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Title: Smart Phone Icebreaker
Submitted by: Dr. Schlag Date Submitted: Nov 29, 2014 Participants: 145
Equipment: Smart phones.
Instructions:
Ask participants to partner up with someone. Have participants use their smart phones or other internet-enabled devices to visit:
http://www.mathgoodies.com/calculators/random_no_custom.html. Have them enter the number '1' for the lower limit and the number '145' for the upper
limit and hit enter. This will generate a random number. Have participants go to http://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Question_Cup and answer
the number of the question they generated. After all have answered the random number question, ask them to pick a new partner and repeat the process.
Links to both websites can be found at: http://schlags.com/cell/
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Title: Article syndication
Submitted by: Aron Date Submitted: Sep 11, 2011 Participants: 0UagKqrNolWU
Equipment: Article syndication is the pesrcos of submitting your written articles to different content websites. The purpose of doing this is to gain
exposure for yourself and your business. You gain exposure when a webmaster likes your article and publishes it on their website. In doing so the
webmaster is giving you free publicity by presenting you as an authority on the subject of your article. The article will generally get placed on a higher
traffic webpage on the site where the visitors can read and learn from it. It is required by the content publishing company that the webmaster leave your
Author Bio' information attached to the article, which will effectively advertise you and your chosen website. This non-reciprocal link from your published
article to your website serves multiple purposes. One it makes your website more popular in the eyes of the Google algorithm and two it drives targeted
traffic to your website. The traffic is targeted because the person who just read your article is clicking on your link; this is done generally because he/she
is interested in you and/or your business. If done effectively, article writing and syndication can do wonders for your business. The usefulness of articles
doesnâ€™t stop at the benefits listed above. If you tailor your article correctly you can have it reach top rankings in Google and create multiple instant
sales. To achieve this you must learn a few things about Google and article syndication. If you donâ€™t already know, the new Google algorithm Orion
highly favors content over any other forms of advertising. The days of doorway pages, splash pages and landing pages are over, so naturally content
driven websites and articles will begin to make their way to the top of the Google rankings. The key to getting your article to the top is by targeting certain
keyword phrases. You donâ€™t want to target the most used and most popular keyword phrases, instead you want to target less used keyword phrases.
What you want to do is look for phrases that only have from 500 1500 results in Google. (*) Attract more traffic to it, once you get some loyal visitors, you
can go low with your marketing budget as well. (*) Offer unique and interesting content to your readers.how about putting a small competition at your
website, and put a small prize for the WINNER .
Instructions:
Article syndication is the pesrcos of submitting your written articles to different content websites. The purpose of doing this is to gain exposure for
yourself and your business. You gain exposure when a webmaster likes your article and publishes it on their website. In doing so the webmaster is giving
you free publicity by presenting you as an authority on the subject of your article. The article will generally get placed on a higher traffic webpage on the
site where the visitors can read and learn from it. It is required by the content publishing company that the webmaster leave your Author Bio' information
attached to the article, which will effectively advertise you and your chosen website. This non-reciprocal link from your published article to your website
serves multiple purposes. One it makes your website more popular in the eyes of the Google algorithm and two it drives targeted traffic to your website.
The traffic is targeted because the person who just read your article is clicking on your link; this is done generally because he/she is interested in you
and/or your business. If done effectively, article writing and syndication can do wonders for your business. The usefulness of articles doesnâ€™t stop at
the benefits listed above. If you tailor your article correctly you can have it reach top rankings in Google and create multiple instant sales. To achieve this
you must learn a few things about Google and article syndication. If you donâ€™t already know, the new Google algorithm Orion highly favors content
over any other forms of advertising. The days of doorway pages, splash pages and landing pages are over, so naturally content driven websites and
articles will begin to make their way to the top of the Google rankings. The key to getting your article to the top is by targeting certain keyword phrases.
You donâ€™t want to target the most used and most popular keyword phrases, instead you want to target less used keyword phrases. What you want to
do is look for phrases that only have from 500 1500 results in Google. (*) Attract more traffic to it, once you get some loyal visitors, you can go low with
your marketing budget as well. (*) Offer unique and interesting content to your readers.how about putting a small competition at your website, and put a
small prize for the WINNER .
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Title: Charades!!!
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Submitted by: Jenny Boualavong Date Submitted: Apr 28, 2014 Participants: all
Equipment: Everyone in the classroom a good attitude smiles all around enthusiasm
Instructions:
Everyone loves charades! At least at my family functions everyone does. The leadership activity or group game I will have everyone participate in will be
like the traditional game of charades. This will require everyone to participate. Since I only have a limit of four minutes I plan to take volunteers to come
up and "play" out the words or phrases without talking. I will split the class exactly in half and there will be two teams. So within the four minutes we will
try to fit as many rounds as possible into play. A coin flip will determine which team will be up to play first. If there is a tie after four minutes there will be an
"act off" where both teams vote who they want to represent them. The two will then act out the same word and the first team who guesses the word or
phrase will win! There may be a prize so try your best and let's have fun! School is almost over and we made it through this long year. Congrats to all
graduates!
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Title: Heads Up, Seven Up
Submitted by: Beth Kenney Date Submitted: Apr 28, 2014 Participants: 31
Equipment: None
Instructions:
I, the leader, will choose 7 students to go up to the front of the room. Everybody who was not chosen will then put there heads down, close their eyes,
and put their hands on the table with their thumb sticking up. Those 7 students will then go around the room and put the thumb down of one student. The
7 students who got their thumbs pushed down will stand up at their seat and, one at a time, say who they think pushed their thumb down. If they're
correct, the get to go up and the other person sits down. If the guess was wrong, they sit back down and the person who pushed their thumb stays up
there for the next round.
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Title: Marvin the Marshin
Submitted by: Thomas Fairbanks Date Submitted: Apr 28, 2014 Participants: unlimited
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone gets in a circle and you petend you are holding a Doll and state that this is marvin the marshin. Tell everyone in the circle that they need to do
an action to Marvin. State that you will pet his head or shake his hand. Then pass Marvin. No one can repeat the same action and everyone must do
something. Once Marvin has gone all the way around the room, Tell everyone to do what they did to Marvin, To the person next to them.
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Title: Sentence Shuffle
Submitted by: Tyler Goss Date Submitted: Apr 22, 2014 Participants: All
Equipment: Deck of Cards
Instructions:
Divide everyone into smaller groups of 5-6. Each group will get a deck of cards. Each person will pick a card. No one should trade there cards with
anyone. Each group must compose a sentence using their cards using alphabetical values. Write the sentence on a piece of paper. They will do this 3
different times. I will then give Dr. Schlag each groups paper and he will judge who has the most creative. Whoever he picks is the winner. For example,
one group of 6 participants is dealt an ace, three, two, king, four, and a seven. Their sentence might be, â€œA tiny taupe kangaroo falls softly.â€
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Title: Human Maze
Submitted by: Robert Liston Date Submitted: Apr 24, 2014 Participants: All
Equipment: The equipment needed for this activity is only a blind fold and everything else is in the classroom.
Instructions:
Two random people in the class will be selected randomly. One will be blind folded and the other the coach. Everybody else in the class is going to help
participate as well. The two randomly selected people will go out in the hallway and make up code for movement through the maze without saying the
words "straight", "left", "right", "reverse" and etc. So the word can be anything like for example straight can be "Sally" and left can be "Larry". So while the
people in the hall are deciding on what they using as their code the rest of the class is creating the maze for the person blindfolded. Anything can be used
in the classroom as long as there is a path for them to at least make it to the end. The rest of the people can make up the maze by sitting on the ground,
kneeling, standing as long as they are frozen and don't make a sound. The goal is to have the blindfolded person successfully make it to the end of the
maze without touching anything in the way, people, desks, chairs and etc, or else they are out and the coach switches with the person blindfolded. The
code needs to be pretty specific to the point where the person at the end of the maze has to sit down cleanly in a chair without missing it and falling
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down. If the group makes it through they will receive a prize of candy. This activity improves communication skills and creativity.
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Title: Team Pictionary
Submitted by: Kevin Brickett Date Submitted: Apr 21, 2014 Participants: 1
Equipment: Chalk board or white board. Paper that has words to draw. Stop watch. Hat
Instructions:
I split people up into two teams. Then each team would select one person to become the drawer. The drawer would pick something to draw randomly
from a hat. Once their team guessed correctly they would pick again from the hat and so on and so forth. The team gets a minute to get as many
drawings correct. After the minute is up the next team would go. There are a total of three rounds. There is a different drawer for each round and
whichever team has the most points at the end of the three rounds wins. In case of a tie each team would get one chance at guessing a drawing. The
team that guesses it correctly in the fastest amount of time wins the tiebreaker.
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Title: Minefield
Submitted by: Wrigley Marquith Date Submitted: Apr 16, 2014 Participants: All
Equipment: Duct Tape, Blind folds
Instructions:
My Leadership Activity is a game called minefield. In minefield there is an area of the floor that has â€œminesâ€ or pieces of duct tape. Half of the class
will be â€œwalkersâ€ and the other half of the class will be â€œspottersâ€. Each walker is paired up with one spotter, but the walker will not be able to
see the spotter because the walker is blindfolded. The spotter will give out commands to his or her walker and must only use hearing to navigate the
minefield. The spotter is not allowed to use the walkers name, the walker must recognize the voice of the spotter and then do what the spotter tells them.
If the walker steps on a mine, they are out of the game. If you make it all the way through the minefield the spotter and the walker will then switch roles
and try to navigate the minefield once again. Whichever team makes it the farthest will win a prize.
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Title: Sightless Art
Submitted by: Cassie Rickert Date Submitted: Apr 14, 2014 Participants: Everyone
Equipment: Paper and pencil
Instructions:
Students will be asked to take out a sheet of paper and a pencil and divide the paper into four sections. Then the students will be asked to close their
eyes and draw whatever is asked for thirty seconds without looking. At the end, the person who draws the clearest pictures will win (judged by myself).
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Title: Japanese Speed Art
Submitted by: Ashley Stewart Date Submitted: Apr 14, 2014 Participants: 35
Equipment: Square sheets of paper
Instructions:
Essentially the class will be learn the Japanese art of Origami. Participants will be given two sheets of square paper. They will then transform one square
sheet of designed paper into a paper crane while following a tutorial given by me. Participants will then be given 4 minutes to try and replicate a paper
crane using the other square paper without receiving any aid from me. They may communicate among themselves in order to figure out the right steps
involved in making a paper crane. Participants may use any extra time after making the crane to make it as creative as possible. The cranes will be
judged by Dr. Schlag and the participant with the winning crane will receive a prize.
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Title: Card Relay
Submitted by: Pierre Celestine Date Submitted: Apr 02, 2014 Participants: The More The Better
Equipment: Two Deck of Cards
Instructions:
I would split the group into two teams and make them form two single lines. Then everyone will close there eyes and i would go down each line taping
different individuals shoulder and when i have been through both lines I will tell everyone to open their eyes and everyone I taped has to keep their eyes
closed and some has to only use one arm during the activity. A deck of cards is passed down the row, one at a time, and collected by the last person in
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line. The first team to collect all 52 cards without dropping one wins.
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Title: Girls & Boys
Submitted by: Kai Pettigrew Date Submitted: Mar 31, 2014 Participants: 29
Equipment: Paper and pen/pencil
Instructions:
Divide class into two groups. One side girls,the other side boys. Once you have two groups of the opposite sex,the groups must then switch gender
roles(boys pretend they're girls and girls pretend they're boys) and create a story about them being a 7 year old girl or a 7 year old boy on Christmas day.
Be very detailed on what happened from the time you woke up in the morning and to the time you went to sleep at night. Think outside the box,be
creative,use your imagination but stay appropriate!!
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Title: LCR
Submitted by: Terry McMahon Date Submitted: Mar 31, 2014 Participants: 30+
Equipment: LCR dice and Chips
Instructions:
The game of LCR is a dice game that i learned at family parties while i was younger. It is a great activity because it is competitive but everyone has an
even shot because it is all luck. I will divide the classroom into four groups, each player from every group will start the game with 3 chips. Each player
goes one by one rolling dice for the amount of chips that they have up to three. The dice will come up with an L, R, C, or a Dot. The L means you send a
chip for each L to the left, the R means you send a chip for each R to the right, the C means that you send a chip for each C into the center, (these now
become the pot) and the Dot means that you get to keep the amount of chips for each dot. Throughout the game players will be sending chips into the
middle and you cannot roll unless you have chips in front of you. It will then come down to one player having the last chip in his or her possession and he
or she must roll a dot in order to win the pot. The four winners will face off in a sudden death game in the end. The winner will receive a candy prize. This
activity will help in the developmental wheel in respects to communication and it is a fun game that will have everyone interested and involved.
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Title: Class Room Awareness Test
Submitted by: Paul Fotopoulos Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2014 Participants: 30
Equipment: Pencil Word Search puzzle "Mystery Person" in Hallway stopwatch
Instructions:
First, Hand out word such puzzle face down on every participants desk. Then tell them your are going to "test" their awareness by finding as many words
as possible for 120 seconds. Give out a prize to the winner! Next, You tell them to flip over the test and begin. Start your stopwatch and then get the
Mystery Person in the hallway to enter the class room. That person will make little noise and walk around the entire room while everyone does their
puzzle, then leave the room. Lastly, Tell students heads up and your time has expired. Then ask the question, "Who saw the person walk in the room."
Explain that the puzzle was not in fact the awareness test, it was that a person had walked in the room and non of them were aware. If anyone did see
the person ask for a psychical description. In the end bring in the person and see how off the description was or how accurate it was. A great activity to
increase class room or overall awareness and encourage team work and team building.
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Title: Blanket Name Game
Submitted by: Laney Mesick Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2014 Participants: 28
Equipment: Blanket
Instructions:
Divide the class in half. Two people need to hold the blanket up and when the blanket drops the person on has to correctly say the persons name the
fastest. The person that says the name correctly goes on the other side to join that team. It is a game to see if you know everyones name.
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Title: Think fast
Submitted by: Blake Collins Date Submitted: Mar 26, 2014 Participants: 28
Equipment: N/a
Instructions:
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Students will gather around In a circle and come up with words that rhythm with the person sitting next to them. If the student can not think fast and come
up with a word that rhythms in a reasonable time they will be forced to sit out. This process will continue untill you have a winner
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Title: Brinca (jump)
Submitted by: Stephanie Chavez Date Submitted: Mar 24, 2014 Participants: Whole class
Equipment: There is no equipment needed for this activity, all needed is a group of people to hold hands.
Instructions:
First spread chairs or desk away or you can go to a big gym to have more available space. The class has to hold hands with other classmates and make
a big circle. Then the game will began, I will say; jump in, jump out, jump right or jump left. The classmates have to do as I say like if we were playing
"simon says". I can mix what I want to say as much as I want. When the game has been played for a while I will change it up and say; do the opposite of
what I say; for instance I say jump right the class will jump left. No one loses we are all winners. This will be fun, and it will stimulate your brain.
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Title: Building Communication
Submitted by: JJ Raffelson Date Submitted: Mar 24, 2014 Participants: 27
Equipment: Tooth picks, spice drops, piece of paper and pencil.
Instructions:
Divide class into three even teams. Each team selects one communication leader. The team also needs to delegate runners and builders. The runners
should have good communication skills and the builders should have goo listening skills as well as some what artistic abilities. Each team will have 10
minutes total to recreate the design that is in the hallway. The person in the hallway can make notes on a piece of paper, then communicate what their
notes are without showing them. The runner must relay the information to the builders inside. The runners take turns going back and fourth to the hallway
to receive the information, but only one runner can go at a time. For the last 2 minutes, you will select one runner to go out into the hall way to look at the
design for the first time, then they go relay the information to the builders. Then when the time is up, we will compare the accuracy of the designs.
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Title: Are You?
Submitted by: Austin Johnson Date Submitted: Mar 24, 2014 Participants: 34
