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Group Size: 
Any size
Age Group: 
Grades 3-5
Age Group: 
Grade 6+
Length of Activity: 
Under 10 minutes
Developmental Goal: 
To develop creative thinking and listening to directions.
Equipment: 
None
Before You Start: 
  • Explain the rules of play.
  • Demonstrate how to play.
  • Have players explain the rules back to you or to someone next to them.
  • Players get in line and the first two face each other.
How To Play: 
  • Player A does a motion like in charades, and then player B asks “What are you doing?”
  • Player A must name a motion that doesn’t match the motion that they are doing.
  • Player B must do the motion that player A named.
  • Player A then asks, “What are you doing?”
  • Game continues until someone makes a mistake. When a player messes up, they go to the end of the line and the next person steps up.
Variations: 
  • Have multiple lines going to increase participation.
  • This game can also be played in pair, eliminating the rotational style and shortening the time of play.