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DUCK. DUCK. GOOSE.

In this game, students sit down in a circle on a dot/carpet square facing each other.

MUSICAL DOTS

The number of persons who will play the game are counted. Dots/carpet squares, one less than the number of players, are arranged in a circle.

FRUIT BASKET TURNOVER

Are you ready for an oldie but goodie part game?

(Graphic created by Anthony R, Morehead) Everyone loves a great game of Tic Tac Toe! So, let’s super-size this classic! Enjoy a game of human Tic Tac Toe. Setup this activity by laying out three rows of three dots (Spot markers, carpet squares, paper plates, etc). The idea is to make it look like aContinue reading “HUMAN TIC TAC TOE”

QUIET BALL

Students pass the beachball back and forth. If anyone talks or makes a noise, they have to sit down. Also if someone throws the ball so another person can’t possibly catch it, the person throwing has to sit down. If the ball is thrown so the person could catch it but doesn’t, the person catchingContinue reading “QUIET BALL”

FLINCH

Players stand in a circle with a student in the middle. The person in the middle tosses a beachball around the circle and occasionally “fakes” the people they are throwing the ball to. If the person “flinches” (acts like they are going to catch the ball when the ball has not been thrown) then they are outContinue reading “FLINCH”

ALPHABET BALLOON ACTIVITY

You need 26 balloons. Write each letter of the alphabet on a balloon. Give participants a set amount of time to go from balloon to balloon and write words that start with the corresponding letter. This can be used as a before reading strategy to activate prior knowledge on a topic. Or this strategy can beContinue reading “ALPHABET BALLOON ACTIVITY”