Equipment: Blindfolds
Instructions:
Words that are not names are inserted into a hat and randomly drawn. Each person is only allowed to write one word on their piece of paper. Whatever
word is randomly picked from the hat will be the word used in the game. (For example, if the chosen word is DOG then that will be the word used).
Everyone will be blindfolded, then one designated person will choose one other person who will be referred to as the word drawn from the hat. After
being chosen, that person will have their blindfold removed while everyone else keeps theirs on. Everyone will then stand up and start walking around.
Everytime someone bumps into someone else they must shake hands and one person will ask, "Are you (word that was chosen)?" If the other person
responds they must say, "No I am not (word that was chosen)" and the two will walk away from each other. If a blindfolded person bumps into the non
blindfolded person, the question is asked again and the two must shake hands, but the non blindfolded person cannot reply. Once this happens, the
non-blind folded person takes the blindfold off the other person and they lock arms, both now having the word that was chosen from the hat. Now if any
blindfolded person bumps into either of those two, then the action is repeated. The game ends when everyone loses their blindfolds and becomes a part
of the chain.
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Title: Finding Nemo
Submitted by: Rebecca Gonner Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2014 Participants: 12 or more
Equipment: One stuffed clown fish resembling Nemo (or anything else that you can throw that won't bounce or roll away).
Instructions:
Divide the group into two teams. One team (team A) is the â€œDory.â€ The other team (team B) is the â€œMerlin.â€ Before starting each team should
designate a single "Merlin," preferably someone loud. â€¢ Team A starts by throwing the "Nemo" anywhere in the designated play area. The Nemo must
be allowed to land on the ground. â€¢ Once the Nemo has been thrown, team B runs toward it and forms a single file line behind it. The previously
designated "Merlin" needs to be at the end of the line. The first person in line picks up the Nemo and passes it over his or her head to the person directly
behind, who passes it backwards through his or her legs. This over-under pattern continues until the Nemo has reached the Merlin at the end of the line
and the Merlin yells â€œNemo!â€ â€¢ Meanwhile, team A forms a circle and whoever threw the Nemo runs around the circle and back to his or her spot.
Then the person to their left goes and so on. Each time a team member makes it back to their original position, the team scores one point. Sticking with
the Nemo theme, this team is made up of Dorys because she's forgetful and swims around in circles. â€¢ As soon as team B yells â€œNemo!,â€ team A
stops counting runs. Only full revolutions count as runs. â€¢ Now team B is the "Dory", and they begin by throwing the Nemo anywhere in the area of
play. Team A (the "Merlin" now) runs to it and gets in a single file line with their "Merlin" at the end, passing it over and under to their Merlin, while Team B
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scores runs by one team member running around the entire group. â€¢ Teams keep track of their own scores (Schlag and I will help keep track), which
are cumulative from inning to inning. Play as many innings as seems to fit with the group! (or that fit within the allotted time)
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Title: Rope Alphabet
Submitted by: Becky Reimer Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2014 Participants: Group
Equipment: At least 50 ft piece of rope.
Instructions:
Everyone in the group will grab a section of the rope. Making sure that every other person is located on the opposite side of the rope. You will have both
hands on the rope. Tell everyone in the group to familiarize themselves with the other people around them. When everyone is ready you will begin the
activity with saying any letter of the alphabet. Without talking you will work as a team to form the letter of the alphabet. This can also be used with
different types of shapes and numbers. After a few times, you can change the activity by having one person being the communicator and when given the
letter, that person will be able to talk to the group and tell them where to go to make that letter. If time permitted, if you really want a challenge, you can try
this activity with your eyes closed. With everyone knowing their surroundings, they can be able to try a letter while closing their eyes but not speaking.
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Title: Capture the Spoons
Submitted by: David Reichard Date Submitted: Mar 19, 2014 Participants: 4-34
Equipment: A deck of cards and spoons are needed.
Instructions:
Each player gets 4 cards to start off with, then spoons are placed on table always one less than the amount of players. The rest of the deck is placed
next to one of the players and they start drawing one card at a time. The player can only have four cards in hand so what ever card the player does not
need gets passed on to the next player in circle. When the player comes across a card they do want they take another card from their hand, that is not
needed and pass it on. The objective of the game is to get all four of the same number, this includes jacks queens and so on. Remember just the same
number not suite. When a player has all four of the same number they grab a spoon, the remaining spoons need to be grabbed by the other players as
soon as the person with all four cards grabs it, immediately. Basically the players need to be paying close attention because the player with no spoon at
the end is out.
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Title: Earth, Water, People
Submitted by: Liza Nicol Date Submitted: Mar 18, 2014 Participants: 10-30
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone will stand in a circle, looking down. The facilitator will give one of 3 instructions: earth, water, or people. When the facilitator says "earth" the
participants will stop their feet on the ground, while still looking down. When the facilitator says "water" the participants will stretch out their arms in front
of them and wiggle their fingers, still while looking down. When the facilitator says "people" the participants will look up and stare at one person. They
can only stare at one person per round. If two people are staring at each other, they both will scream, until one person can't scream any more. The
person who gives up screaming first will be out. The last person standing wins the game.
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Title: Paper Top Gun
Submitted by: Jacob Potts Date Submitted: Mar 17, 2014 Participants: 34
Equipment: Copy Paper, Lanyards for prizes
Instructions:
Participants will be divided into partners based on where they live. Partners will assign themselves as either a Maverick or a Goose. Goose participants
will use the copy paper given to construct a paper airplane. Once the plane is constructed, the partners will come to me to be paired against another
team in a throw off of the airplanes. The Mavericks of the group are the ones who will throw the plane for their teams. The two teams will go into the
hallway and throw their planes at the same time. I will judge to see which plane goes the farthest. The plane that goes the farthest will remain in
competition while the other plane is eliminated. The last plane remaining wins the first set of lanyards. Teams that are eliminated or waiting to throw their
planes will think off callsigns for themselves. At the end of the competition I will call on each group and ask what each partners' callsign is. Dr Schlag will
judge and announce what team had the best callsigns. Winners will be given the second set of lanyards.
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Title: Build the Alphabet
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Submitted by: Cheyenne Wilson Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2014 Participants: 30
Equipment: 2 Straws 5 Paper Clips 10 Toothpicks 1 Clothespin 1 12 in square of aluminum foil 1 12 in length of string 5 Plastic Lids 3 Rubber Bands
Scissors
Instructions:
You can have as many teams as you want, but each team has to have all the materials. Divide the teams into equal groups. Tell the participants that they
have a task to create the alphabet from the construction materials provided. They must Crete as many letters as possible in five minutes. The letters must
be created in alphebitical order and they cannot jump ahead to easy letters. Team members may not speak during building time. The teams will be
notified when they have only one minute remaining. Just based on how many letter they completed and recognizable.
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Title: Skittle Race
Submitted by: Tydra Brooks Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2014 Participants: 20
Equipment: Skittles, Spoon, Cup
Instructions:
Groups will be split up into teams according to their class year. I will choose 3 people from each team and those people will have to do the skittle race.
Each person racing will get a spoon. While one of their teammates are at the other end of the room holding the cup, the racer has to carry the spoon in
their mouth with skittles on it to the person with the cup. Their hands have to stay behind their back, the group that gets the most skittles in the cup after
30 seconds win.
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Title: The Whats It Called Race
Submitted by: Greg Strobel Date Submitted: Mar 03, 2014 Participants: 8+
Equipment: Participants
Instructions:
The participants will be divided into two teams (or more depending on number of participants), each team will rotate team members to be the actor. One
word or phrase will be picked by each team actor right before they have to act out the word or phrase. The actor must get their team to yell out what the
word or phrase they are miming out without using there voice, only body languauge and signs can be used. The first team to go through three team
actors wins the race.
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Title: Embrace Your Inner Texan!
Submitted by: Dorian White Date Submitted: Feb 26, 2014 Participants: 29
Equipment: Just youself
Instructions:
Stand in circle kind of close together with enough room to do the actions; channel your inner Texan! â€œYee Hawâ€ â€“ pass to player beside you
(swing your arm, crooked in cowboy fashion, in front of you, passing energy to the person beside you. â€œHoe Downâ€ â€“ change direction (pull arm
down in a fist pump (like saying â€œYes!â€). This changes the direction of the â€œYee Hawâ€. Remind players that you â€˜catch the action on the
outsideâ€™ (i.e. if the action is moving to the right, use your right hand to pull a hoe down.) â€œGit along liâ€™l doggieâ€ (use one or the other) â€“
send action across the circle (make eye contact with someone across the circle (not directly beside you), using both hands "like your shooing something
away send action across the circle. Play continues with a â€œYee Hawâ€ in either direction. â€œBarn Danceâ€ â€“ right hand above head, wave in
quick circles.(All participants move into center of circle for quick dance then quickly move to new position in the circle. Player who called barn dance
starts with a Yee Haw (either direction) to resume play.
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Title: Tear The pain
Submitted by: Verniqua Ayers Date Submitted: Feb 20, 2014 Participants: Everyone
Equipment: Paper, Pen/Pencil
Instructions:
Take out a piece of paper. Pause for a second and think about all the things that were said to you that you didn't think was necessary or probably hurt
your feelings. Whenever you are done writing everything down, do NOT read what you wrote down on the paper. Tear it up and throw the paper away.
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Title: Vroom
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Submitted by: Vertis Holmes Date Submitted: Feb 18, 2014 Participants: 5-30
Equipment: Hands and mouths
Instructions:
All participants gather in a circle and then there are two motions and sounds that are used in this activity. The first Motion and sound are the turning of
your hands like you would turn a steering wheel and saying "Vroom". The second motion and sound are the turning of your hands in the opposite
direction and saying "Screech" and when you use "screech it flips direction in which the "vroom" was going. Now one person starts of by picking a
direction to start with and then turns their hands and says "vroom" in that direction and then it goes around the circle and people decided whether to use
"vroom" or to use "screech" to mix things up a bit. The goal is to just see how long you can make each round last.
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Title: Magic Carpet Mixup
Submitted by: Cody Jason Presny Date Submitted: Jan 23, 2014 Participants: 27
Equipment: 8x8 Tarp. Preferably made of more durable material.
Instructions:
Story: Your group is flying high over the desert sands, on a magic carpet. Suddenly you realize that the carpet is flipped bottom side up, and the carpet is
flying out of control. Instruct the participants to all take a standing position on the tarp (both feet should be securely on the tarp). challenge the group to
flip the tarp right side up, without stepping off (and falling to the desert below). To ensure safety you could also instruct the group not to lift or carry any
participants off the ground.
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Title: Zip Zap Zop
Submitted by: Tiara Shanks Date Submitted: Feb 20, 2014 Participants: All
Equipment: No equipment needed, just your hands!
Instructions:
A group of people form a circle and 1 person starts off the game with smacking their hand like a lightning bolt to any person and says "Zip." Then that
person who was picked smacks their hand like a lightning bolt towards another person and says "Zap", then the next person who is picked does the same
thing and says "Zop" to whomever they choose, and the game goes on and on until someone gets confused and doesn't remember the cycle and
eventually gets out.
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Title: Easy Mac to Easy Mac
Submitted by: Farrell Lewis Date Submitted: Feb 15, 2014 Participants: Whole Class
Equipment: Apples to Apples game
Instructions:
Leader will get up and explain these instructions before play: Class will be broken into groups according to the color shirt they are wearing (red shirts with
red shirts, blue with blue, etc.). If groups are uneven or larger (over 8) groups will be broken down in a way to get groups even and around 5 or 6 people
as deemed by the leader. Groups will be given a stack of response cards and a smaller stack of prompt cards. All players will pick up 6 response cards to
have in their hand and play with. Each round a prompt card will be laid down and everyone except for the judge that round will will play a card face down
in response to the prompt card. The judge of the first round will be decided by the group. Once everyone plays a response card, the judge will read out
loud all response cards and pick what card best fits the prompt card. The player who played the winning card will be declared the winner that round and
keep the prompt card and then will be the judge next round. All response cards will be discarded in a discard pile, except for the winning card which will
be kept with the prompt card in case of a tie) Continue until time (7 minutes) is complete. (If groups run out of either response or prompt cards, the leader
will switch cards out with the other groups so no one repeats cards) The player in the class with the most winning rounds (with the most prompt cards)
will win the price (Easy Mac hence the name of the activity). If there is a tie, each player that is in the lead for the win must pick what response and
prompt card makes the best match and then Dr. Schlag will pick which match is the best and that player will win.
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Title: How to be a Wheel
Submitted by: Marcella Watson Date Submitted: Feb 13, 2014 Participants: 40
Equipment: Open space and people
Instructions:
I will be teaching my class mates how to be a wheel. In other words I will be demonstrating and helping others learn to do a kart-wheel. I will start off with
the basics, then let the students practice, then I will determine who has the best kart-wheel and the will win a prize.
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Title: Bob diddle bob
Submitted by: Maureen Fitzgerald Date Submitted: Feb 13, 2014 Participants: 30
Equipment: Voices
Instructions:
Repeat after me song
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Title: Balloon Balance
Submitted by: Cody Shaffer Date Submitted: Feb 13, 2014 Participants: 25
Equipment: For this activity I needed a couple packs of Balloons, and a tarp to set the balloons on so they will not pop.
Instructions:
This is a trust activity where the class will help a fellow student be set on top of a bed off balloons, and not holding onto anyone or anything, then you will
start taking balloons away one by one. If the student is really calm and trust their fellow student you will be surprised on how many balloons it takes to
hold one person up.
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Title: Scavenger hunt
Submitted by: Miriam Brabham Date Submitted: Feb 11, 2014 Participants: 36
Equipment: Clues, hiding places, prize
Instructions:
I will tell the class they are to complete a scavenger hunt that nothing will be off the property of horrbin hall but that they might have to go outside. I will
then show them there prize a bag of candy wrapped in a bike lock with a combination code 4 digits. They can not get the candy until they complete the
hunt and unlock it. I will then divide them into teams by having them divide by birthday. once the teams are drawn they will get the fist clue: The hunt is
on! I'm so close but far away. people rest here from day to day. I'm right outside the door, I have four legs that sit on the floor. If you're right I'm on the left.
Once they found the next clue it will read: you found me where people are lazy the next place you look you will think me kinda crazy. People say I'm hard
to climb but fall down me all the time. I'm not indoors but easy to find. Next clue: Burr that was cold cold cold! But I'm only one of the elements so I'm told.
The next is hot hot hot one of me each classroom has got. To use me pull the arm up top. Three sprays or more and its out for sure! Next clue: You are
the Best! You're the champ of this quest! The next place you'll find me is under one of these desks! Next clue: The taste of victory is so sweet! But how
much candy can you eat? The code that you seek has already been told it is written on the cards you hold. Each card will have a number on it that is part
of the code that opens the lock to the candy some words will be highlighted or under lined to help them with the clues. The team that wins will get first
pick of the candy but there will be enough for everyone to get some should they want it.
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Title: Helium Hula Hoop
Submitted by: Miriah Anderson Date Submitted: Feb 10, 2014 Participants: 8+ (Whole class)
Equipment: Hula hoop and reward. A half inch PVC pipe or roll of duct tape can also be used instead of the hula hoop.
Instructions:
First, have the class break into groups of 8-12. To maximize the difficulty level, groups should be made up of individuals who vary in height. After groups
are made; each group needs to get in a circle. Ask participants to give you thumbs up with both hands then stick out their pointer fingers, and finally tuck
their thumbs back down. Have them keep fingers at waist level. Explain both pointer fingers but remain in contact with the hula hoop; and the hula hoop
must rest on top of the fingers (no gripping, finger curling). Hands can stay with their palms facing inwards or upwards. Lay hula hoop on top of
groupâ€™s fingers. Now the group must work together to get the hula hoop to the floor. The hoop will rise instantly â€“ caused by ripples of upward
pressure. This activity can also be done with a Â½ inch PVC pipe with the line of people alternating which side of the stick they stand on. Sometimes
when you have an older age group that was able to work together well and efficiently to complete task, you can repeat the task but with a roll of duct tape
and only one finger. This activity is meant to teach teamwork. It helps to have a reward for the participants, in this case I have candy and fake kid tattoos.
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Title: Zip Zip Zonk
Submitted by: Erin Baldwin Date Submitted: Feb 10, 2014 Participants: 15+
Equipment: none
Instructions:
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Sit your group in a circle. The 1st person starts by saying the word "zip". One person says it after another around the circle... zip, zip ,zip, zip etc. Now tell
the players that the aim is for no one to be able to see their teeth. They must cover them with their lips at all times. (pull them over your teeth as you
