Thursday, February 4, 2016

Global Play Day 2016!

Today, my class participated in Global School Play Day



Thank you to the Bedley Brothers and Twitter for introducing me to this project!  The power of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) triumphs again!



I was heavily influence to participate in #GSPD after listening to this eye opening presentation: 


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On Monday, I emailed parents, shared "The Decline of Play" video, and asked for games to be brought in for our #GSPD event. On Wednesday, we had a few curricular blocks, but we were able to have two solid play sessions. One session was with our 5th grade buddies!

The sessions were sensational!

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First, we talked about the rules. 
There would only be , the Golden Rule.






We made centers for different types of games














Let's Play!











We played outside



We had some fun games of Twister





Some Mancala





Played cards


 We played some difficult balancing games like Jenga




We created using LEGO






And even had a puppet show!





What is your opinion of Global School Play Day?
Would you recommend it?
Convince me!

22 comments:

  1. Schools,
    I think that Global School Play Day, is the coolest idea ever! I had the time of my life. It was so cool That kids all around the world got to do this!
    Love Sarah

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  2. Dear class,
    I think Global play day is great because the kids get a break for them to get their energy out of them. We think every school should do this if they haven't done it yet. If you don't like one game there are a lot more to do then that. The kids get to bring their favorite games to school but it can't be anything with batteries.Thank for reading this comment.

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  3. Dear Class,

    This is Sammy,I think Global Play Day was a lot of fun.The funnest game was Twister in my opinion. The game is very fun. I won! I brought my favorite music box from Disneyland had Arial in it.
    This is Anya, Global play Day was a blast! My favorite game was Mancala. I was very weak at that game then, but now I'm very good at it. I brought four Bennie boos. Their names are, Twigs, Glamour, Hero, and Speckles.
    What was your favorite game? Where there any games you did not know of? Thanks for reading our blog post.

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  4. Dear class,
    Global play day is fun in many ways. First, you can create a puppet show with a stuffed animal. Second, you can bring board games and play with a friend. Third, you could play janga and learn new games. Do you know any new games?


    Warmly,
    Jack and Georgii

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  5. Hi Kiley and Audrey here!
    And we are here to talk about globule play day. It was extremely fun to bring our things to school and play with our animals toys and others. It was extremely fantastic playing instead of learning. We were so happy that we did not have to do math or other school activities. It was very fun to play with everyone in the class and all of us got along. Nobody was sad everyone was happy. What do you like about globule play day?

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  6. Dear bloggers,

    Global play day was excellent for me because we could do less work and more fun. My favorite part was probably when I did matches of connect 4. What was your favorite part? It is also refreshing yourself and having fun at the same time.It was very educational too. I also loved it because you could bring a stuffed animal.(I forgot to do that)There were fun games like cards, Mancala, Twister(with a paintbrush as the pointer for some reason), and etc. What was your favorite game?

    Sincerely, Hyunsuh

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  7. Ryan and Abby here!
    We love Global play day because we think it is a great way to find new interesting games that you may love. We think it is a brilliant idea to do Global Play Day. We think the best thing about Global play day is we get to bring almost any game we want or furry stuffed animals. Global play day is a great way to have a blast with your friends. We know we did. We hope you had a blast too! What do you like about Global play day?

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  8. Dear Class,
    I had a really good time at Global School Play Day. It was so fun! I was so happy that everyone got to bring in something they wanted. One of my favorite things was Legos. My friends built a really really cool vehicle.It was the coolest vehicle I have seen. I loved all of the games. Did you have Global Play Day and what did you do?
    Sincerely,
    Collin

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  9. Dear class,
    I loved global play day. If I was asked to make a poem out of this, it would’ve been: What a sensational creational educational day for the fellow people of the world. That is what I call a playing poem! I hope you had fun on play day.(GPD)I loved it as much as less work and more fun! Did you enjoy it as much as I did?!

    Warmly, Hyunsuh

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  10. Hi there
    I love Global play day because you get to play all different games.You can bring bored games,stuffed animals,and balls. Global play day was a really good experience.I had a blast and I am looking forwarder to doing a norther Global play day.I found new cool games that I loved. I hope Had a blat.Do you Like Global Play day?

    Love,
    Ryan

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    1. Dear Ryan,
      I love Global play too! I think it is a wonderful because it is a day that all the kids in a school to play! It was fun for me because I got to spend more time with my friends than just at recess and lunch. What was your favorite part of Global play day and why?

