A game that has participants thinking and reacting quickly!
Materials
Soft objects that can be thrown around the circle safely
How to Play
- Instruct everyone to stand in a circle
- Introduce the first ball/object, say your own name outloud followed by another persons in the circle and throw the object to them
- They must then say their own name, followed by anothers and pass the object on
- This continues until it returns to the start (you)
- You now have the passing order for the game (you may like to repeat it once more so participants are certain on the order)
- Restart the game with the first object – remind participants to say the names loudly and to keep the same order throughout
- Once it about half way, introduce another item – participants must now be ready to react to two different objects coming around the circle
- Depending on the ability and size of your group, introduce more objects at your own discretion
- The game should move quickly after a number of rounds as participants learn the order and names
Variations
- This game could be used to learn participants goals and challenges. Participants say their name, followed by a sentence that describes their feelings and then they pass the object onto another person