2nd session: Warm up

opening rituals:
game 1: Cross Circle

Type : Active activity that can be done anywhere.
Works on quick responses and learning names.

Group Size : Any group size.

Equipment : None

Objective : To learn the names of those in your group.

Rules
1. The entire group is standing in a circle facing each other.

2. A selected person calls out the name of someone in the group.

3. When that person acknowledges that their name has been called out, the person who called it out starts to walk towards them.

4. The second person has to call out another person’s name and when they are acknowledged, they start walking towards that person and so on.

5. It is the responsibility of the person whose name has been called out to call out a name of someone else in the group who is not moving and get walking towards that person before the person who called out their name reaches them. Try and say all of that in one breath.

6. When the person(s) who is walking reaches the spot where the person was standing that they called out to, they just take that spot and wait for their name to be called out again.

7. The round or game ends when someone calls out someone’s name and reaches that spot before that person calls out someone else’s name and gets out of the way. COLLISION! It can also end when you are going so fast that everything is just a blur.

Variations
1. Get two different people starting out at the beginning. This way you have 2 different cycles moving within the same circle. If you have a really large group, try 3 or more.

2. No calling out at all. Just point. When eye contact is made, start walking and so on.

Notes
Start out slowly at first so that everyone gets the hang of it and then see how fast you can get things going.


as a warming up, it's a good start for the members to learn how they can work in eye contact, or silently, without language

2 activities: Hula Hoop Passing
Group Size:Any group size. Entire team.
Equipment: One hula hoop per group.
Rules
1. Each team stands in a circle holding hands in their corner of the gym.
2. One hula-hoop is placed so that 2 people are holding hands through the hoop.
3. The goal is to move the hula hoop around the entire group without breaking any grip.
4. The group has to pass the hoop over their bodies onto the next person.
Variations
1. Record the time it takes and then try to beat that time.
2. To add more challenge, have two hoops, one going clockwise and the other going counterclockwise. This gets real interesting when it gets around to the other side. Everyone tends to pass the hoop as fast as they can so they don’t have to deal with two going different directions.
Note
· One warning….be prepared for the hula hoop to get stretched and/or broken.

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