Enemy Circle

One person is chosen as the “enemy spy,” and all other players stand in a circle formation holding hands and facing inward. The spy asks to enter the circle by saying, “Please, good people, let me in so I can have shelter from the cold.” The players allow him or her to come into the circle, and he or she stands at the center. He or she acts as if warming him or herself by the fire, and while doing so tries to figure a way out of the circle. The spy will then suddenly try to escape through one set of players’ locked arms. If captured, the enemy spy picks a new spy, and the original enemy spy has to sit in the center. If he or she escapes, he or she picks a new spy to come back and spy with him or her. When they try to escape, they will exit at different locations in the circle. The game continues as the circle becomes smaller and the number of enemy spies increases. Make sure to keep this game safe as they try to break out of the circle. Check your district’s policy on active games.

Killer Frog- I love this game. It’s fun, easy to learn and not too rowdy…

Everyone sits in a circle. One person is chosen to be the “detective” and goes to a place where he or she cannot see or hear what is going on in the circle. Everyone in the circle closes their eyes. A teacher walks around the circle and taps someone’s shoulder, who now becomes the “killer frog, “but no one else knows who the frog is (at first). The detective comes back in. the participant who is the killer frog sticks his or her tongue out at random people around the circle, trying not to be noticed by the detective. When the frog sticks its tongue out at someone, that person must lay down as if dead. the detective gets three tries to guess the killer frog’s identity. If he or she succeeds, someone else is chosen for the next round. if not, he or she is the detective again.