Backwards Day / Lowest Score Wins Games
Lowest Score Wins Games
Familiar games are played with reversed rules so the lowest score wins, encouraging fresh strategies and lots of laughs.
How to run it
- Choose a few familiar games, such as bowling or ring toss.
- Explain that the lowest score wins.
- Play rounds and track scores.
- Ask children how their strategy changed.
- Celebrate the lowest scorers.
You will need
- various games
- scorecards
- pencils
Make it easier or harderUse simple games for younger children; older children can invent backwards rules.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4Children adapt their thinking to new rules and practise flexible problem-solving.
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