Benefits
- Simple, but not easy
- Develops communication
- Sharpens listening skills
- Focus on integrity
Equipment
- Nil
INSTRUCTIONS
- Invite your group to spread throughout a large open space.
- Instruct your group to walk when you say “WALK” and to stop walking when you say “STOP.”
- Issue a series of these two commands, in any order, for 20 to 30 seconds to help your group practice responding.
- When ready, announce that you will now swap the meaning of these commands, so “WALK” means stop walking and “STOP” means to walk.
- Challenge your group and each individual to continue to be as accurate and as fast as possible responding to each command.
- When ready, announce two new commands :
- “NAME” invites everyone to say their own name out loud; and
- “CLAP” invites your group to perform one simultaneous clap. - Practice these two new commands together with “WALK” and ''STOP.”
- Finally, announce you will swap the meaning of the last two commands, eg when you call “NAME” everyone claps, and vice versa.
- Continue playing for several minutes.
- Next, try a variation (see below.)
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