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Average: 4 (4 votes)
Group Size: 
Any size
Age Group: 
Pre K/K
Age Group: 
Grades 1-2
Age Group: 
Grades 3-5
Length of Activity: 
Under 10 minutes
Developmental Goal: 
To develop active listening capability.
Equipment: 
None
Before You Start: 
  • Make sure students know the 4 areas to run to.
  • Review how to Ro Sham Bo.
  • Play a practice round.
Set Up: 

A four-square court or 4 cones forming a square and one in the middle.

How To Play: 
  • 5 players at a time. Each player occupies a corner or the middle.
  • Play begins when the person in the middle says “Switch”.
  • All players must find a new corner/cone to occupy.
  • If two players arrive at the corner at the same time a quick Ro-Sham-Bo is played, winner stays.
  • The next person in line, become the person in the middle and begins the next round.
Variations: 
  • Use different shapes
  • Add more areas the students can run to
  • Use 4 different colored hula hoops. Have the student in the middle call out a color that signals the players to run/switch. The caller runs to the color which s/he called aloud. All other players have to switch hula hoops but may not run to the color that was called out.