Children practise listening carefully and responding to information about themselves and the group.
1. Set up the game
Ask the children to take a chair and form a circle. You will need one more chair than the number of players.
Choose one person, or yourself, to stand in the middle of the circle without a chair.
2. Finish the sentence
The person in the middle thinks of something that many people in the group might have in common, such as hair colour, age, or clothing.
They say, "The sun shines on everyone who..." and finish the sentence, for example, "...has brown hair" or "...is wearing their Perform T-shirt".
3. Swap chairs
Anyone to whom the statement applies must stand up and quickly swap chairs. The person in the middle tries to grab one of the empty chairs.
The last person left without a chair becomes the next person in the middle.
Remind children to move safely and be aware of others when swapping chairs! Encourage inclusive statements that apply to several people to keep the game flowing. This game works well as an energiser and helps build group cohesion.
Lucy Quick, Principal of Perform.
