CLICK & WINK

(TOPIC: ENERGISERS)

 

Instructions

  • TO STAND AT THEIR DESK OR IN A CIRCLE.

  • ASK STUDENTS TO WINK WITH THEIR LEFT EYE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CLICK THEIR RIGHT FINGERS.

  • ONCE THEY HAVE MASTERED THE ABOVE STEP ASK STUDENTS TO WINK THEIR RIGHT EYE AND CLICK THEIR LEFT FINGERS.

  • THEN ASK THE STUDENTS TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THESE ACTIONS AS FAST AS THEY CAN (START SLOW & GET FASTER)

VARIATIONS

  • ASK STUDENTS TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN VARIATION AND SHARE IT WITH A PARTNER.

  • ANOTHER EXAMPLE- MIDDLE FINGER WIGGLE- STUDENTS PUT BOTH HANDS OUT IN FRONT OF THEM WITH THEIR FINGERS SPLAYED AND POINTING TO THE CEILING. PUT THE RING FINGER AND PINKIE FINGER TOGETHER AND THEIR POINTER FINGER AND THUMB TOGETHER SO THEIR MIDDLE FINGER IS ON ITS OWN IN THE MIDDLE (ASK STUDENTS TO KEEP FINGERS STRAIGHT UP). THEN ASK STUDENTS TO MOVE THEIR MIDDLE FINGER ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT AND THEN BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT MOVING ANY OF THEIR OTHER FINGERS (CONTINUE MOVING MIDDLE FINGER SIDE TO SIDE).

PURPOSE: ENCOURAGE LAUGHTER, FUN, INTERACTION AND POSITIVE ENERGY BETWEEN STUDENTS.

 

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES FOR PASTORAL CARE & WELLBEING CLASSES

 

All activities have been adapted by Unleashing Personal Potential from www.improvencyclopedia.org, www.reachout.com,  www.playmeo.com, www.tom.edu.au, and through years of practice in education. Thanks to the many educators who have contributed to this list of tried and tested activities.

 

For more activities like this (and much more), check out THRIVE Online Lesson Modules for Pastoral Care and Wellbeing.