Fair Play Activity Booklet, Kid Games; printable for kids…

About this resource

What's inside this resource

When playing games, it is only going to be fun if everyone can play and everyone follows the same rules. This activity booklet will teach kids how to play fair all the time with a number of team games, learning more about disabilities with hand on activities, learn how to score games by playing games, make rules that make playing fair and fun, and lastly create and run a field day where you bring everything together into a fun filled Fair Play Day.

ARE YOU A GIRL SCOUT LEADER?
This activity booklet was designed to fulfill the requirements for the Brownie Fair Play badge or can be used by frontier girl leaders to earn similar badges. Great for teachers and home schooled kids as well.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Explain why games need agreed-upon rules, using the beach-ball game's rules-first-versus-rules-last comparison.
Describe how to include a player with a disability or difference, drawing on the video-based inspiration activities.
Work cooperatively as a team member during a shared game (hula hoop pass, tin can pass).
Plan and run a field day event by choosing games, assigning roles, and organizing supplies.

Teaching tips

Run the Simon Says variation exactly as written — reversing the usual 'out' rule — since the activity depends on the confusion it deliberately creates to teach why explicit rules matter.
Show the two linked inspiration videos as a group rather than skipping to the discussion, since the activity is built around watching them together.
Save the sports-terminology matching page for a quieter moment between the more physically active team-player games.

Skills covered

Rule negotiation — girls create and teach their own game rules during the Team Beach Ball creation activity.
Inclusive teamwork — students practice simple tasks with a limited sense before discussing disability-inclusive play.
Cooperative play — four team-player games (hula hoop, balloon pop, tin can pass) require coordinated group effort.
Event planning — the closing field day activity has girls choose games, assign roles, and gather supplies in four planning steps.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Why does the beach-ball game start without any rules being explained?

It's intentional: the leader says only 'Go' and lets confusion set in, so girls discover for themselves why rules make a game fair and understandable before the activity walks through creating rules together.