Birthday Line

SKILL FOCUS

Teamwork, Cognitive

GROUP SIZE

4 or more

EQUIPMENT

None

SETUP

Sit the students down in the middle of the room. Go over the directions with them. They will have to work together on this project with no talking allowed as it is a team building activity.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Once ready, without talking, the children’s goal is to form a line in order of their birthdays.
2. The front of the line should be January and the back of the line December.
3. Without verbal communication, they will have to work together to form a straight line from the first birthday of the year to the last birthday of the year.
4. Children have to communicate with their hands and facial expressions.
5. When the line is complete, have each child state their birthday to see if they were right.
6. Good communication skills are needed for this game to be successful. Students have to be creative on how they communicate with their classmates. They need to really pay attention to every aspect of non-verbal dialogue for the class to have success.

MAKE IT EASIER

Break the class into 2 smaller groups for a higher degree of success.

MAKE IT HARDER

Use the entire class for the activity which will certainly make the game more challenging.

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