would if you were rubbing in lipstick. Now go around the circle again saying zip. Then explain to the players that they can change the direction that zip is
going by saying zonk which makes it bounce around again the other way. A person is out if any other player sees their teeth. The accuser must show this
by shouting teeth teeth, bending their arm up so their hand touches their shoulder and slapping their elbow. AT ALL TIMES TEETH MUST BE
COVERED. People who are caught are out and become watchers. The watchers are allowed to walk around and see if any teeth are showing. If they see
any teeth they will still do the same process as they did while they were in the game. When only 5 people are left have them stick out their tongues while
keeping their teeth hidden. Keep playing the game. Eventually you should get a winner.
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Title: Personal Property ABCs
Submitted by: Kirsten Burgy Date Submitted: Feb 06, 2014 Participants: Everyone
Equipment: Your belongings
Instructions:
Everyone will break into groups of 5- 6. Each team will have 5 minutes to search for items that begin with each letter of the alphabet (Apple begins with A,
Brush begins with B, Calculator begins with C, etc). Max of one item per letter. The team that comes up with the most items that fit the letters of the
alphabet wins!
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Title: Birthday Lineup
Submitted by: Ryan Holsapple Date Submitted: Jan 30, 2014 Participants: Entire Class
Equipment: None
Instructions:
For my leadership activity I am going to have the class do the birthday lineup. The group is to form a straight line according to birthday. For example,
whoever has the earliest birthday in January will be the first in line followed by the next birthday after. The catch is that this is a nonverbal activity. The
participants will not be allowed to speak so they will have to learn different ways of communicating with each other.
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Title: Por Telefono (telephone)
Submitted by: John Cronin Date Submitted: Jan 29, 2014 Participants: Entire class (like 35 people I think)
Equipment: Nothing but a good attitude and willingness to participate.
Instructions:
The entire class is formed into one large, single-file line, and a phrase is whispered into the ear of the first person in line by the judge (myself in this
case). The first person in line then turns to next person in line and whispers the phrase into their ear. This process is repeated until the phrase reaches
the end of the line. The last person in line then repeats what they were told to see how whatever they were told matches up to the original phrase. The
fun comes in when everyone sees how much the message has deviated from its original form while it passed down the line. That is the breakdown of my
leadership activity.
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Title: Competitive Rock Paper Scissors
Submitted by: Jacoby Foster Date Submitted: Jan 28, 2014 Participants: whole class
Equipment: Hands
Instructions:
Play Rock Paper Scissors.Depending on what side of the room you startout on when you lose you sit down on that side. Who ever you lose to you have
to cheer for and the person that beat you. If they lose then you cheered for who beat them and so on and so forth.
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Title: Musical Chairs
Submitted by: Ralph Hilton Date Submitted: Jan 27, 2014 Participants: Whole Class
Equipment: -Chairs -Music Speaker -Media Device (iPod/Computer) -Music Playlist
Instructions:
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-Arrange the chairs into a circle -While the music is playing, walk around the circle -When the music stops, find a seat -Any person left standing is out
-Remove a chair after every round -People who are out, Name Game Name Game; Create a nickname for every person, it must start with the same First
Letter as their First Name. (Ex: Rockin Ralph) Everyone must take a turn trying to recite everyone elses' name in order
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Title: Get A Clue With A Shoe
Submitted by: Shayla Hill Date Submitted: Jan 27, 2014 Participants: 27
Equipment: Just yourself and shoes! Oh and of course candy :)
Instructions:
The desks will be pushed out of the way and everyone takes off a shoe and throws them in a large pile on the floor. When I say "Go", each person grabs
a shoe from the pile that isn't theirs, then find the person with the matching shoe. They introduce their self to each other and tell them 3 things about their
self that the other person doesn't already know. Then everyone will get into a big circle and have them introduce the person they talked to and tell the 3
things about them. I have candy for everyone at the end of the activity!
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Title: Zombie Unicorn Apocalypse
Submitted by: Andrew Busker Date Submitted: Jan 23, 2014 Participants: 5+
Equipment: Objects to mark boundaries (4 cones, backpacks, natural objects, or other)
Instructions:
This game is very similar to American Eagle. First, establish rectangular boundaries that are large enough for people to run around yet not too wide.
Then, have two people volunteer to be zombies. Everyone else will be unicorns. The zombies will stand in the middle of the field while everyone else will
line up on one of the narrow sides of the field (you may have the unicorns line up on either narrow side if desired). The zombies shout "Unicorns, ride!"
and the unicorns try to gallop to the other side without being tagged. If they are tagged or run outside of the boundary, they become a zombie unicorn and
will join the two original zombies in tagging the normal unicorns in the next round. Rounds continue until there is only 1 remaining unicorn. The game
restarts as the last two unicorns become the new zombies. Each role in the game moves a different way. The original two zombies must keep their arms
stretched out and must drag one foot behind the other, to impersonate the movement of a zombie. Unicorns must have one of their hands made into a fist,
with the thumb-side against their forehead and their pinkie finger sticking straight out- to represent their unicorn horn. Unicorns cannot run, and must
side-gallop by hitting the side of their shoes together as the move. When a unicorn is tagged, it blends the zombie movement into the unicorn movement.
Zombie unicorns must now move like the zombies- one foot dragging behind the other- and have their free hand outstretched so they can use it to take
other unicorns. Zombie unicorns can only use that hand to tag and cannot switch hands between their horn-fist and tagging hand.
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Title: How to
Submitted by: Alfonso Corral Date Submitted: Dec 06, 2013 Participants: all
Equipment: computer, powerpoint, pictures, paper, and a writing utensil
Instructions:
How it works The information you â€œinputâ€ into your brain using mental pictures and associations, can be easily retrieved using the same formula.
This is called access! Access is better known as memory and you will use this when you learn how to remember everything you read. Neuroscientists say
that our brain works best using mental pictures with association. When you want to learn how to remember things you read better paint a colorful picture
in your mind to that correlate with what you want to remember. Ok, i want every one to close your eyes and remember what you whore yesterday: - Ask
students to raise their hands, and share with the class what they remember- Your brain just did two things: Painted a mental image of yourself wearing
the outfit, and triggered certain feeling that linked them to your outfit. Example a compliment, a smell, or comfort. For example If I wanted to remember that
the planet mercury is the number one planet in our solar system, I would use a key word like bun.... because it rhymes with one..... then I would use my
imagination to imagine a clumsy scientist accidently tripping and spilling silver mercury pitcher all over a freshly baked bun. -Explain that Mercury is
number one in our planetary system and that one rhymes with bun- Ok now we are going to do a simple memory game. I will show you the names of
some planets and use pictures and key words to help you remember the order of the planet. The order of the planet will be numbered based on their
proximity to the sun and end with the farthest away planet. All the numerical numbers rhyme with the key word attached to the planet. Use your memory
and imagination to create images that associate the planet with the key word and number: -Show students the planetary chart and allow them to
familiarize themselves with it. Next go through each picture and repeat the number, key word, and planet name. 1â€¦. Bunâ€¦. Mercury 2â€¦. Shoeâ€¦.
Venus 3â€¦Treeâ€¦Earth 4â€¦ Doorâ€¦. Mars 5â€¦ Hiveâ€¦ Jupiter 6â€¦ Stick â€¦.Saturn 7â€¦.. Heavenâ€¦. Uranus 8â€¦. Gateâ€¦. Neptune 9â€¦..
Signâ€¦ Pluto What did you learn? - Instruct students to take out a peace of paper and write down the corresponding planet to the number here: 3, 4,
7,9? -After students finish writing their answers, reveal answers and ask them how they performed. Allow for feedback. Some of you might have not got
all the answers of the planets right, but thats alright. This last exercise will spark your imagination and test your creativity. -Ask students to close their
eyes, listen, and paint a mental image of the story using their memory and minds. Remind them that the more detail and emotions they use while using
their imagination the more likely they will remember- Remember Class Try to remember Smells, Feelings, and Colors. Imagination Story: Ok class, I want
you guys to picture yourselves standing outside of a house. when you look behind you see a closed red door that leads to the inside of the house. As
soon as you turn around you realize that there is a million cyclist quickly pedaling their bikes toward you. When you realize that they are not stopping or
slowing down, you turn around, open the red door, and step inside the house. As you shut the wooden door you hear a crashing sound, and realize that
all the cyclist just hit the house at full speed. When you turn around you are greeted by the cookie monster eating cookies and riding a horse. You feel
cookie crumbs falling on your head and you smell the delicious smell of oatmeal cookies. After you realize that he wont stop eating oatmeal cookies on
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top of of your head, you decide to continue walking down the corridor. As you continue to walk you hear a song that is familiar to you. You realize the
song is "Hit me baby one more time." As you look to the right into the the living room, you are surprised to see Brittany Spears on top of a table singing
popular song "Hit me baby one more time." after hearing enough of Mrs. Spears song you run out the house. What do you remember? What color was
the door? What type of cookie was the cookie monster eating? What song was Mrs.. Spears singing? Answers Red door Oatmeal Hit me baby one more
time!
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Title: Privilege Walk
Submitted by: Kristi Hayes Date Submitted: Nov 19, 2013 Participants: Any
Equipment: Tape to create a line, if there is enough room.
Instructions:
Typically, for this activity you would have a line(either made from tape, or a line in a gym) and the participants would make two lines, one on each side of
the line provided. Once they are in place, you will give an example such as "walk to the line if you have ever experienced a bad hair day". If this is true to
you, then walk to the line, if the next statement is also true to you, then stay at the line; if it is not then go back to where you started. Each time a
statement is true for you, walk to the line. If you are unable to do use the line method, then you can have the participants sit or stand, which is what we
will be doing in class. It works the same way, but instead of walking to the line if the statement is true, you stand up; if it is not true for you then you sit
down. This is a more serious, personal activity so please remember to be honest and respectful to the other participants. :)
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Title: Name Ball
Submitted by: Trisha Simmons Date Submitted: Nov 18, 2014 Participants: 30
Equipment: Three throwing objects that are soft enough to throw.
Instructions:
Start off getting the group into a circle. Have the group go around and say their names. Have one ball starting off and have the other person who is
throwing the ball to someone else. As they throw the ball say their name. Keep throwing the ball till each person has had it once. Continue in the pattern
over and over again until you can move much faster. You are going to throw in another ball each time until you have all three balls going at once. After
that you can add in silence, one handed, standing on one foot, etc.
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Title: Cultural Hat Dance
Submitted by: Erin Sloan-Turner Date Submitted: Nov 14, 2013 Participants: 20-30
Equipment: â€¢ A variety of different hats, enough to assign one to each discussion group â€¢ Paper and pencils
Instructions:
Cultural Hat Dance Objective The purpose of this activity is to have participants understand perception and to get them thinking creatively. Time 10-15
minutes Procedure 1. Divide the participants into discussion groups of four or five and give a hat to each group. (See Trainerâ€™s Notes for hat
suggestions.) 2. Ask participants to write a description of the person who would wear the hat. You can use the stem statement, â€œThe hat belongs
to...â€ and then have them thoroughly describe that person. 3. Have the participants in each group compare their written comments, and note similarities
and differences. 4. Reconvene and have each group orally report on the similarities and differences of opinion within their groups. Conclusion Close by
stating there are many ways to view the same object. Our experiences influence how we view things. Trainerâ€™s Notes Before the session, assemble a
collection of hats of various types, such as hard hats, straw hats, baseball caps, ladiesâ€™ dress hats, turbans, bicycle helmets, etc., with at least one
hat for each discussion group.
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Title: Serious and silent
Submitted by: Kristine Hedegaard Date Submitted: Nov 04, 2013 Participants: 10-100
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone get a partner. And theye are back to back on the count of three they turn around and I try to stay silent. they keep going at this changing
partners until there's only one person who has a smile or laugh
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Title: Toilet Paper Mummies
Submitted by: Travis McBride Date Submitted: Oct 30, 2013 Participants: 10+
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Equipment: Toilet Paper Tape
Instructions:
Split your participants into groups of 4-5 people. Each team will pick a person to be their "mummy". The groups will get a roll of toilet paper with some
tape. The goal of the game is to make the most creative/original mummy they can think of. Each team will get 8-10 minutes to make the best mummy they
can. After time has stopped, teams will present their mummies and explain what their mummy is. Possible ways for teams to dress their mummy as:
sports, bride, statue of liberty
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Title: Salt and Pepper
Submitted by: Stephanie Analitis Date Submitted: Oct 27, 2013 Participants: 6+
Equipment: sheet of paper per person, pen, tape
Instructions:
As a leader, come up with pairs of things such as pen and paper, salt and pepper, shadow and light, etc. In my activity, I will just be using the category of
food for the sake of time. I will have all of the pairs written on a piece of paper already, with one word on each sheet. I will tape a piece of paper on each
persons back, making sure they can't see it. When I say go, everyone will walk around the room asking yes or no questions in order to find out what word
they have taped to their backs. Once they figure out their word, they'll be able to find their other pair. Then the pair will take a seat somewhere in the
room and tell each other one interesting fact about themselves or something interesting they've experienced.
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Title: Catch Me If You Can!
Submitted by: Hillary Lee Date Submitted: Oct 22, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Split the group into two lines, facing each other. Each participant should be directly across from another. Give the groups 30 seconds to observe as much
as they can about the person they are facing. When the 30 seconds are complete, have the groups turn around and switch/change something on
themselves (i.e. a watch, scarf, hair tie, etc.). When everyone is finished, have the groups face each other and try to figure out what has changed!
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Title: BOOM!
Submitted by: Amanda Becker Date Submitted: Oct 21, 2013 Participants: 25
Equipment: Just yourself and some friends!
Instructions:
This game can be played one of two ways...either with the entire group, or, as I'll be implementing it, split into two smaller groups. The class will split in
half and each half will circle up with one "boomer" in the middle. The boomer will proceed to go around the circle and extend their arms and shout
"BOOM!" at his or her classmates, one at a time. Whichever person the boomer selects to receive the boom must duck down as quickly as possible, and
the two people on either side of that person will simultaneously turn towards each other and try to "out-boom" one another. If the person who received the
boom fails to duck quickly enough, he or she is eliminated. If the person who receives the boom ducks in time, then whichever person to the left or right of
that person shouts "BOOM!" the quickest, wins. When each group gets down to two people, those four will become a group, and when that group
reaches two people, the remaining two will stand back to back. One of the original boomers will select a category (for example, types of fruit) and the two
people will slowly begin walking away from one another as the boomer calls out items within that category (banana, strawberry, grape...). When the
boomer calls out something that is NOT in the category (monkey, for example), the two people quickly turn and try to out-boom each other. The quickest
wins!
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Title: Quick on the Draw
Submitted by: Clayton Lott Date Submitted: Oct 16, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: Chalkboard and chalk or dry erase boards and markers.
Instructions:
Divide the group into teams. Have each team stand in a single file line facing the board. Give the last person in each line a car with a drawing on it. They
get five seconds to look at the picture then must set down the card. They must then draw the picture from memory on the person in front of them's back
with their finger. That person must then draw what was drawn on their back on the person in front of them until the picture reaches the front of the line.
The first person in line must then draw what was drawn on them on the board. Once the picture has been drawn on the board the entire team must be
sitting down and quiet to win. The quickest team with the most accurate picture wins. Players may not talk to each other and may only draw the picture
one time.
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Title: Chaotic Jeopardy
Submitted by: Rick Ingram Date Submitted: Oct 15, 2013 Participants: N/A
Equipment: none
Instructions:
Split the class into three groups and each group will have a captain. The captain will choose a category and the group will have a certain amount of time
to figure out as many answers from the category as possible based off the clues given by the captain. If any two teams are tied there will be a bonus
round
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Title: Leader
Submitted by: Emily Grotte Date Submitted: Oct 14, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Have everyone sit in a circle. Choose one person to be the detective, this person then goes somewhere out of view from the group (preferably outside of
the the room but around a corner will work). The facilitator of the activity then points to one person to be the 'leader'. Everyone in the circle must see who
the leader is without making noises or naming the leader out loud. When everyone knows who the leader is, the detective is called back to the group.
The detective then must walk around the inside of the circle, trying to find out who the leader is. The leader will be moving in different ways (for example,
positioning their legs differently or clapping), everyone else in the circle must do what the leader does, trying not to give away who the leader is. The
detective gets three guesses to guess the leader. If the detective chooses someone who is not the leader, that person must lay back and cease
participation. When the leader is guessed or the three guesses are up, then the leader becomes the next detective and the game starts over again.
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Title: "Who Am I?"