      Your classmate,
      Sofia

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  11. Dear class bloggers,

    I loved global play day as much as everyone else! It was a great opportunity to share your games with others. The games were as fun as riding a rollercoaster (except that a roller coaster
    is more fun) I was playing Twister and Connect 4. Did you like global play day because I sure did! What was the best part about it?

    Warmly, Hyunsuh

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  12. Dear bloggers,
    Audrey D here. I love Global Play Day. I think it was awesome that we could play with so many different toy and so many different friends at once. It was like a big party. There was a puppet show and I pretended my doll was a cat. As you can see global play day is a success. Warmly Audrey D.

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  13. I love Global Play day. For me it is one of the best days of the year.Why is this one of the best days of the year because I get to bring stuff to school that I play with at recess and lunch.
    This year I brought a soccer ball on a little doll it was fun playing at buddies. Buddy's is where we go every Wednesday.We played with our buddies I play with my soccer ball basketball because there's no basketballs And my partner's love basketball but not as much as I do.PLAYING WITH OUR STUFF IS AS FUN AS BASKETBALL FOR ME.WHOEVER CREATED GLOBAL PLAY DAY IS A GENIUS!

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  14. Dear Schools and classes,

    I think Global Play day is great, but I wonder how many schools do it. My guess is 1,000. What’s your guess? If you read other comments, you’ll know that you’re not allowed to bring batterie filled toys. If there was no rule about that, There would be a robot tornado! I was having lots of fun playing connect four. Someone brought a big, bouncy ball and I tried sitting on it and bouncing. Did not work. What game did you bring in? How fun is Global play day to you?

    Kindly, Hyunsuh

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    1. Dear bloggers,
      I really like how you tried to guess how many schools played on Global Play Day this year. I think maybe 656 school played this year. I had fun playing Twister. You have to put your hands and arms on purple blocks or anywhere people say according to the wheel. The blue dot was as blue as a lake. Which game did you bring with you?
      Sincerely,
      Georgii

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  15. Dear Bloggers,
    John-Paul here. I am happy to say that I enjoyed Global Play. Some highlights for me were that my class was able to play games with our fifth grade buddies and we could bring any toy from home as long as it didn’t have batteries. I was as happy as a clam when I was passing the football with my fifth grade buddy. In conclusion, I enjoyed this day very much. What was your favorite part of Global Play Day?

    From,
    John-Paul

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  16. Greetings,
    Today I am here to tell you about Global Play Day. What I brought in for Global Play Day was a stuffed animal. It had big eyes and a little nose, blue body,and a green stomach. Most people brought in some things like dolls puzzles and board games!The most best thing about Global Play Day is that you get to bring a toy to school and play with it throughout the day.I played a lot like Twister,Jenga,and did a little puppet show that is all I can say about Global Play Day.Was Global Play Day fun for you?

    Love,
    Audrey R

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  17. Dear room 3,

    My favorite part of global play Day was playing with my friends. I like playing Mancala. Mancala has been one of my favorite games because you have to think about your moves.To play mancala you have to be as smart as a dolfin. I thought global play day was as fun as a party. What was your favorite part of global play day and what did it seem like to you?
    Your classmate,
    Sofia R.

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  18. Dear Bloggers,

    Didn’t you enjoy Global school play day?! Well I did. I loved all the games we played, they were as fun as a dog, or maybe a clown! My favorite game, well it wasn’t a game it was puppet show, but we also had the game CLUE!! I hope you enjoyed this comment!

    Love,
    Sarah

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  19. Classes,

    I am so happy to write about this blog post! Last year my class and I had this classroom party called Global Play Day. l hoping I wouldn’t miss anyone’s game they brought in to show. Mine was just boring old Crayola markers! But I loved seeing what everyone brought into show. I wanted to see what games everyone liked. Today, I still remember the moment we set foot into the wonderful Fun Day Classroom! The puppet show was so much fun. What I did at the puppet show was, a show called Animals Jam! Everyone got to participate! My friend Maya, thought of doing the puppet show. She even set up the puppet’s! Isn’t that a great idea?! I think Global Play Day was as fun as a clown!
    Did you like Global school play day?

    Love,
    Sarah

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  20. Dear bloggers,
    Audrey D. here.
    I love global play day, and I think it’s the best day of the school year. You get to bring any toy you want to school, and get a few opportunities to play with them throughout the day.
    Global play day is as fun as a big party.

    Warmly, Audrey D.

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