A variation we have done to make the game more active (which also solves the issue of the teams only making lines in the row closest to them, as mentioned at the end of this video) is having the teams mixed up and spread out around the room. In our case, we use a gym, so all players have to be outside the basketball court lines, and the grid is setup with hula hoops in the center.
This game is sooooo fun and utterly useful for practicing responding to numbers. I used this for my class and it was super fun!!! Thanks a lot, what a wonderful idea :D
Where has this been all my life! So creative! I decided to turn the chairs in different directions to make it challenging for the kids to get a seat even if it was close to their side.
My another comment on variation, what if you alternate the O verse X on each side. for example, before you called their number let the player stand in alternated number ( side 1- 1x,2O, 3x, 4 O, 5x, 6O) same thing goes to side 2.
I played this with our youth ministry and they loved it! I think it works best in larger spaces. It's hard to do it in a small room since it's important that the X's and O's line up. Thank you so much for great game ideas! Please post more. God bless you and your ministry!
This is something great to see. It looks like side to side have to take the middle of the position. It looks like this is a challenge to win this game.
This is great! We did something similar, except we played in a gym. You had to run across the whole length of the gym, and then both people got to sit down. The trick was that once there were three people from each team up there, we started to bring people back each round :)
Hi there, we are a youth christian organization from Romania, Europe and we often use this games as moodboosters for our youthwork. Great job guys, and many thanks! BTW, you inspired us to start our own channel with our own games. Thanks for the that! God bless ya'all!
As a after school summer teacher the kids loved it however I have a question , let’s say we call the number 1, and obviously one person grabs a chair and the other doesn’t , what happens to the player who stays standing who got to the chair too late? If you call their number again(in this case it’s 1) , it’s only one person left , what do you do?
can some one please explain this. I am little confused as to what they have to do once their numbers are being called. how do they have to sit basically?
Hi, Ishani! After a number is called, the two people that have that number rush to any spot in the grid. First of the two to sit down and make their team letter with their arms (X or O) gets the spot! Hope that helps!
I solved your problem of having the teams win too easily in the row they are standing closest to. The solution is instead of having the two teams stand separately on opposite sides of the chair, have everyone stand in a large circle surrounding the chairs. You may also have them shuffled around so that they are not necessarily standing next to their teammates. However, just make sure everyone knows and REMEMBERS which team they are on before spreading them out amongst the circle.
As in why do you only allow the one who reaches first to sit at the spot and ask the other to move out That way if for example on 2 successive rounds “X” gets a spot first There will be no “Y” board at all ?
Tejas Lakhani You can certainly lead it that way! I like the extra competitiveness of having the first to sit with older students. Younger ages I may let both have a seat!
Cameron McGHEE Awesome! Glad they're useful! None of these are original, I've just been collecting games I hear about from different churches and camps that I talk to!
Possible rule addition: Teams can't sit in the column unless they make a complete circle around the chairs. (I don't know if that would just add too much or not.)
+Youth Ministry Great Games thank you very much! I'm always trying to find fun games that our youth here will actually enjoy. I know they will love this! Thanks again!
as you can obviously tell by my icon I work for a church, I work with really young children around the age of 7 years old to 12 years old. Why do you believe the children should not be able to score on the sides and what are some appropriate games for the children I work with. Thank you for your time and consideration. Hope to hear from you soon, Genesis
Genesis Hernandez Hi! I like to encourage kids to get a more difficult three-in-a-row than the toe nearest them. It's become just a race to those seats. Adds extra challenge. Check the playlist for games for Elementary students!
ThumbsUp CHANNEL Split into two teams, give each player number. Leader calls numbers at random. Players with those numbers race to get a spot in the grid. First to be seated making their team’s letter gets the spot. First team to complete a tic-tac-toe three in a row wins.
If it’s more helpful, I can. Break up into two teams, give everyone a number and make sure each team has a counterpart with the same number. Set up a 3x3 grid of chairs. Call a number and the two people with the same number race to a chair of their choice and make their symbol with their arms (X or O). First to claim a spot gets the square. First team to complete a tic-tac-toe wins.
A variation we have done to make the game more active (which also solves the issue of the teams only making lines in the row closest to them, as mentioned at the end of this video) is having the teams mixed up and spread out around the room. In our case, we use a gym, so all players have to be outside the basketball court lines, and the grid is setup with hula hoops in the center.
thanks for sharing
That is a helpful variation!
Really, this variation change the game and make it to be more competitive.
Great! Thanks for sharing!
