WORD BALL

(TOPIC: BRAIN STRETCHERS)

 

Instructions

A WORD ASSOCIATION GAME. YOU WILL NEED A TENNIS BALL, FOOTY OR SOMETHING ELSE TO THROW AROUND.

  • ALL STUDENTS SIT IN A CIRCLE.

  • ONE STUDENT STARTS BY SAYING A WORD AND TOSSING THE BALL TO ANOTHER STUDENT.

  • THE RECEIVER ASSOCIATES ON THIS WORD (SAY A WORD THAT IS SOMEHOW RELATED TO THE WORD GIVEN BY THE STUDENT PRIOR), AND SAYS AN ASSOCIATED WORD AS SHE THROWS THE BALL TO YET ANOTHER STUDENT.

 

PURPOSE: STRETCHING THE BRAIN, THINKING CREATIVELY ON YOUR FEET AND GETTING ENERGIZED AT THE START OF A DAY.

 

 

 

 

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.