Toss A Name
1. This is a really simple game. All you have to do is take a tossable item, say your name, and toss it to the person on your right or left. That student will do the same thing—say their name, and toss it to the person on their right or left.
2. Once the object has gone all the way around the circle, now, you may toss the item to anyone in the circle, but you must say their name. For example, you might toss it to Riley. You’d say, “Hey Riley!”.
3.Then once everyone has received a toss, now we add something else. Repeat step 2, but now once you receive the item, you say “Thank you” and the name of the person who tossed it to you. For example, if Jenny tossed it to you, you would say, “Thanks Jenny”.
4. Once the group gets to know everyone’s name, add more items to make it tougher.
Bumpity Bump Bump
1. Remember back quite a few lessons ago, when we played some name games. Well, continuing to remember peoples’ names are important.
2. This next activity is very similar to zip, zap, zop, but requires you to remember the names of the people to your left and right.
3. The person in the middle will point to someone in the group and say, “left”. The person being pointed at must say the person’s name to the left before the pointer says, “Bumpity, bump, bump”
4. If the pointer says, “Bumpity, bump, bump” before the recipient says the person’s name, he/she must go to the middle of the circle.
Name Shout
1. Have students sit in a circle
2. Begin by going around the circle and have each student say their name.
3. Next practice with the ball. Pass a beach ball around the circle. Have a student hold the ball above his or her head and say his or her name.
4. Start the game with the teacher throwing or rolling the ball to one of the students. That student is to raise the ball over his or her head and shout out his or her own name. Everyone else in the class will then repeat that name twice. For example if Larry throws the ball to Alison, Alison raises the ball over her head and shouts "Alison". Everyone else repeats together "Alison, Alison".
1. This is a really simple game. All you have to do is take a tossable item, say your name, and toss it to the person on your right or left. That student will do the same thing—say their name, and toss it to the person on their right or left.
2. Once the object has gone all the way around the circle, now, you may toss the item to anyone in the circle, but you must say their name. For example, you might toss it to Riley. You’d say, “Hey Riley!”.
3.Then once everyone has received a toss, now we add something else. Repeat step 2, but now once you receive the item, you say “Thank you” and the name of the person who tossed it to you. For example, if Jenny tossed it to you, you would say, “Thanks Jenny”.
4. Once the group gets to know everyone’s name, add more items to make it tougher.
Bumpity Bump Bump
1. Remember back quite a few lessons ago, when we played some name games. Well, continuing to remember peoples’ names are important.
2. This next activity is very similar to zip, zap, zop, but requires you to remember the names of the people to your left and right.
3. The person in the middle will point to someone in the group and say, “left”. The person being pointed at must say the person’s name to the left before the pointer says, “Bumpity, bump, bump”
4. If the pointer says, “Bumpity, bump, bump” before the recipient says the person’s name, he/she must go to the middle of the circle.
Name Shout
1. Have students sit in a circle
2. Begin by going around the circle and have each student say their name.
3. Next practice with the ball. Pass a beach ball around the circle. Have a student hold the ball above his or her head and say his or her name.
4. Start the game with the teacher throwing or rolling the ball to one of the students. That student is to raise the ball over his or her head and shout out his or her own name. Everyone else in the class will then repeat that name twice. For example if Larry throws the ball to Alison, Alison raises the ball over her head and shouts "Alison". Everyone else repeats together "Alison, Alison".