Children practice responding creatively to unexpected ideas and build confidence in solo performance.
It is a fun way to develop communication and thinking on your feet.
1. Set the scene
Place a chair in the centre of the room - it is the last seat left in the world!
One child sits in the chair and tries to keep the spot.
2. Take turns persuading
Other children take turns trying to persuade the seated child to give up the chair using creative or heartfelt reasoning.
Example reasons include, "You're needed for a film audition just down the road" or "Free money is being handed out over there."
3. Decide the winner
If the seated child hears a genuinely good reason, they must give up the chair and the persuader takes the seat.
This game is a great way to celebrate clever, imaginative ideas and reinforce that kindness and compromise are strengths in drama and life.
Lucy Quick, Principal of Perform.
