Interlingual Energizers/Toaster

Facilitator
amount 1, more for groups which don't know the game
language level (medium)
Participants
age 6+
group size 5-15
Setting
materials nothing special
space free space, indoor or outdoor
time 5-10 min
Outcome
energizer for younger children or teambuilder for older participants

The activity Toaster (Deutsch: Toaster, română: Toaster, español: Tostadora) is part of the collection of interlingual energizers. See a list of all activities.

Introduction

The introduction is also available in 2 other languages: español, Deutsch

Let's play a game in which we turn into household devices and other characters.

Rules

The rules is also available in 2 other languages: español, Deutsch

  1. Let's stand in a circle. One person stands in the middle.
  2. You (the person in the middle) point randomly at a person in the circle and shout the name of one movement:
  3. If somebody makes a mistake, he or she replaces the person in the middle.

Possible extensions

  • As soon as the group gets used to the rules you can start to eliminate players who make mistakes instead of sending them to the middle.
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