Suggest a treasure hunt to a group of children and the response will invariably be one of noisy enthusiasm! I recently asked some young people why they liked treasure hunts and their replies ranged from, 'I like seeing if I can work out the clues' to 'they're fun' and (very important, this!) 'the treasure'.
For the playworker, the advantages of a treasure hunt are many and varied.
They are virtually cost free; they can be adapted to suit just about any age group or environment; they get the children moving around their environment in a purposeful way; sets of clues can be laminated and re-used and, most important of all, the children can make up their own hunts (more of this later).
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