Father God, Father God,
Bless us now and forever.

THANK YOU LORD
Thank you, Lord, on this day,
For our many great blessings,
Thank you, Lord, on this day,
For our many great friendships.
Glory to God, may He hear our prayers,
Guide us on forever,
Thank you, Lord, on this day,
For our many great blessings.

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Songs: Grace Bless This Food

Sung to the tune of Jingle Bells

BLESS THIS FOOD

Bless this food,
Bless this food,
Bless this very meal.
God you are so good to me,
This is how I feel.


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2 Graces: Edelweiss

both are to the tune of   Edelweiss

BLESSING HYMN
Come dear Lord, be our guest
As we gather together.
May our heart glow with love,
Keep us close to you ever.
Friendship and joy, may they bloom and grow.
Bloom and grow forever,
Bless our homes, bless our friends,
Bless our common endeavors.

Thank you God, for this day,
Bless all those who greet it.
May your love glow with peace,
may your love go forth from us.
Friendship and peace may they bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever.
Bless our friends, bless our work
Bless each of us forever.

BLESS OUR FOOD
Bless our food, bless our friends
Come oh Lord and sit with us.
Make our talk glow with peace
Come with your love to surround us.
Friendship and peace
may they bloom and grow
bloom and grow forever.
Bless our food, bless our friends,
Bless our dear land forever.

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Outdoor Cooking: Dutch Oven Parmesean Chicken

                     Parmesean Chicken - camprecipes

  1            lg. CAN  SPAGHETTI SAUCE
  8                     CHICKEN BREAST
                        ITALIAN BREAD CRUMBS 1 EGG AND EQUAL AMOUNT OF MILK
  1                     C.OIL
  8                     PROVOLONE CHEESE SLICES
                        BRIQUETTES

Start briquettes in a foil lined fire pan. Mix milk and egg together. Dip chicken breast into milk mix, roll breast in Italian bread crumbs. Brown chicken breast on all side in hot oil. Place chicken in large Dutch oven, cover with spaghetti sauce. Bake with 8 briquettes on the bottom and briquettes all around the top of Dutch oven rim. Bake 30 minutes, and then cover with Provolone cheese slices. Bake until cheese is melted. 

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Game: Buzz

                 Buzz

Buzz is a counting game and should be geared to high speed for most fun

  The Leader begins the count and players continue in rotatin.  Instead of five, players must say "buzz".  Instead of seven, "fizz".  Buzz and fizz must also be said for every number in which the numerals five or seven appear such as fifteen, seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-seven and so on.  Any player who calls the number instead of buzz or fizz is out of the game.  To make it more confusing demanind the buzz and fizz for numbers divisible by five or seven as well.  With fast counting it will be surprising how quickly the players fall out. 

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May 08, 2007

Game: Concentration (Clapping)

                      
           Concentration (Clapping Game)

Another old fashioned game that I remember playing as a child.  This is a great game for keeping children occupied and quiet.

This is probably better suited to girls as they are more inclined to play clapping games.  Also, High School Aged girls will enjoy playing this game if they grew up playing it, but I don't think it "would fly" if you are introducing this game to older children.

A category is picked.  A broad category is good for younger children such as animals.  Older children could play with a category of "mammals that start with the letter A", another option would be to pick the category of mammals but in alphabetical order (for example, Aardvark, Bear, Camel, Donkey, etc).  This is also an excellent game to play to reinforce multiplication tables.  An example would be to play with multiples of 7.  The first child would say "7", the next "14" and so on.

The action is:
Slap knees (or table)
Clap
Snap Right Hand
Snap Left hand

The children say in rhythm to the action:
Con-cen-tra-tion
Keep in rhy-thm
All in rhy-thm
Start

At this point the first person calls out the name of whatever is the category.  For instance, Aardvark
Even if the child says Aardvark quickly, the next person doesn't start until the action has gone back to slapping the knees -- at this point the second child would say, Bear.  Play continues.

A child is out if s/he can't come up with a correct category in the amount of time allotted.  Most children play this that a child has the length of time of one round of action (slap knees, clap, snap, snap).  You might want to give younger children two rounds of action to think of a correct statement.

When a child goes "OUT" they start up with the next child and the children start the rhythm with the chant:
Con-cen-tra-tion
Keep in rhy-thm
All in rhy-thm
Start

You can make the game more difficult or easier by speeding up or slowing down the rhythm.  The point is to make the game interesting, allowing children to be knocked out of the game, but not too quickly.  You can play until there is only one child left, but when I played it never mattered if there was a "winner", we just played to fill up waiting around time.

One last idea, to make the game even more interesting is that the children who are "OUT" still continue chanting but do not continue playing.  Thus, in addition to thinking up correct statements players need to remember who is "OUT".

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Memory Game: Concentration (Cards)

Concentration (Cards)

An old fashioned card game which promotes memory.  Good for all ages.

This is a card game that is best for small or medium sized groups.  For more than four or five, use two decks of cars.  Spread all the cards face down so none overlap.

The players then take turns at turning up two cards and try to collect matching cards in pairs.  The cards must be turned face up so all may see.  If the second card doesn't match the first, both are turned face down again in exactly the same spots on the table. 

The point is to remember where the cards are.  Thus, if a king is turned up, the player tries to remember where another king is.  If s/he finds it, s/he collects both kings and gets another turn.  The player with the best memory wins.

Younger children can play with Old Maid cards.  You might also want to eliminate some cards to make it easier for younger children to remember.  For example, take out all the even numbered cards.  Another trick to making this game easier for younge chiildre to play is to lay out the cards on a grid pattern: lay out the cards seven wide by 8 deep (more or less).  This will make it easier for younger children to find rather than laying cards randomly.


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