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Telephone Charades Small Group (more than 10 people) to Large Group (20 + people) Time: 15 - 20 minutes Goal: To have the player at the end of the line do best imitation of the original action. Aim: to be able to pass the instruction to the others without changing it Preparation: - Print the list of actions below and plan what your actions will be - You'll be the moderator and judge How to Play the Telephone Charades Game: 1. Split everyone into teams of five or more (can have teams of up to 10 people each). Ask each team to stand in a line. 2. Explain the game: You (the moderator) will be showing an action scene to the person at the front of the line, with no words or sounds. Everyone else will have their backs turned to you, except for the person at the front. 3. Once the person understands the action scene as best as he/she can, he or she taps the shoulder of the next person in line. The next person turns around, and the person imitates your action scene to that person, with no words or sounds. Once he or she understands and remembers the action scene, he or she taps the shoulder of

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Telephone CharadesSmall Group (more than 10 people) toLarge Group (20 + people)Time:15 - 20 minutes

Goal:To have the player at the end of the line do best imitation of the original action.Aim: to be able to pass the instruction to the others without changing itPreparation:- Print the list of actions below and plan what your actions will be- You'll be the moderator and judge

How to Play the Telephone Charades Game:1.Split everyone into teams of five or more (can have teams of up to 10 people each). Ask each team to stand in a line.2.Explain the game: You (the moderator) will be showing an action scene to the person at the front of the line, with no words or sounds. Everyone else will have their backs turned to you, except for the person at the front.3.Once the person understands the action scene as best as he/she can, he or she taps the shoulder of the next person in line. The next person turns around, and the person imitates your action scene to that person, with no words or sounds. Once he or she understands and remembers the action scene, he or she taps the shoulder of the next person, and so forth. An action scene can be continually repeated until the person understands the action scene.4.The last person in the line is eventually reached. You will judge who has the most accurate action scene to what you did originally. The team with the most accurate action scene will get one point. The team with the most points wins the game.List of Actions:1. Go fishing in a boat, catch a fish, and fry it2. Walk to the refrigerator, get bread, ham, and mayo, and make a sandwich3. Drive through a fast food restaurant, order a large burger, fries and soda, get your food and drive away.4. Turn on a television, watch a football game, eat popcorn, and cheer for a team's touchdown5. Jump out of a ski lift, ski down a mountain, go into a lodge and drink hot chocolate

The Build Tower GameNumber:Medium Group (10 - 19 people) to Large Group (20 + people)Time:15 - 20 minutes

Goal:Build the highest newspaper tower as possible.Aim: Able to work together to solve a problemPreparation:- At least 4 - 5 stacks of newspapers- 5 rolls of masking tape- Measuring tape

How to Play The Build Tower Game:1.Split everyone into teams of five. Hand each group a stack of newspapers and a roll of masking tape.

2.Explain the game: The object of the game is to build the highest newspaper tower, using only the newspaper and masking tape. The teams will be given a couple of minutes to strategize.3.Give the groups about 15 minutes or more. Measure how high each teams newspaper tower is. The team with the highest tower wins the game.Variation:- Instead of building the highest tower, ask teams to build the strongest bridge using masking tape and newspapers. For this, youll need to have about a dozen pop cans. At the end, place pop cans one by one on top of the bridge. The team whose bridge can hold the most pop cans wins the game.

Special Rule:A pop can must be able to roll through the base of the bridge.

WHO AM I?Number: 10 15 peopleTime: 10 17 minutesGoal: to guess what object or person are youAim: ask questions if you dont know Preparation: -Pack of sticky notes -PenHow to play Who Am I?:1. Write down the name of a famous character or celebrity on individual post it notes - enough for the size of your group2. stick them on the player's forehead so everyone can see them except for the person it's stuck to3. Each person the gets to ask a "yes" or "no" question to the group about who they are.4. The team that has the most correct answer wins