Names in Motion

Objective: Learn everyone’s names

Materials Needed: None

How to Play: Arrange the students standing in a circle facing one another. Tell each student to think of some kind of motion that describes something about them. Give a few examples. For example, someone who likes soccer might pretend to kick a ball, or someone who likes to read might act out holding a book and turning pages. Give students a minute to think of their motion, and have small group leaders help younger students to come up with their motion. Go around the circle and have everyone say their name and show their motion. Then, start the game. The first student says their name and does their motion. Then, the person on their right must repeat the name and motion of the person on the left, then do their own. Play another round: this time, each student must repeat the name and motion of everyone who has gone before them, in the correct order. Give a small candy prize or tickets to any student who can beat the challenge of making it all the way around the circle!  Switch the order of the circle up a few times to keep it interesting.