{"id":2127,"date":"2020-04-18T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T12:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/?page_id=2127"},"modified":"2020-04-18T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T12:16:51","slug":"4-throw-the-cushion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/40-home-based-games-for-families\/4-throw-the-cushion\/","title":{"rendered":"4. Throw the cushion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Equipment: A cushion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This game is very simple. Each member of the family stands in a circle and the cushion is thrown around the circle several times. Then each member in turn gets to select an adverb -that\u2019s any word ending in \u2018ly\u2019. The cushion must then be thrown and caught in the manner of the adverb. Favourite adverbs include quite simple ones like \u2018slowly\u2019, \u2018quickly\u2019, \u2018softly\u2019 \u2018high\u2019 \u2018low\u2019 etc. But this can be expanded to include more adventurous ones like \u2018fiercely\u2019, \u2018sadly\u2019, \u2018secretly\u2019 etc. The cushion is thrown round twice before the next player gets to choose. It can be fun to add \u2018with a..\u2019 categories after a couple of rounds such as \u2018with a twist\u2019, \u2018with a song\u2019, \u2018with a flourish\u2019 although adverbs are still ok.<\/p>\n<p>Children who are too young may enjoy this game more if they don\u2019t have to think of the adverbs, indeed, exhausted parents may prefer a version that involves sitting in an armchair and directing proceedings. In fact this game can be played from a sitting position if required.<\/p>\n<p>The final stage in the game is to include categories where you imagine the cushion to be a specific object such as a bar of soap. Here the instruction can be \u2018as if its slippery\u2019 or \u2018as if its on fire\u2019 or simply \u2018as if its a burning log\u2019 as if its a sleeping baby\u2019, \u2018as if it is a gold ingot\u2019.<br \/>\nThe game is best kept fairly short- it won\u2019t be long before you may have run out of novel ways to throw the cushion. An alternative for older children is to introduce a second cushion. Then you have two cushions circulating in opposite each with a different nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equipment: A cushion. This game is very simple. Each member of the family stands in a circle and the cushion is thrown around the circle several times. Then each member in turn gets to select an adverb -that\u2019s any word ending in \u2018ly\u2019. 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