The King's Games Package contains:
1. Runbook
2. Planner
3. Game cards with 12 fully developed games and 8 sports games
4. Scorecards
5. Organization charts, including a sports tournament
6. Certificate
7. Medal/Name badge
8. A3 placemat in color and as a coloring page
9. Pennants/garlands as a coloring page
10. Countdown calendar
11. Notes list
Students in wheelchairs have also been taken into consideration. The ‘Specials’ were created for them: adapted game cards so that they too can take part in the games.
Schools (and other organizations) at home and abroad have been using this spontaneous initiative by the creators of the King's Games Package since the very first edition of the King's Games. “In 2013, there was a call to share good ideas to make the King's Games a success. Linda and I responded to that call and introduced the King's Games Package. It proved to be a success. For us, that was reason enough to continue offering it every year,” says Geke Versprille. Every year, the materials are adapted and new games are added to the package.
Positive reactions to the package come from all over the world. While one school mainly uses the placemat and certificate, another school is enthusiastic about the games that change every year. Some schools use the package to organize the entire King's Games sports and games day, while other schools use parts of the package for a group of students who do not take part in the activities of sports clubs or locally organized sports workshops and clinics.
At some schools, it is decided that the older students will go to an external location, and they use the King's Games Package for the younger students.
The reactions to the package speak for themselves:
This makes me so happy again! So complete and easy to use. I was really looking forward to it, just as I did in previous years. It immediately makes me want to start preparing for the King's Games! For us, due to the French school holiday, they will not take place until May 3.
We have our own activities, but we use this package as something ‘handy to have on the side’. All those practical things are always useful. It is especially nice that ideas are also provided that we would not come up with ourselves. The certificate is a real hit with the students at our school! It is great that the materials for decorating the classroom are up to date. In short: we are looking forward to the King's Games again. Thank you!
The aim of the King's Games is to organize a nationwide sports day to show children how important and fun it is to exercise. The creators of the King's Games Package support the organization of the King's Games in its objective and believe it is very important that children enjoy or learn to enjoy being active and living a healthy lifestyle. Healthy and vital children have more energy, sleep better, and enjoy learning and playing. That is something we all want, isn't it?
The King's Games Package can be requested free of charge at www.koningsspelenpakket.nl
Photo credit: DW Photography.