Not surprisingly, our CEO and Founder Jill Vialet often likes to start of her talks with a game. Her chosen get-to-know you game is Stand Up If… You can see it in action in her TEDxSF Talk. This game is based on a fun circle game called Move If or I Love My Neighbor or Move Your Booty or another fun name… The Game of the Week is Move If…!
Group Size: Large group (of 5 or more)
Age Group: Pre K+
Length of Activity: 10 minutes or more
Developmental Goal: To have students recognize commonalties within the group and to identify personal characteristics.
Equipment: Cones
Before You Start:
- Make sure everyone understands the rules.
- Cue players to think about what they will say if they get to be in the middle.
- Briefly discuss awareness and review how to play Rock-Paper-Scissors in case there is a tie.
Set Up:
Position chairs/cones to form a circle. Make sure there is one less cone/chair than the number of players.
How To Play:
- The person standing in the center of the circle begins the game by saying “I love my neighbor especially my neighbor who…”
- S/he completes the sentence with a piece of information that is true for him/her
- Example: “I love my neighbor, especially my neighbor who was born outside of the state, loves to play basketball, has a pet, is an only child, etc.”).
- As soon as s/he is finished with the statement, everyone (including the person in the center) who this applies to moves from their cone to an empty come that is not right next to them.
- The person who remains in the middle begins a second round of the game.
Variations:
- This game can also be called "Move Your Booty" of "Move If". Players say "move your booty if…" or "move if…"
- Instead of running, this can can be played in stadium seats with an audiences as "Stand Up". The leader says "stand up if…"
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