Submitted by: Tom Loftus Date Submitted: Oct 09, 2013 Participants: 27
Equipment: Pieces of paper (one for each person participating) that has the name of a different famous person written on each one; and a roll of
masking tape.
Instructions:
The activity that I will lead is called â€œWho Am I?â€ The way it works is, the leader has previously written down the names of different famous people
on several pieces of colorful paper, enough to account for every participant present. To start the activity, everyone will assemble in a line (note: for a large
group, there should be enough room for everyone to walk around and â€œmingleâ€ comfortably); the leader will then hand the stack of paper to the first
person in line, face down, along with a roll of masking tape. The leader will then ask the first person in line to pick a paper from the stack and tape it to
the back of the person next to them, with the name of the person visible. The first person will then pass the stack and the roll of tape to the next person,
who will do the same thing to the person next to them, and so on, until everyone has a name on their back. (The last person in line will need to eventually
â€œtapeâ€ the first person in line.) Once everyone has a name on their back, the fun begins! Everyone will then have 5 minutes to go around and ask
each other yes-and-no questions, to try to learn who they are. The â€œfamous peopleâ€ can be men or women, young or old, dead or alive, fictional or
real. (For the purposes of this RPTA 428 class, which has 18 women and 9 men enrolled, the names of 18 famous women and 9 famous men will be
utilized.) Once a person has learned who they are, they will be able to move the name from their back to their front, and show everyone that they figured
out who they are. (To make things easier, once a person has learned who they are, they should move to the opposite side of the room or field.) At the end
of the 5 minutes, everyone will come together again, and for those who havenâ€™t figured out who they are yet, someone in the group will tell them; and
for anyone who isnâ€™t familiar with a particular famous person, someone will volunteer to tell them about that person. For everyone else, if there is
time, each person will give one key fact about "their" famous person. The goal of this activity is to help youth get to know each other, to nudge them in the
direction of social interaction, to help them learn something about each otherâ€™s interests and communication style, to have fun, and perhaps even to
learn a little bit about the world (via learning about the famous people in it).
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Title: A Moment in Time
Submitted by: Jessica Myland Date Submitted: Oct 07, 2013 Participants: Umlimited
Equipment: Paper, Envelope and Pencil. Equipment can vary for this activity, depending on what you what to include in the time capsules.
Instructions:
In this activity, participants will be given a questionnaire, and will be allowed a few minutes to complete the questions. After completing the questionnaire,
participants are then split into small group, and are asked to find things that are similar or different to their peers. After discussion, participants will place
their questionnaire in an envelope and seal to reflect on at a later date!
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Title: Park Ranger
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Submitted by: Katy Hunt Date Submitted: Sep 23, 2013 Participants: Unlimited
Equipment: Four cones or border markers, a large play area.
Instructions:
All participants line up shoulder to shoulder at between one set of border cones while the facilitator chooses a Park Ranger and an Eagle. After the Park
Ranger and Eagle have been selected, one of the two will put the other two cones/border markers on the other end of the play field. The participants
lined up play the role of wild animals running from one end of the play field to the other. With a designated animal in their mind, the participants have to
run from one border to the other depending on the characteristic based question asked by the Ranger. The goal of the game is to be the last animal
running wild. The Ranger stands in the middle of the play field between the cones and asks specific questions about the "animals" characteristics. If one
of the animals is caught, they have to freeze in spot and turn into a tree. As a tree, they can tag animals that pass them by but cannot move. As for the
role of the Eagle, they help the Ranger in asking questions and making sure none of the participants cheat. The role of the Eagle is a prime opportunity
for everyone, regardless of their own limitations. For example, if a participant has mobility issues, the role of the Eagle allows them to fully participate
within the game.
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Title: Trust the leader
Submitted by: Erin Baldwin Date Submitted: Sep 12, 2013 Participants: Large group
Equipment: none
Instructions:
I will break the class into groups. One person from the group will be the leader. The rest of the group has to hold on to each other with their eyes shut.
The leader is the only one allowed to have their eyes open. And the group isn't allowed to touch the leader. There will be signs with the groups name
throughout the hallway. The object is that the leader has to guide the group using only their voice. You will have to find your sign and bring it back to the
room. The first team back to the classroom will win. There are two rules for the group: one you can not open your eyes, and two you can not let go. And
the only rule for the leader is that you can only use your voice during the game.
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Title: Whiteboard Sentences
Submitted by: Kevin Meegan Date Submitted: Sep 10, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: whiteboard or chalkboard. markers or chalk. students
Instructions:
The class will be divided into groups of equal numbers. Each group will line-up single file about 5 feet from the front boards. The first person of each
group will be given a marker or piece of chalk. At GO they must walk to the board and write ONE word to start off their group's sentence. After that they
must walk back to their group, hand off the marker, and walk to the end of the line. Each player will only write one word to contribute to the sentence
which MUST be recreation based. No words may be added between words that have already been written, the sentence must contain as many words as
there are players, and when a group has Finished they must all sit down. At the end we will discuss anticipatory thinking and the importance of
individual's cooperating within a group.
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Title: Cup Challenge
Submitted by: Zac Diehl Date Submitted: Sep 08, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: Solo Cups, String, and Rubberbands
Instructions:
Have 6 six cups set out in some random figure. In groups they have to pick up the cups using the string and a rubber band and form a pyramid. They can
not touch any of the cups with anything else other than the string and rubberband. First team to have the pyramid set up without falling or leaning wins.
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Title: Birthday Line
Submitted by: Stephanie Szyska Date Submitted: Sep 03, 2013 Participants: 28
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Form a single, straight line in the order of your birthdays. January birthdays at the beginning of the line with the earliest dates at the front and late
december birthdays at the back. People with the same birthdays should stand side by side. Of course the catch is that there is no talking allowed. Only
hand gestures and signals are allowed. When the line is completed get each person to shout out his or her birthday starting with January.
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Title: Fly Your Flag High
Submitted by: Cassie Kopp Date Submitted: Aug 28, 2013 Participants: 15-25
Equipment: T-shirt Flag or Paper Markers String
Instructions:
For this leadership activity, I will be leading the group through the process of creating our flag. Traditionally, flags are used to mark the success of a group
or to stake a claim for the group. This is most prevalent in hiking groups. However, this is a powerful activity that enables each group member to share
his/her strengths and areas of growth. The activity begins by asking the group about the symbolism of flags. After a very brief discussion, I will then
explain the purpose of the flag for this activity. This flag will serve as a representation of the entire group. If we were to attempt a challenging feat, this
flag would serve as an indication of our group efforts. Otherwise, this flag serves as a symbol of our connection and our support of one another. Currently
the flag is completely empty. I am going to give you some time to think about what you can offer the group, a strength of yours, and what you need from
the group, an area of growth. Once youâ€™ve determined what that is for you, you can fill in your piece of the flag with your name, your offering, and
your need. If there is adequate time, feel free to enhance your part of the flag with drawings and color. Because this activity window is short, the flag will
likely not be completed. However, I will explain that once each group member has completed their portion of the flag, then we would share out as a group
what our offerings and needs are. The last component of this process is to unite the flag symbols together for display.
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Title: In or Out
Submitted by: Rachel Cawthorn Date Submitted: Aug 26, 2013 Participants: 30
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Participants will gather around one leader of the activity in a circle. The leader will have topics prepared such as: fears, interests, favorite things, etc. The
leader will begin with a general topic and then a more specific topic, the participants will then move closer or further away from the leader and circle
depending on their opinion. For example, if the leader says the topic is fears and then says, "spiders," the participants who aren't scared of spiders at all
will come close to the leader, and those who do not like spiders will move back as far as they like. When everyone stops moving, the leader will then say
a new topic. The amount of topics can be altered to make the game shorter or longer!
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Title: RPTA Scavenger Hunt
Submitted by: Madeline Ruhl Date Submitted: Aug 26, 2013 Participants: 30
Equipment: Paper and pencil.
Instructions:
This activity allows students to break into groups and learn more about each other and their surroundings. It is a basic scavenger hunt with some twists.
Break the group into teams of 4 people and pass out one scavenger hunt per group. The facilitator has put up signs around the area with necessary
information, such as who are the administrative assistants or the group leaders, as well as funny interesting facts that every group has to find. Here is the
catch: every team must stay in physical contact with each other the entire time! No exceptions! This forces the group to interact and work together as a
team to find the answers. Give them a time limit, and let them scavenge! By the end of ten minutes or so, they should have gotten more comfortable with
their teammates, learned some information about the facility (school, camp, or wherever they are), and had a great time doing it!
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Title: 21
Submitted by: Julia Roberto Date Submitted: May 02, 2013 Participants: any
Equipment: Students and their brains!
Instructions:
The class will all stand up. From one side of the room a person will start by saying 1 then the next 2 and so on. Once the person lands on 7 they must
say 14. The next person after that will say 8 and the next 9 and so on. The person who lands on 14 will say 7. The next person will say 15 and the next
16 and so on. When the class gets to 21 the game is over. Whoever lands on 21 will make up a rule for another number. For example: 1 you have to say
uno. Then every time you land on one you have to say uno. If someone messes up you sit down and you are out of the game. The last one standing
wins!
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Title: Zombie Tag
Submitted by: Samantha Dalka Date Submitted: Apr 29, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: none
Instructions:
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The group stands in a circle. The three people with the soonest birthdays are in the middle and are the starting "zombies". I will say a category for
example tv shows or names of people in the class and as soon as i do, the zombies are free to start trying to tag people within the circle. However, the
people in the circle can not move. When a zombie is coming after them, they must shout something related to the category in order to not be tagged and
become a zombie as well. No one can shout the same thing. A zombie must try to tag at least two new people after going for the same person. The game
is over or a new category is picked after all the people have been tagged.
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Title: Aha!
Submitted by: Abi Schniepp Date Submitted: Apr 30, 2013 Participants: 5+
Equipment: Participation prizes!!
Instructions:
In an open space, everybody lies down on the ground, only catch is they have to lie down on the person next to them's stomach creating a chain. Once
everyone is situated I will count what number everyone is in the chain, the first person in the chain says "Ha!" and then the next person says "Ha-ha!" and
so on. See how far we can make it without somebody actually laughing, once somebody does we start over.
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Title: Elbow Tag
Submitted by: Shayla Hill Date Submitted: Apr 24, 2013 Participants: 28
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone is going to be assigned a partner and then get into a circle with their elbows locked together with their partner and there will be space between
each couple. There will be one person that's it, the chaser and then there will also be the runner or the chasee. The chaser can run inside and outside of
the circle, the runner can only run outside of the circle. The runner has to hurry up and lock elbows with someone before they get tagged and then the
person on the other end becomes the runner. The runner cannot lock elbows with the couple right next to them, they have to go at least one more over.
Then obvisouly if they get tagged they're it, the chaser. I will answer any questions if there's confusion. I will split everyone up into partners by colored
pieces of paper. Whoever receives the star will be the chaser and whoever receives the smiley face is the runner. I will have candy for everyone after the
game.
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Title: Crime Scene Chase
Submitted by: Norris Andriuskevicius Date Submitted: Apr 23, 2013 Participants: 6+
Equipment: Deck of cards and bag of marbles.
Instructions:
I will split up the classroom into 4 groups by asking them to pick through my assortment of marbles and find similar marbles to determine groups. After that
process the groups will be asked to sit in a circle where they will be given a series of cards, where the Ace represents the dealer or person who winks to
make deals, and the King represents a police officer who is attempting to discover who the dealer is and has one or two attempts to guess who they
believe the dealer to be. When anyone besides the dealer witnesses a wink the must state, "A deal has been made", if the participant may not wink they
may use an eyebrow lift . After correct or incorrect attempts of discovery the cards should be reshuffled and the game repeated. This games purpose
includes attention to detail, communication skills and decision-making processes.
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Title: Silent Artwork
Submitted by: Teagan Walsh Date Submitted: Apr 22, 2013 Participants: 25+
Equipment: Classroom board, chalk or marker (depending on the board)
Instructions:
I will split the class up into even groups, depending on how many people there are. Each group will then get into a straight line, the first person facing the
board, and each person lining up directly behind them. I will hand out a piece of paper with a drawing on it, which only the group leader can see. The
group leader will have to draw that image on the back of the person in front of them and so on, until it gets to the person facing the board. The person at
the board has to draw what they think is being drawn on them. I will judge which is closest to the original picture. After 5 rounds, whoever has the most
points wins. There are no verbal hints allowed. The purpose of this is to pay attention to detail and really focus on the task at hand. The winners will get
a prize.
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Title: Catch Me If You Can
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Submitted by: Molly Murphy Date Submitted: Apr 23, 2013 Participants: 25+
Equipment: none
Instructions:
For my activity I am going to split the students into two groups. Once they get in their groups they will line up facing each other, whoever is across from
them is now their partner. The students will get 20 seconds to observe their partner and notice every detail about them. I will then ask both partners to
turn around for another 20 seconds and change something about their appearance (remove headband, change watch to other wrist, or untie their shoe ).
Once the time is up they will both turn around and try to guess what the physical changes their partner made. The student that notices the change first
wins and will move on to play against another winner. The purpose of this activity is to realize how important observation is especially when leading a
group.
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Title: Banana Boat Racing
Submitted by: James Mettler Date Submitted: Apr 16, 2013 Participants: Whole Class
Equipment: Bananas
Instructions:
The class will be divided into two groups, each group will form a line and start with a banana. The objective of the group is to race the banana down to
the other end of the line before the other team, however, the teams may only use their feet. No hands allowed.
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Title: Electric Current
Submitted by: Rachel Cawthorn Date Submitted: Apr 15, 2013 Participants: 25+
Equipment: A coin, a chair, and a racquetball
Instructions:
To set up eletric current, you need to form two teams of equal size. When youâ€™ve divided the group evenly, have each team member face the same
direction, and have each team facing each other. Instruct each team to hold hands to form two long human chains. At the end of the two lines, place a
chair with a small object (racquetball) on it. To play, have the two players at the front of the line watch the referee. Have everyone else close their eyes
and face downward. Instruct everyone to be silent. For each round, the referee does the following: Flip a coin and quietly show it only to the first two
players at the front of each team. Whenever the coin shows â€Heads,â€ the two people at the front of the line must squeeze the hand of the next person
in line as quickly as possible. Whenever that playerâ€™s hand gets squeezed, he or she quickly continues to â€œpass the electric currentâ€ by
squeezing the next personâ€™s hand, and so on. As the â€œelectric currentâ€ transfers along the line, the goal of the game is to be the first team to
grab the object (the ball) on the chair. If heads was flipped and a team successfully grabs the ball, that team wins a point. On the other hand, if the team
grabs the ball but heads was not flipped, then the point goes to the other team. After each coin flip, wait several seconds and then flip again. Keep
flipping until the coin shows â€œHeads.â€ For a short game, the winner is the first team to score 10 points.
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Title: Signs
Submitted by: Holly Gloodt Date Submitted: Apr 13, 2013 Participants: 25+
Equipment: N/A- Just participant prizes :)
Instructions:
Start by sitting (or standing) everyone in a circle facing inwards. Each person should chose their own unique 'sign' which is a movement or motion such
as touching their nose, brushing their hair, giving two a thumbs up etc. Go around the circle and give people the chance to demonstrate their sign to the
rest of the group. Choose someone to be the 'guesser'. Get them to close their eyes while you choose someone in the circle to start the game. The
guesser can then open their eyes. This person you choose to start then has to secretly 'pass' the sign onto another player without being caught by the
'guesser'. To pass, you must make your sign followed by the sign of the player you are passing to. The game continues until someone is caught, then
they become the guesser.
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Title: Ready Spaghetti
Submitted by: Jessica Ortiz Date Submitted: Apr 10, 2013 Participants: 20-30
Equipment: empty cans, uncooked spaghetti
Instructions:
