‘Write Your Name’
Number of people: Unlimited
Materials: None
Time: 5 minutes
Purpose: To create fun and stimulate humour. To re-focus a group who have lost interest with an activity.
Directions:
The group stands in front of the leader. The leader instructs the group to take their right hands and write their first names in the air with an imaginary pen/pencil.
Next, they are asked to write their last names in the air with their left hands. (Usually that's more difficult.)
Next they have to write their first and last names; but… they have to put their hands behind their backs and pretend they have a pen/pencil in their mouths to write their names.* Remember to dot every "i" and cross every "t".
* Explain that they must write ‘s-l-o-w-l-y’ and make them aware of the danger of sharp head movements. (Health and Safety, remember ) Alternatives to ‘pen in the mouth’:
Place pen in ear, in elbow, in belly button, on end of shoe, in the middle of back etc.
NB// pen in the belly button always gets a laugh but be prepared for vulgar gestures from older students.
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