This game is sooooo fun and utterly useful for practicing responding to numbers. I used this for my class and it was super fun!!! Thanks a lot, what a wonderful idea :D
Where has this been all my life! So creative! I decided to turn the chairs in different directions to make it challenging for the kids to get a seat even if it was close to their side.
Dude! you are the Chuck Norris of youth games. Great Stuff.
There is a youth meeting at church on Sunday, I will make this game mandatory, very good game
Love your games and so do our youth! Thanks 👍🏾
How cool! This looks really fun😎🤙
wow this is a very enjoying game my students liked it
Dude you're the coolest teacher ever!!!
Please film again, your ideas are so amazing
Thank you so much for these games. We tried this last night and the kids really seemed to have enjoyed it.
Thank you for the inspo! It seems a really funny game
I love these videos! Especially bc I'm an English Teacher and I try to play some games with my students before we start the class
All your games are really good. I'm just preparing for a church camp and digging your games.
Keep playing cool games, y'all 😜
My another comment on variation, what if you alternate the O verse X on each side. for example, before you called their number let the player stand in alternated number ( side 1- 1x,2O, 3x, 4 O, 5x, 6O) same thing goes to side 2.
I played this with our youth ministry and they loved it! I think it works best in larger spaces. It's hard to do it in a small room since it's important that the X's and O's line up.
Thank you so much for great game ideas! Please post more. God bless you and your ministry!
Hiii @mary
This is something great to see.
It looks like side to side have to take the middle of the position.
It looks like this is a challenge to win this game.
love your games, great games indeed. thank you.
I love this game we trying it for our youth Church today, March 27th.
This is great! We did something similar, except we played in a gym. You had to run across the whole length of the gym, and then both people got to sit down. The trick was that once there were three people from each team up there, we started to bring people back each round :)
As soon as everyone signs their waivers, you can play 'Connect Four.'
Loved it❤😊
How cool is that!! I absolutely love it! Thanks a lot for sharing, God bless you!
Hii
Hi there, we are a youth christian organization from Romania, Europe and we often use this games as moodboosters for our youthwork.
Great job guys, and many thanks! BTW, you inspired us to start our own channel with our own games. Thanks for the that!
God bless ya'all!
Can u pls give your chanel details so that we can check on them
@@vennela6603 what do you mean?
I ll use it as a warm up in my classroom
It seems interesting. I'm going to play it with my students in school 9:34pm
Thats a fun way to learn
😂
Great teambuilding activities. People looks so happy
I think I Have some games Ideas too❤
Great idea. We will modify the game for outdoor social distance meet up. (No chair, just 9 rings or cones)
Superb !
This is going to be so fun for my 4th graders! thanks!
LOL.....awesome the kids will love this.Thank you
This looks like so much fun!
Great game!.....I am going to use it during my first class day with my students! Thanks!
I loved the game. Never seen it before.
Very funny and nice game,i like ur chanel
trying these out tomorrow at a party I'm DJ'ing... have some gift cards for winners... going to be fun
This looks awesome! Totally doing this tonight!
This looks hilarious -- and like it would be so much fun! GREAT IDEA!!!
What’s exciting game ! I will play it with my nieces and nephews .
As a after school summer teacher the kids loved it however I have a question , let’s say we call the number 1, and obviously one person grabs a chair and the other doesn’t , what happens to the player who stays standing who got to the chair too late? If you call their number again(in this case it’s 1) , it’s only one person left , what do you do?
@@howardcollado1496 I don’t call each number more than once to avoid that
i loved it !! i´ll play is with my kids!! thankssssssssssssss
Sprry..the point is to get 3 identical sign, one in every row? BUT WHEREVER?
It’s tic tac toe, so 3 in a row either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally in any row or column or diagonal direction
@@YouthMinistryGreatGames why don’t you make vids anymore?
Great to see other creators doing similar content! Keep it up!
I used race to the middle and Ship and sailors, tomorrow will be this one. So far so good , they had fun!
Brother can you give me some ideas of games and some youth notes
Fun idea! Thanks! Will try this with my middle school class:-)
This is awesome i might try this tonight with my youth
can some one please explain this. I am little confused as to what they have to do once their numbers are being called. how do they have to sit basically?
Hi, Ishani! After a number is called, the two people that have that number rush to any spot in the grid. First of the two to sit down and make their team letter with their arms (X or O) gets the spot! Hope that helps!
oh! got it now. got confused that they were supposed to make a pattern while sitting. thanks a lot! seems like a fun activity :).
No particular pattern, other than getting a three-in-a-row tic tac toe! Vertical, horizontal, or diagonal!
omg so simple and so fun! Thank you for sharing!
i loved this
great greats my kids are gonna love it
I am going to give this one a try tonight.