The pair of players must work together to transfer an empty soda can to a nearby table using only a spaghetti noodle and their mouths. It will be a relay
race and who ever finishes moving all the cans back and forth. wins.
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Title: Ready Spaghetti
Submitted by: Jessica Ortiz Date Submitted: Apr 10, 2013 Participants: 20-30
Equipment: empty cans, uncooked spaghetti
Instructions:
The pair of players must work together to transfer an empty soda can to a nearby table using only a spaghetti noodle and their mouths. It will be a relay
race and who ever finishes moving all the cans back and forth. wins.
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Title: Dyno Ball
Submitted by: Zac Diehl Date Submitted: Apr 11, 2013 Participants: 15+
Equipment: Ball ( size of a kickball ) A fun and awesome imagination
Instructions:
All the people start out in a circle. Each player will have their elbows locked in to their sides as if they were a T-Rex. If they move their elbows from their
sides at any point while they are alive they now become a dead Dino and must have a tragic death. There will be one ball which they have to throw
around and try to hit another Dino, if the ball hits them they are dead, however if they catch it they are safe. Also, if you throw the ball and it hits a dead
Dino, then the person who threw it must die. The objective is to survive and be the last one standing. Once you are down to the last person, that person
then has to run away and not get tagged by the Zombie Dino's ( the dead Dino's come alive and chase the living Dino ). The last standing Dino must last
30 seconds. Most fun if people act and sound like dinosaurs throughout the whole game.
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Title: Two person pull up
Submitted by: Elizabeth Flesher Date Submitted: Apr 10, 2013 Participants: 20-30
Equipment: none
Instructions:
Break class up into multiple groups of two. Pairs must sit on floor with both feet touching flat and hands held. Players must go from sitting to standing
position at the same time with very little bend in knees, using the pull of there hands to stand up. The first 3 teams to stand get a prize. The object of the
game is to use communication and teamwork to stand.
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Title: Extreme Rock Paper Scissors
Submitted by: Briana Skonicki Date Submitted: Apr 10, 2013 Participants: 30ish
Equipment: There is no equipment needed for this activity.
Instructions:
We will be going outside for our activity. I will break the class into two teams. Each team will go to opposite ends of the walk way and face each other.
There will be a line behind each team which indicated there safe zone and there will also be a center line where the teams will meet at the beginning. I
will say "rock paper scissors shoot!" and each team will have to either act out there decision using their bodies. Before I yell this out each team will have
10 seconds to decide which action they will perform. Which ever team wins can start tagging people from the opposite team until that team gets to their
safe zone. Who ever they tag will automatically be apart of the other team. We will play up to 5-7 minutes and whoever team has the most people on it
will win!
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Title: Rattle Snake
Submitted by: Ashley Simmon Date Submitted: Apr 10, 2013 Participants: 2-30
Equipment: 30 Ping pong balls (just in case some get smashed or stepped on-the more the better) 25 Kleenex Boxes (however many participants you
have-boxes can also be shared) 1 Roll of Duck Tape (to secure boxes)
Instructions:
The name of my awesome game is called Rattle Snake. In order to play my awesome game the participants must be split up into groups. To do so I will
first have everyone clear the middle of the room to make space. After the center of the room in clear I will ask all participants to close their eyes, on the
count of three I will ask everyone to cross their arms across their chest. Which ever arm is on top will determine the first splitting. Participants with their
left arm on top will be a group, and same for those with their right arm on top. After splitting the room in half I will have everyone interlock their two hand
together, this will determine smaller groups. The groups will be split by whichever thumb is on top after interlocking their hands. Now we have 4 groups.
In each individual group everyone will take a Kleenex box and be assisted in taping the box to their behinds. Everyone should have a partner so this will
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make taping go by faster. After everyone is all taped up they will place three ping pong balls inside of the Kleenex box. On my count everyone will start
shaking their behinds and bodies to try and free the ping pong balls from the box. The first person to free all of their ping pong balls will win for their
group. After a winner is determined from each of the four groups, the winners will go on to compete with the other teams. All the non-winners will cheer on
their team member. In the final round each player will have 5 or 10 ping pong balls (depending on how easily shaking out 3 ping pong balls went) They
will have one minute to shake out all ping pong balls, or just whoever shakes out the most. The winners will receive a prize, and all participants will
receive something as well as a "thank you" for playing and having fun in my game. *Be ready to smile as you watch your classmates make fools of
themselves but having complete fun while doing it! **This is similar to the Minute To Win It game, but our participants will be having 10x's more fun
without the pressure of losing money! ***Notice the title is Rattle Snake, and rattle snakes have a noise maker at the end of their tails, much like the
participants will have while playing! Enjoy!
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Title: Find your Animal
Submitted by: Sean Fichtel Date Submitted: Apr 09, 2013 Participants: n/a
Equipment: blindfolds
Instructions:
Each student will be given an animal on a piece of paper which they will not show anyone. There will be about 4 students per each animal. The students
will then spread out all over the open area and blindfold themselves. Once I say go students must find other students who are the same animal without
looking and by only making the sound that the animal that they are make. The first group of animals(students) to have all 4 members of the group
together win and will earn a prize.
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Title: Mummy Race
Submitted by: Erin Baldwin Date Submitted: Apr 03, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: Toilet Paper
Instructions:
I will split the class into 5 different groups. I will then hand each group a roll of toilet paper. Each group will pick a member to wrap with the paper. When I
say go the teams will wrap up one person as fast as they can with toilet paper (to make them look like a mummy). When the entire roll is gone the
"mummy" will then run to the other side and back. The catch is that you can't break the toilet paper so the mummy will do whatever they can to not break
it. The first mummy to get to the other side and back that team wins. I will have a prize at that end of the race for the winners.
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Title: Cellphone
Submitted by: Amanda Kay Kester Date Submitted: Apr 03, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: No equipment needed.
Instructions:
The whole class will sit in a circle and the 2 people with the closest birthdays will each receive a different 2 to 3 sentence phrase. Both will pass the
phrase, one to the left and the other to the right, by whispering it in the next person's ear, . This will be repeated until everyone in the circle has both
heard and repeated 2 phrases. The purpose of the game is to show that gossip within the work place, a group of friends, or an organization at school can
be mutated because of the different interpretations that are passed between people.
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Title: Fun facts
Submitted by: Kaitlyn Morgan Date Submitted: Apr 02, 2013 Participants: Class
Equipment: Candy
Instructions:
Everyone takes how many pieces of candy they want. Once everyone has candy, we get into a circle and everyone says a interesting fact for every piece
of candy in their hand. This activity helps the class get to know each other. And can be fun.
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Title: Pig Snorting Game
Submitted by: Ryan Mesina Date Submitted: Apr 02, 2013 Participants: 5+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
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For this game the class gets into a circle facing inward. one person starts and looks either to their left or right to the person next to them and they make a
pig snorting sound with their nose. If the receiver of the snort smiles, laughs, or talks before passing it on they are out and must leave the circle. last three
in the circle get candy.
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Title: Extreme Ping Pong Bounce
Submitted by: Cory Signa Date Submitted: Apr 01, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: ping pong balls, plastic cups, and duct tape
Instructions:
In this activity, the class will be split up into groups of 5. One member from each group will have 4 plastic cups taped to their arms. Each of the other 4
members of the group must successfully bounce a ping pong ball into one of the cups from at least 5 feet away. EACH MEMBER MUST BOUNCE A
PING PONG BALL INTO A CUP!!! ONE TEAM MEMBER MAY NOT BOUNCE ALL OF THEM. The object of this game is to get a ping pong ball into
each cup before the other teams. The group who bounces a ball into each cup first will win a prize. The member with the cups on their arms may raise or
lower their arms only! NO MOVING BACK AND FORTH OR SIDE TO SIDE!!!
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Title: Bonding Belt
Submitted by: Kaitlin Perchalski Date Submitted: Mar 28, 2013 Participants: 30
Equipment: Ropes, Duck Tape, Candy (for prizes)
Instructions:
Split class into four groups of 7. Each group must face back to back and then tie a rope around the group. Each group is then required to navigate an
obstacle course without talking to one another. First team to finish the course first gets a prize. If the team is caught talking they will be required to start
over completely.
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Title: String Balloons
Submitted by: Tess Wendorf Date Submitted: Mar 26, 2013 Participants: 28
Equipment: Strings and balloons
Instructions:
Each person will get a piece of string and a balloon to blow up. After blowing up the balloon, one end of the string should be tied to the balloon and the
other end should be tied to each person's left or right ankle. Then everyone must gather in a circle with their hands behind their backs, standing on one
foot. It can be either foot. When the game begins, the group moves around, trying to pop someone else's balloon. Once a balloon is popped, that person
must sit down. The last person with a balloon still inflated is the winner. The winner gets a prize.
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Title: Interrogation
Submitted by: Billy Walker Date Submitted: Mar 25, 2013 Participants: 2+
Equipment: Time
Instructions:
Within an interrogation there is usually one interrogator and one suspect and it is the interrogators goal to gather information from the suspect also the
suspect tends to create a rule that they will follow in order to survive the interrogation, for example, responding with a lie to every question. The goal of
the game is for the interrogators (players/class) to correctly identify the rule which the suspect (selected participant) is following, which was given by the
instructor. The interrogators objectives are to ask questions which could be answered â€œYesâ€ or â€œNoâ€ and from both the questions asked and
the response from the suspect interrogators will be able to determine the rule which the suspect is following. The first interrogator who correctly identifies
the suspectâ€™s rule wins the grand prize or the suspect may just get away with the grand prize if they are able to fool the interrogators.
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Title: Eggs-ceptional Teamwork
Submitted by: Teagan Walsh Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2013 Participants: 27
Equipment: Tarp, Eggs, Pipe Cleaners, Cotton Balls, Popsicle Sticks, Glue, Tooth picks, Plastic Bag, Yarn
Instructions:
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I will split everyone up into 7 groups and give them each the same number of materials. As a group, they will have to construct something that will hold an
egg so that when it is dropped, it does not crack or break. They can only use the materials given to them, but it is not required that they use all the
materials. They will have 5 and a half minutes to build and then we will drop the eggs from at least 6 feet to test out what they built. The group whose egg
does not crack or break is the winner. If there is a tie, the winner will be the group who used the least amount of materials to protect the egg.
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Title: Zuma Zuma
Submitted by: Erin Baldwin Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
I will split the class up into two groups. Each group will sit in a circle, and everyone is assigned a number starting from one up until how ever many
participants there are. (That will be your number for the rest of the game.) One person will be "zuma" and that is considered their number. Everyone will
start clapping to make a beat. You will hit your legs twice then clap your hands twice. So the beat will go 1 2...1 2 while singing the song that goes with it.
Zuma will start and the rules are that you have to say your number twice then say another number twice, and you keep repeating different numbers. The
object is to try and get the other people in your group out. If you get out that number is eliminated The ways you can get out is if you take too long to
come up with a number, if you hesitate or stutter, or if you say a number that is already out. Its a very fast paced game, so you will have to pay attention!
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Title: Question Ball
Submitted by: Abi Schniepp Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2013 Participants: 5+
Equipment: 1 Balls (One for each group.) Candy reward!(:
Instructions:
I will split the class up into 2 groups and give them both a ball with different questions (and some actions) on them. They will push the desks to the side,
and sit in their designated circle and roll the ball to each other, making sure that everyone gets it at least once. When you get the ball they will use the
space that their left thumb is on, answer the question/do the action, and then roll it on to someone else. At the end everyone will get candy for
participating! (:
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Title: Three truths, One lie.
Submitted by: Briana Skonicki Date Submitted: Mar 19, 2013 Participants: 25
Equipment: No equipment is required for this activity. I will split up the students into two groups by using oreos. One group will have the white part of the
oreo and the other group will have the other half of the oreo.
Instructions:
For my activity I will split up the students into two groups. Once the students are in two groups they will find a partner. Once they are with their partner
they will tell their partner three truths and one lie about themselves. Whoever gets to guess the lie first will raise their hand. When everyone is done those
people will than find new partners and repeat the three truths and one lie until we get down to two people. Who ever wins will than get the prize.
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Title: Classmate Bingo
Submitted by: Sean Fichtel Date Submitted: Mar 18, 2013 Participants: n/a
Equipment: pen or pencil
Instructions:
Each student will receive a paper with a bingo style board on it. In each square there will be different phrases from owns a dog to has been skydiving.
The students will have to walk around and find other students who the phrase applies to, when they find someone they have them initial the square that
corresponds with them. You may only use each person once. The first student to get bingo twice (five in a row vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) wins the
game and the prize.
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Title: Who Am I?
Submitted by: Molly Murphy Date Submitted: Mar 18, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: index cards and tape
Instructions:
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I will split the class into two groups and give everyone an index card with a name of a cartoon character on it. They will place the card on their forehead
with tape and they are not allowed to look at it. Then they will go around the circle one at a time and ask their group yes or no questions to figure out who
they are. If they receive a yes to their question they ask another one but if they receive a no then its the next persons turn. The first person in each group
to figure out who they are wins a prize!
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Title: Ships and Sailors
Submitted by: Jessica Ortiz Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone is going to stand in a circle. The leader will start by yelling ships and the group will start running to the right. If the leader yells sailors the group
turns and starts running left. The leader can continue this for as long as they please. During this they can call out "man overboard" the people in the
circle then run and find a partner. one person has to get on the ground on all 4s and the other person puts a foot on the persons back and their hand up
to their forehead and pretend to look for a "man overboard" The leader can also call out "3 men rowing" the group then gets 3 people and sit on the
ground in a line and pretend to row while singing "row your boat." anyone who is left out is out of the game. then the leader can call "captains coming"
everyone has to stand still with their hand to their head until the leader says "at ease" the leader can choose to trick the group by yelling out an action
before they say "at ease" if anyone moves when this happens than they are out. this continues until there are only 1 or 2 people left
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Title: Frogger
Submitted by: Samantha Dalka Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: none
Instructions:
Participants first stand in a circle. One person must volunteer or be chosen to be the "detective" and briefly leave the room while the rest of the
participants close and cover their eyes with their heads down. The leader then picks a person to be the frogger by tapping them on the head and the rest
of the players are the bugs. The detective then comes back in and stands in the middle of the circle. The frogger's goal is to make eye contact with and
stick their tongue out at the bugs without the detective catching them. When they do this, the bug must count to ten in their head and then sit down
(dramatically "dying" if they wish). The other bugs can not say who they think the frogger is. The detective has up to 3 guesses on who it is until the game
is over or is started over.
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Title: Tarp Flip
Submitted by: Cory Signa Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: Two decent sized tarps
Instructions:
In this activity, the class will be divided into two groups. Each group will stand on top of their tarp and try to flip the tarp over to the other side without
stepping off of it. Group members may be as creative as they can to get the tarp turned over without stepping outside the tarp. If a member of the group
steps off the tarp, then the group must restart. The first group to successfully flip the tarp will win the game. *Hint* this game requires a lot of
communication!
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Title: Ninja
Submitted by: Zac Diehl Date Submitted: Mar 04, 2013 Participants: 8+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone will start in a tight circle, shoulder-to-shouldert then everyone will bow and at the count of 3 they will then jump back and make a random ninja
pose. The pose you make you have to freeze in that pose till it is your turn. When everyone is in there pose one person in the circle will start. The object
of the game is to tag another persons hand. So who evers turn it is gets one move to try to tag someone. Also if you are the person who is about to get
tagged you get one defensive move to try and not get tagged. So there is a chance that you might not get out. So then once you get tagged you are out
of the game. You go around in the circle taking turns of trying to tag people until there is one person standing as the Ninja Champion!
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Title: Commonalities
Submitted by: Shayla Hill Date Submitted: Mar 04, 2013 Participants: 29
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Equipment: None
Instructions:
