Seven Up (game)

For the card game of the same name, see All Fours.

Thumbs Up, Seven Up (sometimes called "Seven Up", "Heads Up, Thumbs Up", "Heads Up, Seven Up" or "Heads Down, Thumbs Up") is a game where each selected participant guesses the person who pressed down their thumb or in some versions of the game, the players have to guess who tapped their heads.

Gameplay

To start the game, seven or another number of individuals are selected and come to the front of the room.[1] The teacher (or selected player) says, "Heads down, thumbs up!" or "Heads down all around!". The children who are not selected then put their heads down, and close their eyes. The chosen seven to be it circulate through the room, secretly pressing down one thumb each and then returning to the front of the room. A variation is simply tapping the person. This part of the game takes about one minute.

The teacher/selected player then calls, "Heads up, seven up!" or "Heads up, stand up!" All children raise their heads and the children whose thumbs were pressed stand up. Each in turn names the person they think pressed their thumb or tapped their head. If they are correct, they sit down and the winning child takes their place. The game then starts again.[2]

Children who go later have an advantage, especially if one or more pickers have been eliminated. To make the game fair, the teacher can alternate the order in which the children are called each time (e.g. front to back, or left to right of the room, or around the room).[3]

Benefits

History

The game of heads up seven up was invented by Kathryn Nielson of Twin Falls, Idaho.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McAteer, Amy. "Heads Down, Thumbs Up". Teaching Ideas.
  2. ↑ Murray, Harold James Ruthren. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. New Ed. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1946. Print.
  3. ↑ "Heads Up Seven Up". Games Kids Play.
  4. ↑ Coulson, Justin. "The power of play to boost children's development". Kidspot.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.