A mega version of Chinese Whispers everyone will just love!
Game Type: Study Break
Recommended Ages: 6 and up
Number Of Players: Whole class
Equipment Required: Nil
Where To Play: Indoors or outdoors
Duration: 10 minutes
Objective
To pass a word around a group and watch it evolve into something new, weird and wonderful.
Set Up
Your students sit in a circle.
How To Play
Step One: Choose one person to begin. This person must think of a word, for example, ‘pencil’.
Step Two: That person whispers the word to the person on their right.
Step Three: This person must then whisper a new word associated with that word to the person on their right. For example, ‘pen’ is similar to ‘pencil’.
Stage Four: Play continues around the circle at least three times and each time someone changes the word to something associated.
Stage Five: When you’ve completed at least three rounds, the last person says the current word out loud. You’ll all be left wondering, “How did that happen?”
Credit
Thank you to Zain Al-Abedeen Omar Mahdi Lafta Mahdi Al-Saadi for sharing this great game!
Mr Funology 