The group will get into a circle and one person will be chosen to be in the middle of the circle by playing horse and goggles. This game is kind of like
musical chairs. The person who is in the middle will say their name and then something about them or something they have done, for example I would say
"My name is Shayla and I have a dog". Then anyone in the circle who has the same thing in common will have to run out of their spot in the circle and find
another spot. Whoever gets stuck in the middle has to go next. I will answer any questions if there is any confusion and even though there's no
competition or "winner" in this game I will still bring some treats.
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Title: Universal Blissfulness
Submitted by: Norris Andriuskevicius Date Submitted: Feb 28, 2013 Participants: 28
Equipment: Laptop with sound system and a sound file, along with some floor space.
Instructions:
In this activity, we will first clear all of the desks and create floor space for guided meditation. I will then ask everyone to get comfortable on the floor
space by either lying down or sitting cross legged. The next step will be to discuss the methods associated with meditation such as proper breathing of
inhaling through the nose and out the mouth, environmental negligence, and the understanding of the wholeness of everything and nothing. During this
activity I would ask that everyone be fairly silent with no disturbances. Further more, I will turn on the audio sound with a guided meditation voice that will
take the classroom through a connection of body and mind in the current moment of time and space. I will finish the session with the poem "The road not
taken" by Robert Frost. To give them a boost of happiness and joy in the day to come.
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Title: Flip the Cards (aka shut the box)
Submitted by: Tess Wendorf Date Submitted: Feb 27, 2013 Participants: 28
Equipment: A pair of dice and numbered cards 1-10 for each group.
Instructions:
The class will be split up into groups of 4 each. One member of the group will roll the dice. The sum of the dice becomes the target number. The group
then needs to choose any numbers that add up or is equal to that target number and flip those numbers upside down. These steps repeat until someone
rolls a number that can not be flipped over (if this happens they lose and must start over) or all cards are flipped over (if this happens YOU WIN). Winning
group: each member gets a pair of dice and everyone gets candy for trying!
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Title: Leadership Jeopardy
Submitted by: Elizabeth Flesher Date Submitted: Feb 27, 2013 Participants: 25+
Equipment: Pencil and Paper.
Instructions:
The class will be split up into five groups. There will be three categories with 5 questions each in â€œLeadership Jeopardyâ€, worth 100-500 points. The
questions will get harder in each category, and in order to get to the harder questions one must try to answer the easier questions first. We will go in a
clockwise rotation selecting questions. Each team will have 20 seconds to decide and write down an answer to the question on the given paper. When I
say time, all teams must show me their answers. The ones with the correct answer will receive points. At the end the team with the highest score wins a
prize! If there is a tie, we will go into final jeopardy where the teams will make a bid on the next question. Whoever gets it right or has the highest score at
the end wins.
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Title: The Shield
Submitted by: James Mettler Date Submitted: Feb 25, 2013 Participants: 20+
Equipment: Ping Pong Balls or other small, harmless items.
Instructions:
Two people will volunteer, one will be the shield and one will be the target. The rest of the group will form a circle around the two and proceed to throw
small, harmless items attempting to hit the target. If the target is hit he is eliminated, however, the shield cannot be eliminated and is supposed to take all
the hits. If the shield acquires a ball he can throw it back at the assassins and if an assassin is hit with the ball he is forever eliminated.
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Title: The Sentence Game
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Submitted by: Holly Gloodt Date Submitted: Feb 24, 2013 Participants: 15+
Equipment: Creative minds and then candy for the whole group for participating!
Instructions:
Everyone in the class will have to make one big circle. Once the circle is made, I will give them an example of a random sentence that they can get ideas
of off. My sentence that I'll say is "The Dog Jumped Over The Cactus Is...". So I'll let the group know that they can make goofy sentences like that. There
is not rules on what kind of sentence has to be made exactly. So one person starts the sentence and then goes we go around the circle, adding a
different word. When someone wants to end the sentence, they can say "period" or "exclamation" or anything like that. So let's get creative and have fun!
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Title: Cookie Face Race
Submitted by: Ryan Mesina Date Submitted: Feb 20, 2013 Participants: 15+
Equipment: A whole bunch of cookies.
Instructions:
Each person will be given 2 cookies ( 2 incase you drop one). Each person will be asked to place the cookie on their foreheads. With their hands behind
their backs the students will try to move the cookie from their foreheads to their mouths and eat the cookie. he first person to complete this task will be
declared the winner and given a prize.
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Title: Human Detangling
Submitted by: Amanda Kay Kester Date Submitted: Feb 17, 2013 Participants: groups of 6 or 7 people
Equipment: No equipment is needed.
Instructions:
The class will be divided into teams of 6 or 7 people. As a team they will stand in a circle and reach across the circle to two different teammates and
grasp their hand. Through the activity they must hold the same hands and not let go. Letting go or switching hands will result in an elimination of the
entire team. The goal of the game is to be in a normal circle holding hands around the outside. The students must use teamwork to duck, step, and twist
around each other to ''detangle'' and become the normal circle. The first team to be standing in the ''detagled'' circle will win and each person in the
winning team will receive a prize. The purpose of this activity is to improve teamwork skills.
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Title: Speed Meeting
Submitted by: Julia Roberto Date Submitted: Feb 13, 2013 Participants: 10+
Equipment: good attitudes & open minds!
Instructions:
First we have to move the desks to face one another in a row. One side of the rows isn't going to move, and the other side will move every 30 seconds.
During the 30 seconds the people facing one another will talk about anything they want to get to know one each other. For example: saying your name,
where your from, what you do on your free time, etc. After the 30 seconds are up you will switch to the next person. We will do this for 3 minutes, after the
3 minutes are up the last person you land on you will stand up and introduce them by saying there name, where they are from and something interesting
about them. This way everyone in the class will get to know each other! And its a valentines day version of speed dating.
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Title: Toxic Waste
Submitted by: Derek Hoffman Date Submitted: Feb 13, 2013 Participants: 5+ per group
Equipment: 1 tennis ball per group, 1 hair tie per group, 5-6 pieces of string per group and 1 cup per group.
Instructions:
The purpose of this game is for each group to use the materials given to pick up the toxic waste (tennis ball) from designated radiation zone and carry it
to the neutralization zone. No one can come within 5 feet of the toxic waste or else they will be infected and thus not be able to help their team any
longer. If the toxic waste falls while trying to attempt to move it that group has to reset and start over. There will be a cup placed some distance away from
the radiation zone where the toxic waste must be put into. The first team to do so wins.
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Title: Monkey See Monkey Do
Submitted by: Kayla Morphey Date Submitted: Feb 07, 2013 Participants: 28+
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Equipment: 8 paper clips, 8 note cards , 8 blue pens , 8 black pens, 8 yellow highlighters, 8 sticky notes, 8 toy soldiers .* * Any materials can be used as
long as there are one of each of the exact same item for each group and one for the display. I am using 8 because there will be 7 groups and then the
display.
Instructions:
Construct and hide a sample display using one of each of the items you have gathered. Break the class into groups. Once in groups distribute one of
each of the gathered items to the groups. Have each group designate a looker and a runner . The rest of the group members are constructors. Each
group will have five minutes to re-create the display. The only member of the group that is allowed to see the display is the looker. The looker can tell the
runner anything and everything they want about the display without using the items to demonstrate or showing the runner the display. The runner must
then relate that information back to the constructors by only answering yes or no questions. The constructors can ask any question they choose as long
as the answer provided is either yes or no. The constructors then take the answers to the yes or no questions to best re-construct the display. After the
activity the facilitator leads a discussion using the following questions: What was difficult about this activity? What was it like to be in each of the different
roles? How can you take what you learned and use it to better communicate as a team/on another team /in the real world?
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Title: Team Reliability
Submitted by: Samuel Ingram Date Submitted: Jan 30, 2013 Participants: 2 even groups
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Split the class into 2 even groups, if one group has one more than the other that is ok. Have both sides pick a rep or the leader of the exercise can pick a
rep from each side. each rep stands on opposite sides at a desired distance established by the activity leader. A series of questions will be asked, the
questions will be made up by the activity leader. Once the question is asked the first team to get it correct will allow their rep to move one step. First team
to get their rep to the established spot of victory wins
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Title: Scars
Submitted by: Rachel Cawthorn Date Submitted: Jan 30, 2013 Participants: 27
Equipment: N/a
Instructions:
Participants will sit in a circle on the floor. They will then take turns starting with their name then showing a scar and explaining the story behind it. The
scar does not have to be physical, it can be an emotional scar that has left an impact on the participants life. The entire class will explain a scar and the
activity will end.
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Title: R.I.G.H.T
Submitted by: Billy Walker Date Submitted: Jan 29, 2013 Participants: 25+
Equipment: State of Louisiana: Literacy Test, Pencil/Pen
Instructions:
First, everyone is given Louisianaâ€™s Literacy Test. Then the instructor (You) reminds everyone that they have 10 or fewer minutes to complete the test
and within the test they will do what they are told to do in each statement, nothing more, and nothing less also each question should only have one
answer. After the participants are done with the test the instructor (You) will check over their answers and determine whether or not they are correct; one
wrong answer you fail the entire test. Louisianaâ€™s Literacy Test was created around the 1950s and asks questions which were designed to be both
tricky and confusing, so technically there is no one RIGHT answer. The winner of the top price is determined by whoever recognizes that there is no one
right answer for a majority of the questions on the test.
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Title: Shape Shifting
Submitted by: Ashley Simmon Date Submitted: Jan 28, 2013 Participants: 5+ per group
Equipment: Yarn or string, some type of blindfold, and leadership skills.
Instructions:
Students will be divided up into groups of 5 or more. Once in a group, one member of the group will take yarn and make a circle around the outside of the
group members. Once a circle is made it will be tied off and members of the group will keep the yarn at waist level. After in their circle, members will then
be blind folded. Members of the group will have a minute and a half to complete a shape. For example I will give the group a shape to complete such as a
square, without looking each group will have to work together with their members to create the square. Students will only have a minute and a half to
complete the shape, making it even more stressful. Many factors can be changed depending on what you need for your certain group!
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Title: Bat Cave
Submitted by: Holly Wayland Date Submitted: Oct 31, 2012 Participants: 35
Equipment: No equipment needed.
Instructions:
1. If there is a large number of people divide them up into two groups. 2. Tell each group to form a circle 3. Tell each group that they must designate one
person as the caller. The caller can be an adult or a child. The caller is still apart of the game and plays it as everyone else does. 4. Explain to each
group that the caller will countdown by saying three two one during each round of the game. 5. When the caller says three all participants must look
down. 6. When each person is looking down the caller will say two and the participants continue to look down. 7. When the caller says one each
participant looks up and looks at another participant in the circle. 8. If the participant who you are looking at is looking back at you then you both must
scream and be eliminated out of the game 9. If the person you are looking at is not looking back, but looking at another player then you do not scream
and you remain in the game. 10. You must look at the first person you choose and cannot change to another person until the caller starts a new round by
saying three two one. 11. There may be one or two winners at the end of the game.
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Title: Magic Carpet Ride
Submitted by: Ebony Allen Date Submitted: Oct 31, 2012 Participants: 12+
Equipment: Sheet or a table cloth
Instructions:
Spread the table cloth out on the floor or ground. Have everyone stand on the table cloth. Now have them try to turn the "Magic Carpet" (table cloth) over
without anyone touching the floor in anyway.
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Title: Make it Tall
Submitted by: Mike Budzinski Date Submitted: Oct 30, 2012 Participants: 30+
Equipment: STRAWS AND PAPER CLIPS
Instructions:
Split the class into 4 different groups, Each group will be given the same amount of paper clips and straws. When the instructor says begin each group
will try and build the highest standing object or sturcture using the given materials. 5 mins will be given to each group then they will show what they built
the team with the highest strucutre that stands wins.
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Title: Halloween Imitations
Submitted by: Tayesha Triplett Date Submitted: Oct 28, 2012 Participants: Small group 9+ Large group 20+
Equipment: Printed list of words to use and happy participants!
Instructions:
This fun activity is no more than trying to guess or act the secret word or phrase, based off the game Charades. However it has it's own theme being
"Halloween" which means the words or phrase each individual has to act or guess is related to Halloween. To begin you will first divide everyone into four
or five teams (depending on the amount of participants), Next you will ask one volunteer from each team to come up. Then you will show the volunteers a
word/phrase. When you say "go" the volunteers have to act out the word or phrase to their team (without speaking or motioning number and letters) to
help them guess the word. The first team to raise their hand and guess the word or phrase correctly, receives a point. Go through the list with new
volunteers and the first team to reach 10 point wins the game! Enjoy!
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Title: Who Done It?
Submitted by: Ashley Waters Date Submitted: Oct 26, 2012 Participants: 10-40
Equipment: People with fun attitudes!
Instructions:
This game is a spin off of "Heads up Seven up". There will be some people that are it, the number of "its" will depend on the size of group you are playing
with. Those that are not "it" will be seated at desks, tables, or even laying on the floor is there are no desks or tables avaliable. They will then sit quietly
with their heads down, eyes closed, and one thumb up and out in front of them. The people that are it will go around and secretly choose a persons
thumb to press down. After all the "its" have chosen a person, they will go to the front of the room. The teacher, counselor, or non-playing member will
then say in this case "Who Done It?", and all those that had their thumbs pressed down will stand up. They will then proceed to try to guess who pressed
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down their thumb. If they get it right they switch places with the person that was "it" and they become "it" themselves. For the "Who Done It?" version of
this game in order to be able to switch places with someone that is "it" players need to be able to correctly give the name of the person that they think
pressed their thumb. If they guess the right person, but do not know their name, they do not get to switch. You can play untill everyone has had a chance
to be "it", or just play a few rounds depending on your time schedule.
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Title: Song Wars
Submitted by: Samantha Nunez Date Submitted: Oct 24, 2012 Participants: 25
Equipment: none
Instructions:
Distribute teams throughout the room Facilitator gives the entire group one word Each team must sing a known song with the word given by the facilitator.
The turns simply go in clockwise order around the room, so groups know when to have their song ready. Cannot repeat a song sung by another group.
Must start the song within ten seconds of the beginning of their turn, If they break these rules, the team sits down-last team standing wins!
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Title: Pumpkin Smash
Submitted by: Krista Mast Date Submitted: Oct 24, 2012 Participants: 15-30+
Equipment: Balloons & Strings
Instructions:
Each participant will be given a balloon to blow up and a piece of string that will be used to tie the balloon around their ankle. It's up to each individual
how they want to place it on their ankle. When I will say go, they will roam around the designated area and try to step on the other participants balloon to
pop it. When your balloon is popped you will stand on the side and cheer for the person that got you out. The last person without their balloon popped
wins.
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Title: Catch my Finger
Submitted by: Sean Fichtel Date Submitted: Oct 24, 2012 Participants: 20+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Students will stand in a circle, putting both hands out to their side. All students will have their left hand palms up and with their right hand place only their
pointer finger in the palm of the person to the right of them so that everyone has their right pointer finger in the middle of the persons open palm to your
right along with the person to your lefts pointer finger being in your open left palm. When I say GO(1,2,3 GO.1,GO. 3,2,GO. etc.) students will try to pull
their right pointer finger out of the persons open palm before they close it while also trying to close your own left hand to catch the persons pointer finger
in your palm. If your finger gets caught then you are out also if you move before GO you are also out. Play until there is only one person left and they are
the winner.
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Title: Categories
Submitted by: Anthony Di Bella Date Submitted: Oct 22, 2012 Participants: 25+
Equipment: Paper and Pen
Instructions:
Each row of desks will be one group. Each group will be assigned a letter to use for their categories by the first person in the row naming an animal. The
will use the first letter that is used to spell the animal. The person in the front of the row will start off the game and after they put their answer down, they
will pass it to the person behind them and will continue the race. Everyone will get a prize at the end of the race.
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Title: Uncle Joes Suitcase
Submitted by: Katie Deihl Date Submitted: Oct 21, 2012 Participants: 6+
Equipment: Nothing
Instructions:
Everyone forms a circle, then the first person starts by saying their name and what they would pack in uncle Joe's suitcase. The next person then repeats
the person before name and item, then says their name and another item that they would pack. This continues around the circle, and the last person has
