
Here’s to Water
Mimic this : the importance of drinking water!
Target: | Counselors |
Time frame: | 15 to 30 minutes |
Members: | Everyone |
Type of tool: | Activities |
Ages: | 5-6 years, 7-8 years, 9-12 years, 13 and Over |
Group size: | One group |
Healthy eating
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Description
Are you looking for a simple and quick game related to the theme of water or the Tchin-Tchin challenge in my camp? Here’s the tool you need!
The goal of this activity is to guess what the benefits of drinking water are when they are mimed.
To carry out the activity, explain to your campers that there are several benefits to drinking water. Then, invite 5 volunteers to come and mime a benefit each, which you will have previously written on a sheet. The rest of the group must guess the mimed benefits.
Once the game is over, applaud yourselves and recap the benefits experienced when drinking water.
Goal(s)
This short activity focuses on the importance of drinking water regularly and helps to learn more about healthy hydration while having fun.
Tips and Tricks
Before the activity, write down the benefits of drinking water on a page (see PDF).
Required material
- A page
- A pencil
Let’s have a chat!
Here are subjects to discuss with your campers before and after the activity. Ask them questions to see what they learnt.
- Did you know that it’s important to drink water?
- What are the 5 benefits of water that we mentioned?
- Do you enjoy participating in mime games?
- Would you like to do additional activities on healthy hydration?
Suggested variant(s)
- For the younger ones, invite the whole group to mime the benefits simultaneously.
- For older children, have each word in the sentence mimed.