Indoor Marco Polo

  1. Indoor Game
  2. Readiness Games

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Grades 3-5

  • None

  • 10 minutes or more

Development Goal

To develop on cooperation, teamwork, verbal communication and listening to directions.

Before You Start

  • Choose one player to be ‘it’ and another player to be his/her guide.
  • Have the rest of players spread out in the space and review that they are walking, not running.
  • Review the boundaries with the players.

Set Up

Small area or classroom

How to Play

  • The player that is ‘it’ closes his/her eyes and calls out ‘Marco’ and all the other students respond ‘Polo.’
  • The player that is ‘it’ moves toward the rest of the students, trying to tag them, with help from the guide, who places his/her hands on the shoulders of the student that’s ‘it’ and directs him/her away from objects throughout the room.
  • When someone is tagged, the player who was ‘it’ becomes the new guide.

Variations

To increase difficulty, the guide can talk the person around obstacles instead of using his/her hands on shoulders.