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to say everyone's name and item that they packed.
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Title: The Machine
Submitted by: Timothy M. Freeman Date Submitted: Sep 28, 2012 Participants: 20+
Equipment: A open space free of hazardous objects
Instructions:
Participants will be asked to partner up, and asked to stand across form one another with all the partners lined up shoulder to shoulder. At this point I will
designate group A and group B. I will ask group B to turn away from their partner and close their eyes. I will then ask group A to make 5 side steps
leaving five individuals from group A without a partner in front of them as well five individuals from group B without a partner behind them. I will then ask
the five from group A without a partner to stand behind the five from group B without a partner. After I have established the new partners I will then
designate group A as the Operators and group B as the Machines. I will then ask the Machines to open their eyes and quickly glance at their new partner,
turn back around, and close their eyes again. I will then begin by telling the Operators how to operate their machine. To make the machine move forward
tap them on the center of the back between the shoulder blades. To make the machine move left tap them on the left shoulder. To make the machine
move right tap them on the right shoulder. Last to make the machine stop tap them on the head. Once instruction is complete I will instruct the Machines
that during the time the Operator is controlling them that the Machine must ask the Operator three questions, one of which must be their full name. The
Operator will operate the machine for three minutes and the machine must ask those questions within that time and at the end of the three minutes must
be able to recite the questions and answers. After the three minutes is up I will ask the Operators to stop where they are, while instructing the Machine to
remain in place with their eyes closed. I will then ask the Operators to walk away from their machines and line up. I will then ask the machines to open
their eyes and instruct them to go stand with their Operator. At this point I will choose an individual to recite their Questions and Answers. (Usually the
entire group would recite but in the interest of time I will select 1 partnership, maybe 2 if I have time). Hypothetically, after each individual goes the activity
would continue with a change of the Machine to Operators and vic versa but also the instructor would reorganize the partners in the same manner as in
the beginning. The intention of this activity is mainly used as an icebreaker to build bonds of trust with an individual as well as get individuals to get to
know one another. It also promotes memory and physical response and is great for kids and adults from 10 and up.
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Title: Wild West Addition
Submitted by: Sam Welvaert Date Submitted: Sep 27, 2012 Participants: 20
Equipment: Participation prizes and a bigger/better prize for the winner.
Instructions:
Every participant will be paired up with one partner to start the game. Each pair of participants will stand back-to-back to start off. As they did in the Wild
West, they will each take three steps forward simultaneously. As soon as they both take their third step they turn around as quickly as possible. As they
turn around each participant will have a number of fingers held up (Zero is not allowed). The first person to yell out the sum of both of the numbers being
held up is declared the winner. For example, if im holding up 3 fingers, and my partner is holding up 8 fingers, the quickest one to yell 11 is the winner. If
you're a winner you keep moving on playing every winner until were down to just to participants. The winner of that contest is declared the champion and
they are given their prize.
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Title: People Scavenger Hunt
Submitted by: Allie Muur Date Submitted: Sep 25, 2012 Participants: 20+
Equipment: Pens/Pencils and pre-made people scavenger hunt
Instructions:
This activity is done with one large group. Each participant will receive a scavenger hunt. They will have five minutes to complete as much as they can.
When I say go, each participant will go around and find someone to fill the blanks on their scavenger hunt. For example if one spot says, "who is wearing
glasses," the participant needs to find someone in the class who is wearing glasses and have them initial their sheet . The trick is that they can only have
each participant sign their sheet once so if the person wearing glasses has also climbed a mountain, they have to choose only ONE spot on that person's
sheet to sign. The winner of the game is the person who has the most spots initialed on their scavenger hunt. Please have participants be honest when
initialing the spots!
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Title: Straight Face Game
Submitted by: Portia Kirk Date Submitted: Sep 26, 2012 Participants: 30
Equipment: An awesome gift for the winner!
Instructions:
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All class members will find a partner to battle. Each partner will do everything in their power to make the other person laugh or crack a smile(a funny face,
a silly joke,etc.). When one person gets their partner to laugh, the winner will pick another winner to battle, this will go on until there are 2 "Laugh
Masters" left. Those 2 will battle each other and the person who doesn't laugh will be crowned as the funniest person in the class and get a prize!
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Title: 2 Truths and a Lie
Submitted by: Allison Klein Date Submitted: Sep 23, 2012 Participants: 4 groups of about 8
Equipment: No equipment is needed.
Instructions:
This game can be played with at least two participants. For our class size, I will be breaking the class into four groups of approximately eight people using
a deck of cards. The groups will be arranged by matching suits from the deck. This game can be played inside or outside, just as long as everyone in the
group can hear all the participants. Once the groups have been formed, each group should form a circle. Each participant comes up with two true
statements about themselves and then one lie. The other participants are to guess which one of the three statements is a lie. The lie can be anything
from a previous job you've had, how many siblings, how old you are, etc. Once people have had a chance to guess, the participant reveals which one is a
lie and why. This activity serves as a way for the group to get to know each other. It can be played with a variety of ages, as long as the participant is
able to comprehend that they need to come up with two true statements and one lie. Since there is no equipment needed, it can be played anywhere.
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Title: Blind Fold Lead
Submitted by: Elizabeth Halpin Date Submitted: Sep 19, 2012 Participants: unlimited
Equipment: N/A. This activity can be done by using the natural settings as obstacles.
Instructions:
The class will be broken up into 2 groups. One person from each group will be blind folded. They will have s specific course outline they must follow, but
they will be lead by their other group members. There will be no yelling/one person talks at a time, no peeking/cheating, and you must finish the course
with your correct team colors. The courses will be given to each group and they must talk to their "blind friend" and lead them through the course.
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Title: One, Two, Let's Play Zoo
Submitted by: Kelli Speckan Date Submitted: Sep 18, 2012 Participants: 4+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
To split the class into 2 groups, each student takes a card from the deck. Depending if he/she picked a red, yellow or green card will determine which
group he/she will be in. Now that the groups are set, the group must sit in a circle. All of the players need to pick a hand gesture that will represent an
animal that he/she is (no two players can have the same gesture). Once everyone has an animal, one person needs to be selected to start the round.
The starter begins to smack the desk twice and clap once. When the group is ready, everyone starts to do the 1, 2 clap. During the first 1, 2 clap the
group will shout, â€œone, two, letâ€™s play zoo!â€ On the first clap, the starter will perform his/her animal gesture. On the next clap, the starter then
does another playerâ€™s animal gesture. Now, the player whose animal was just thrown does their gesture on the next clap then performs someone
elseâ€™s animal gesture on the clap after. The round will continue until someone in the group does the wrong gesture, then he/she is out. The game will
go on until only one person in the group is left.
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Title: Leatherneck Chanting
Submitted by: shanna tharp Date Submitted: Sep 18, 2012 Participants: 10+
Equipment: the students :)
Instructions:
Due to homecoming week, I thought it would be a great way to show our spirit for our school! I will divide the class up into 3 groups and each group will
need to come up with a chant or cheer with movements in a matter of 5 minutes to present in front of the class. Michelle and myself, will be the judges on
which group are the winners. The group who wins gets a surprise from myself, to wear and support the leatherneck football team at the game!
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Title: Sketch
Submitted by: Kacie Kruckeberg Date Submitted: Sep 16, 2012 Participants: 5-15
Equipment: paper pens or pencils an open mind :)
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Instructions:
There will be groups of 6. Each person will get 6 sheets of paper (depending on how many people are in the group, is how many pieces of paper
everyone would get) I recommend numbering the cards in the corner of each pile. On card number 1, think of anything you want and write it down on the
card. It can be a word or a phrase. Once that word or phrase is written down pass your personal pile to the left. When you get a new pile, read what is on
the card and draw what is said on card #1 on card #2. Pass the cards to the left and look at the drawing. Then on card #3write what you think was drawn
on card #2. This game continues until you receive your original pile back. Then each member of the group shares what their starting word turned into.
This is a fun and easy way to take up time. It gives kids a chance to use their imagination and it always brings laughter.
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Title: Human Know
Submitted by: John Lindholm Date Submitted: Sep 14, 2012 Participants: 5-**
Equipment: none.
Instructions:
Once splitting the group into equal groups of 5 or larger, the groups proceed to grab the hands of someone else within the circle within the group, not
directly next to them. Thus, creating a human knot amongst the group. The goal of the of the activity is for the group to collectively untangle themselves
into the original circle, all be it may not be the same order. The Forethought for the activity is for the group to work together with critical thinking skills to
problem solve that they are tangled and achieve being back into their original circle of a group.
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Title: Stop thePause
Submitted by: Tydra Brooks Date Submitted: Sep 13, 2012 Participants: 30
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Split the groups into four, based upon the season they were born in. Give each group several categories, and the idea is to have everyone inside each
group compete saying words that match the category without pausing in any way. Once they have one winner out of all four groups, those groups will
compete and the very last person standing will win the game.
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Title: Mummy Model
Submitted by: Michele Teslicka Date Submitted: Sep 13, 2012 Participants: 31
Equipment: Toilet Paper and Candy
Instructions:
I will break the class into five groups. The way I will break the class up is i will hand out a bag of candy and who ever has matching candy that is the
group they will be put into. Each group will be handed one roll of toilet paper with that toilet paper the group will choose one person to be there model.
The group members will come up with a creative way to use the toilet paper to dress there model up. They will have five minutes to complete the outfit. At
the end you will have a few judges to choose who has the most creative model. This is a good way for the students to get to work together as a group
and to get even closer to each other then before this activity.
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Title: Don't taste the rainbow!
Submitted by: Alexis Burks Date Submitted: Sep 11, 2012 Participants: All
Equipment: Participants, skittles, cups, timer
Instructions:
The participants will be divided into even teams. Each person will get a spoon that they will put in their mouths & have to pass the skittle down the line.
All participants will stand with their hands behind their back except for the first person on each team in order to put the skittle on their spoon. There will be
a cup at the end of each line to put the skittles that are successfully passed down. The skittles will be counted at the end to see which team passed along
the most. Everyone will receive a prize at the end for participating.
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Title: Electricity
Submitted by: Brandi Horton Date Submitted: Sep 10, 2012 Participants: 10+
Equipment: a ball or small item which can be quickly picked up
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Instructions:
1.) Separate the group into two even teams. 2.) Have each team form a straight, vertical line and hold hands. The two teams should be standing along
side one another. 3.) Facilitator number one stands about 10 feet in front of the head of the two lines. This facilitator holds a ball or a small item which
can be easily picked up. If there is only one facilitator, have the first person in each line step out and one of them will stand there holding the ball. 4.)
Facilitator number two will stand at the opposite end of the lines, and hold the hand of the last person in each line. 5.) When everyone is ready, facilitator
number two will squeeze both of his/her hands at the same time. The first person in each line will feel their hand being squeezed, and they will pass the
squeeze down their line until the last person's hand is squeezed. 6.) Once the last person in line has their hand squeezed, that person will then run to
grab the ball out of facilitator number one's hand. The first team to get the ball wins. 7.) The last person in each line will then go to the back of the line,
and the game will be repeated.
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Title: Frogger
Submitted by: Chris Busker Date Submitted: Sep 09, 2012 Participants: 5+
Equipment: none
Instructions:
The group sits in a circle and assigns a volunteer or participant the role as "detective." The detective goes to a place where he/she cannot see the group.
The circle of participants close their eyes and hum the Jeopardy theme song. The group leader walks around the group and taps one participant on the
head. This participant is the "frogger." The group leader calls the detective back to the group and the detective stands in the middle of the circle. The
frogger's mission is to "kill" all the other participants. The detective's mission is to correctly guess the frogger before the community is dead. The detective
get's three guesses to determine the frogger. The frogger kills other participants by sticking his/her tongue out and making eye contact with another
participant. Once a particpant makes eye contact with the frogger and see's the frogger's tongue, the participant waits a few seconds, makes sounds like
they are dying to alert the rest of the group. In order to keep track of who is alive and who is dead, once they are dead, the participants lay down or sit
with their legs extended towards the middle of the circle. The game is over when either the frogger or the detective complete their mission.
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Title: Indian Chief
Submitted by: Rogelio Hernandez Date Submitted: Sep 10, 2012 Participants: class
Equipment: None
Instructions:
Everyone is in a circle. One person steps out of the room. The leader chooses a secret leader or Indian Chief.The Leader begins an action such as
snapping fingers, patting the tummy, or slapping knees, and everyone in the circle imitates the Leader.The guesser returns and tries to figure out who the
leader. As the guesser looks around, the Leader should change the action without being detected.
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Title: SPLAT!
Submitted by: Andrew Busker Date Submitted: Sep 06, 2012 Participants: 4+
Equipment: None
Instructions:
1) Have the participants form a circle with you standing in the center of the circle. 2) Point to a participant in the circle and shout "splat!" 3) The
participant whom you pointed to will squat down and the two participants next to the squatting person will face each other and shout "splat!". Whoever
said "splat" first will remain standing while the other participant squats down for the remainder of the game. The participant whom you pointed to will
stand up and rejoin the game. 4) Steps 2 and 3 will repeat until there are only two participants left standing in the circle. 5) Have the group decide on the
"Draw" word. Have the two finalists stand back to back and take one step away from each other whenever a word is shouted. Shout random words until
you feel the two finalists are as far away as you desire, then shout the "Draw" word. 6) When you shout the "Draw" word, the two finalists will whip
around and shout "splat!" Just like in step 3, the participant who says splat first (while completely facing the other participant) wins the game.
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Title: Gestures
Submitted by: Shanna Tharp Date Submitted: Sep 07, 2012 Participants: 20+
Equipment: none
Instructions:
Gestures is an activity to get to know your peers. It has a lot of interaction with others. The leader (myself) will give a topic to the whole class to put in
order WITHOUT talking only gestures. For example, I will say put your age in order. The class will then hurry as fast as they can to put themselves from
youngest to oldest in class without talking but only using gestures. I will give about 4 or 5 categories to pick from for the activity.
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Title: Charming Getting to Know You!
Submitted by: Katie Risch Date Submitted: Sep 04, 2012 Participants: 10+
Equipment: A variety of charms or buttons.
Instructions:
Facilitator directs group to circle up. Start by showing the box/bag of charms/buttons. Provide these instructions: -Pass the box/bag around and pick one
charm/button that represents something about you. -Must be something that a majority of the group does not know. -Once everyone has picked
something, we will begin sharing. -When it is your turn, share your name and why you picked the particular charm/button. *If you have a large group and
are limited on time, you can divide your group into two smaller groups. *If you use buttons (ones that make a statement and can be pinned to something),
you can allow your participants to wear their buttons for the remainder of the day/training. It is a great way to start conversation if everyone was not
introduced to all other members in one large circle.
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Title: Amoeba
Submitted by: Jessica Stachulak Date Submitted: Sep 04, 2014 Participants: 4+
Equipment: Hula Hoop, Nylon Webbing
Instructions:
This game is great for getting a group to work together towards a common goal. Start with a group in a circle in an open area and have the participants
hold hands. Between two participants place a hula hoop. Then challenge the group to pass the hula hoop around the group without anyone letting go,
and time the group as they do this. Once they group completes the task challenge them to do it faster. Or of the challenge needs to be upgraded, use a
ring made out of webbing or multiple hula hoops. This activity can be used in a number of different ways typically being debriefed to help a group meet a
common goal.
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Title: I've Got Mail
Submitted by: Michele Aurand Date Submitted: Aug 29, 2012 Participants: Any
Equipment: Enough mats (or something to use as a "base") for one less than all participants
Instructions:
Each participant will gather in a circle about elbow length away from each other and then receive a mat. After receiving the mat, the participants will flip it
over. If the mat says, Post MasterÂ, then that participant will proceed to the middle of the circle and hand the mat to the judge. The circle will then come
closer together to fill that gap. The rest of the participants will then place their mats u
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Title: Smart Phone Icebreaker

