Description
The group works together as a group in an effort to stump the guesser.
Supplies
- No supplies needed
How to Play
- Send one student to be the guesser and send them away from the area for a few seconds. Determine a space to send students where they can be seen, but not hear what the group is saying.
- While the guesser is away, choose one student to be the leader.
- Tell the group everyone must copy the leader and do exactly what the leader is doing as quickly as possible in order to not give away who the leader is.
- For example: if the leader puts their hands on their head the rest of the group would put their hands on their head.
- Let the group know the goal is to work together as a team and try to trick the guesser. In order to do that:
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- The leader must move slowly and try to make changes to the movements when the guesser isn’t looking directly at them.
- The group must try not to look directly at the leader (explain or demonstrate peripheral vision).
- The group should try to be quiet so no one gives away who the leader is.
- Tell the group it’s time to start the first round and to start following the leader’s movements.
- Call the guesser back to the group.
- Instruct the guesser to stand in the middle of the circle.
- If the guesser guesses correctly or makes two incorrect guesses, a new guesser is chosen, sent away from the group, a new leader is picked, and the group continues playing until time is up.
Activity Prompts for Reflection
- What did our group have to do in order to act as one during this activity?
- How did we work together to make it more difficult for the guesser?
- What is one thing you wish we were able to do as a team during this activity?
- What kind words did we use with one another during this activity?
Other Ways to Play
- Younger groups might need an adult to show them how to be the leader during an initial practice round.
- Challenge students to do more than just a movement when they are the leader. Have the leader do patterns like clapping or snapping, etc.
Additional Notes
- Use the SEL Activity Prompts to tie other SEL competencies to this activity.