Slow Race

2 or more players
Ages 7 and up
Need: timer

This is a great game to be played in a gym with kids.

All players line up against one wall of the gym. The leader of the game, with a timer in his hand, stands at an opposite wall.

At, "Ready, set, GO!" the game begins.

The players are given 3 minutes in which to walk or run from one wall to the other wall.

However, this isn't a game of speed! Players need to concentrate and try to figure out when they are getting close to 3 minutes.

If they feel the time is close, then they can make their way to the other wall, touch the wall, and they are given their time.

The player who arrives the closest to 3 minutes wins.

The leader can decide if he will accept times that go over the 3 minutes, or if he wants the winner to be the player closest to 3 minutes without going over that time.

This gives kids a good sense of how slowly or quickly time goes by.

Three minutes can feel like years to some kids while others will think it goes by much faster than it actually does.

You can play more than 1 round and vary the time. Use 4 minutes and 5 minutes as time allotments in subsequent rounds.

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