Famela Restrepo

LEI 4724
Activity File 17

Activity title: Candy Hunt Game

Source: Auxter, D., Arnheim, D., & Crowe, W. (1977). Cardiorespiratory Disorders. In
Principles and methods of adapted physical education and recreation (3rd ed., p.
289). St. Louis, Missouri: The C.V. Mosby Company.

Equipment: Wrap candies and rubber bands.

Description of activity:
This game is designed for young children and is an easy way to get them active and running.
Take a group of kids to an open field and spread out a variety of individually wrapped candies on
the ground. The kids are only allowed to pick up one piece of candy before returning to the
starting line. Once they have dropped the candy off at the starting point they can return to grab
more candy. Give the kids colorful rubber bands for their wrists for each candy they take. They
will wear them with great pride (and it helps you count how many candies each runner has).The
child who has retrieved the most candy in the allotted time is the winner.
Leadership consideration:
This activity is for medium groups (12 to 18 participants) the setting for the activity will be an
outdoor space, or a large spacious room where participants can run long distance. The therapist
will function as a moderator by giving the rules of the activity. In addition, the therapist would
guide each participant where they have to start and where to drop off the candy. To make sure all
participants understand the game, allows them to demonstrate or reply to you the objectives of
the game.
Adaptations:
Children with Congenital Heart Disease: to keep a child with cardiac disability within the limits
of his capabilities, the therapist should reduce the cadence of the activity. Keep the number of
repetition low, be sure to check for cardiac stress; check heart rate and blood pleasure and watch
for shortness of breath. Also therapist should reduce to distance travel and duration of the
activity.
Participants with diabetes: physical exercise is an important aspect in controlling diabetes. The
therapist should coordinate the need of each participant. Also the therapist has to keep in mind
that the limit to the activity from each diabetic participant can perform vary. Staring from light to
intense and simple to complex. Also substitute the candies for balls or healthier snack so at the
end of the game they can eat them and share some time.