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H.O.R.S.E. - Outcome C (4-6)-4

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Choose a specific game (e.g., basketball, soccer, volleyball, badminton, or another racquet sport) or an individual activity such as jumping rope. Then choose any word, usually between three to six letters, for the title; (e.g., horse, donkey, pig).

Arrange the students into groups (usually four or more to each group). Assign a play space to each group, and hand out any necessary equipment to all students.

How to Play

  • Select one leader from each group. The leader must think up and demonstrate a type of shot, trick, or move. The leader may ask others in the group for suggestions.
  • The other group members then have to copy the move exactly. For example, they may have to take a basketball shot from a designated line while standing on one foot, jump rope with their eyes closed, or make a badminton serve land in the doubles court line.
  • Students who are unable to perform the move receive a letter of the word chosen for the title. Once a student has spelled the entire word, that student must move to the next group and begin again.
  • The leader can also receive letters of the chosen word throughout the game. If the game is played so that the leader has to verbally explain the move before attempting it, and is unsuccessful, then the leader receives a letter.
  • If no one in the group can perform the move, usually the leader selects a different move.
  • If the leader is unsuccessful but someone else in the group is successful, then that student becomes the new leader.
  • The game is ongoing, and the leader may change several times throughout the game.

Discuss how it feels to be successful at this activity. Describe how it feels to be the first one to receive all the letters of the chosen word. Ask the following questions:

  1. How can you adjust the activity so each person is challenged but not defeated?
  2. Define what it means to be a good leader. What does a leader look like? Sound like?

Choose the word to spell in relation to a theme from another subject (e.g., Greece, China, or Canada from social studies, or Flight, Solar, or Space from the science program.) You could also use a general theme, such as animals.

These are clues that you have reached the outcomes ...

The leader of the activity clearly explains and demonstrates the move or shot.

The leader chooses moves or shots that are appropriate for the students' ability levels.

The designated leader changes frequently throughout the activity.

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