Equipment: Smart phones.

Title: Article syndication

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Title: Heads Up, Seven Up

Title: Marvin the Marshin

Title: Sentence Shuffle

Equipment: Deck of Cards

Title: Human Maze

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Title: Team Pictionary

Equipment: Duct Tape, Blind folds

Title: Sightless Art

Equipment: Paper and pencil

Title: Japanese Speed Art

Equipment: Square sheets of paper

Title: Card Relay

Equipment: Two Deck of Cards

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Title: Girls & Boys

Equipment: Paper and pen/pencil

Equipment: LCR dice and Chips

Title: Class Room Awareness Test

Equipment: Pencil Word Search puzzle "Mystery Person" in Hallway stopwatch

Title: Blanket Name Game

Title: Think fast

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Title: Brinca (jump)

Title: Building Communication

Submitted by: JJ Raffelson Date Submitted: Mar 24, 2014 Participants: 27

Equipment: Tooth picks, spice drops, piece of paper and pencil.

Title: Are You?

Title: Finding Nemo

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Title: Rope Alphabet

Equipment: At least 50 ft piece of rope.

Title: Capture the Spoons

Equipment: A deck of cards and spoons are needed.

Title: Earth, Water, People

Title: Paper Top Gun

Equipment: Copy Paper, Lanyards for prizes

Title: Build the Alphabet

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Title: Skittle Race

Equipment: Skittles, Spoon, Cup

Title: The Whats It Called Race

Title: Embrace Your Inner Texan!

Equipment: Just youself

Title: Tear The pain

Equipment: Paper, Pen/Pencil

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Equipment: Hands and mouths

Title: Magic Carpet Mixup

Equipment: 8x8 Tarp. Preferably made of more durable material.

Title: Zip Zap Zop

Equipment: No equipment needed, just your hands!

Title: Easy Mac to Easy Mac

Equipment: Apples to Apples game

Title: How to be a Wheel

Equipment: Open space and people

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Title: Bob diddle bob