RIDE THAT PONY

Ride That Pony

Come on baby ride that pony

Get up and ride that big fat pony

Come on baby ride that pony

This is how we do it!

 

Front to front to front

My baby

Back to back to back

My baby

Side to side to side

My baby

This is how we do it!

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Camp Song: Here We Are Again

Here We Are Again

Here we are again

Back at _______________

Rockin’ in the morn

Let us feel the burn

 

And up, and down

Up up and down

Up, and down

Up up and down

 

Workin’ it all out

That’s what it’s all about

Forest and the lake

Gettin’ wide awake

 

And up, and down

Up up and down

Up, and down

Up up and down

 

There’s so much to do

Like swim sail canoe!

Ready start the day

To rock climb, belay

 

And we’re ready, we’re ready, ready start the day!

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Team Building: Song Battles

Hey everyone!

This team building activity I did on the first day of staff training. I broke the staff up into their units for teams. It's one of my favorite games. It's competitive and can be played on a rainy day as well.

Song Battles:

Split the group into 2 or more teams of ~5-10 people per team.

Select a word that is commonly found in songs such as love, baby, rain, etc.

Each team has 10 minutes to brainstorm as many songs as possible that contain the selected word.

The team with the most songs, not duplicated by other teams, wins the challenge.

Once time is up (5 or 10 min), teams come back to together as a group to compare lists.

Sharing and scoring:

Every unique song is worth 1 point. Team 1 shares the first song on their list followed by Team 2.

Then teams move on to the 2nd song on the list so that each team shares 1 song and then passes to the next team.

In order to receive a point, a member of the team must SING the line of the song containing the buzz word, and each team member

must sing at least one song in order for the team to continue receiving points.

Duplicate songs are canceled out and do not count toward the team total.

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Team Building: Magic Carpet

In the spirit of staff training, here is a great activity you can do with your staff! 

Magic Carpet:

Set Up

Layout a tarp on the ground and have all team members stand on it. The smaller the tarp the more challenging the exercise! No Tarp? Use taped together newspaper sheets - the fragile paper makes the challenge even more interesting! Name the game "Magic Carpet" and take participants for a ride using your pre and post flight, age appropriate dialogues to meld with the learnings from the game.

Directions

While standing on top of a completely open tarp, the group must create a plan to get everyone on the opposite side of the tarp

without anyone stepping off. The size of the tarp should be defined by the number of individuals in the group.

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Camp Song: Show Me The Way To Go Home

Show Me The Way To Go Home

Show me the way to go home

I’m tired and I want to go to bed

I had a can of soda half an hour ago

And it went straight to my head

Wherever I may roam

Be it land or sea or air

You’ll always her me singin’ my song

Show me the way to go home

 

English version!

Indicate the way to my habitual abode

I’m fatigued and I want to retire

I had a carbonated beverage thirty minutes ago

And it went straight to my

Cer-e-bell-um

Wherever I may roam

Be it land or sea or atmospheric vapor

You’ll always hear me singin’ my melody

Indicate the way to my habitual abode

 

Team Building: PVC Pipeline Challenge

Pipeline Challenge: 

Materials

(10) 1 inch PVC pipes cut to 18 inches; (10) 1 inch PVC joint connectors (to connect the ends of the PVC pipes); (6) 1 1/2 inch PVC pipes cut to 18 inches and then cut across the diameter to create "gutters."; (18) 4 foot marking sticks or 1/2 inch dowel rods; (2) rolls of packing tape - not duct tape!; (10) 4 foot foam noodles; (2) 40 foot rope perimeters; (2) buckets; (1) marble; (?) enough spot markers for each participant.

Set Up

1. Lay out the rope perimeters so that they are right next to each-other. This is where the two teams will work side-by-side. 2. Place one of the buckets at the far side of each rope perimeter. These are the starting line and finish lines. 3. Place half of the spot markers in each rope perimeter. These will be the vehicles used by the teams when they go out to pick up the construction equipment. 4. Divide up the rest of the equipment into four groups, and then place each pile of gear about 25 feet from the "four corners" of the rope perimeters. These are the piles of equipment that the teams will have to traverse out to pick up using the spot markers.

Directions

Split the team in half, and direct each half to enter the two rope perimeters. Describe the objective of this activity, and tell them that in order to construct the free-standing pipeline, the two teams will first have to traverse out and pick up the equipment using the spot markers.

Once the teams have retrieved the equipment, they will have a set time limit to construct the pipeline. Once the time limit is up, the teams must make their first attempt to roll the marble from one end to the bucket on the other end. If the team is unsuccessful, they will have 5 minutes to make improvements to their pipeline before the second attempt. If the team is still unsuccessful, they will have two more minutes to make changes. The third and final attempt will lead to a debrief about the process.

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