Tnx a lot ... u inspired me so much can't imagine...i'm pleased of you! Love you!
WOAH. I have only just discovered your channel, subscribed! Looking forward to more brothers and sisters!
I loved it ! Thank you
"OH JEEZ" 1:44 LMBO
This is great!
I solved your problem of having the teams win too easily in the row they are standing closest to. The solution is instead of having the two teams stand separately on opposite sides of the chair, have everyone stand in a large circle surrounding the chairs. You may also have them shuffled around so that they are not necessarily standing next to their teammates. However, just make sure everyone knows and REMEMBERS which team they are on before spreading them out amongst the circle.
Moses Chen I like it!
@@YouthMinistryGreatGames shoot more videos, it's definitely helping our youth ministry.
nice, from India
Great game I must say .. though I have a doubt .. why can’t you allow both to sit at the places they both reach to first ?
As in why do you only allow the one who reaches first to sit at the spot and ask the other to move out
That way if for example on 2 successive rounds “X” gets a spot first
There will be no “Y” board at all ?
Tejas Lakhani You can certainly lead it that way! I like the extra competitiveness of having the first to sit with older students. Younger ages I may let both have a seat!
Thank you sooooooooooooooo much for your games!!!!!
You have just saved my ESL life haha! Very grateful! Do you think of them by yourself?
Cameron McGHEE Awesome! Glad they're useful! None of these are original, I've just been collecting games I hear about from different churches and camps that I talk to!
If you allow everyone to walk in a circle around the chairs, wouldn't that to make it easier to claim a spot all around the square?
Cool idea! Try it out!
Great one all bundle of blessings
like tis agree on not being able to score on the side which they are standing.
Possible rule addition:
Teams can't sit in the column unless they make a complete circle around the chairs. (I don't know if that would just add too much or not.)
I love this game
How does that work
Muy bueno ,se paso el profesor los felicito a todos¡¡
Im so doing this tonight at the LOCK-IN!
I didn't understand can anyone elaborate please
nice video
Super very nice
It is very funny😅
So I'm assuming that you can't the same number until either team x or team o wins right?
Right! If you've called 4 already, and one of them is sitting in the grid, you wouldn't call the same number again until you have finished a round.
+Youth Ministry Great Games thank you very much! I'm always trying to find fun games that our youth here will actually enjoy. I know they will love this! Thanks again!
as you can obviously tell by my icon I work for a church, I work with really young children around the age of 7 years old to 12 years old. Why do you believe the children should not be able to score on the sides and what are some appropriate games for the children I work with. Thank you for your time and consideration. Hope to hear from you soon,
Genesis
Genesis Hernandez Hi! I like to encourage kids to get a more difficult three-in-a-row than the toe nearest them. It's become just a race to those seats. Adds extra challenge.
Check the playlist for games for Elementary students!
Thank you!! I loved it!. and my students had a great time!!
2:08 to 2:17 voice so funny and like ghost voice last tape
Voiceover using my computer microphone. Not as good as my camera microphone
Cool
Cool 👍👍👍
awesome game! :)
G R E A T G A M E ! ! !
Korean people see: ❌ and ✅
Really a fun game
Spectacular game
Interesting 😃❤️
This is very usefull
VAR was birthed here
Great fun...
great game, thanks for share
This looks fun but doesn't it only work if you've got exactly 18 people?
SEA KEHG A great question! Not the case! Good to have at least 10, and an even number. If you have more than 18, just keep counting up!
I LOVE IT
2:30 WHY!? That’s their sides
Then it’s just a race to the seats and not an actual game of tic tac toe. Not necessary to play that way. Just to make the game more interesting.
so great
games are so interesting
muy bueno! !
me gustó mucho
I don't understand hw this is working
ThumbsUp CHANNEL Split into two teams, give each player number. Leader calls numbers at random. Players with those numbers race to get a spot in the grid. First to be seated making their team’s letter gets the spot. First team to complete a tic-tac-toe three in a row wins.
wow this one's funnnn
Who can explain in written words?
If it’s more helpful, I can.
Break up into two teams, give everyone a number and make sure each team has a counterpart with the same number.
Set up a 3x3 grid of chairs. Call a number and the two people with the same number race to a chair of their choice and make their symbol with their arms (X or O). First to claim a spot gets the square. First team to complete a tic-tac-toe wins.
I don’t get it. And I am observing the demographics of it all. Youth Ministry…What’s that all about?
I guess I’ll have to Google this…
Time for some new ones bruh!
Interesting. :)