Card Games
Facilitator Moves
PROCESS
• Distribute a playing card to each individual (Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13, Ace
= 1)
• Ask people to stand, find others with cards appropriate to the patterns below, gather
their materials, and sit together.
ALTERNATIVES
• Pairs — same number, same color
• Pairs — same number, different color
• Pairs — same number, different color, different suit from last time
• Pairs — cards add up to 14 (same color)
• Pairs — cards add up to 14 (different color)
• Three — cards add up to 21 (same suit, different suit)
• Four — four of a kind
• Five — best poker hands (can do a number of times)
cont.
• Any number— form into runs: same suits, same color, different color
• Four groups — by suit
• Other combinations limited only by your imagination
TIP
• Shuffle or consciously arrange cards to break up cliques or table groups.
NOTES AND APPLICATIONS
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