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Team Juggling Activity

December 23, 2020February 15, 2023 by Adam Brody

Team Juggling Activity

Participants must use concentration, teamwork, and listening to keep a set of balls in the air! You will need at least ten balls, beanbags, or socks.

To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For this activity, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses.

Poison Activity

December 9, 2020December 10, 2020 by Adam Brody

Poison Activity

Participants learn spatial awareness as they walk across the room without touching each other. This activity is especially designed for younger elementary students. You will need tape or string to mark off a square in your classroom.

Partner Pantomime Activity

December 8, 2020December 10, 2020 by Adam Brody

Partner Pantomime Activity

Pantomime requires actors to tell a story without using props or voice. In this activity, partners work together to pantomime an action. Participants will work on movement, communication, and collaboration skills. No materials are required.

Partner Lifts Activity

December 8, 2020December 10, 2020 by Adam Brody

Partner Lifts Activity

In this activity, partners attempt to lift each other up while using their imaginations. Concentration, cooperation, and trust are keys to success. You may integrate this exercise into lessons on physical education and character education.

Blind Walk Activity

May 19, 2019June 24, 2019 by Karen

Blind Walk Activity

This partner activity requires blindfolds for half the class. Listening and teamwork are stressed as participants work with partners.

Airplane Control Tower Activity

May 14, 2019June 7, 2019 by Karen

Airplane Control Tower Activity

Blindfolds are needed for this activity. In partners, participants guide a fellow actor through an obstacle course of chairs and props assembled around the room.

Advanced Patty Cake

May 2, 2016July 20, 2019 by Karen

Advanced Patty Cake activity

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In this activity, the participants work in pairs or small groups on a complex sequence of patty cake that gets reflected back for their partner.

Everybody Counts

April 17, 2016December 3, 2017 by Karen

Everybody Counts activity

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This is a group activity in which participants figure out how to work together without typical verbal or expressive cues. The successful group will have learned how to revise and adapt to achieve their goal.

Lumi Sticks

December 25, 2015December 3, 2017 by Karen

Lumi Sticks activity

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This activity has participants working in pairs creating rhythms with a set of sticks or rods. Ideas are rhythms are provided and you will need to find a pair of sticks per person in the group.