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Name Tag
Name Tag
Group Size: minimum of 10 people
Time: 10 - 20 minutes
Equipment: a wide-open space
Overview: Upon being tagged, a person must immediately call out the name of another person in the group to become the next ‘it.’ If they do not call out another person’s name, her or she will lose one of their lives. The latter must tag another a quickly as possible.
Main areas addressed by this activity:
· Ice Breaker Activity
· Get to Know You Activity
Basic Procedure:
Clearly designate an open, yet not too large of an open space. Invite everyone to start walking quickly around the area.
Explain that everyone will start the game with three lives.
As one person to be ‘it’ and the games begins.
Upon being tagged, a tagged must quickly cal out the name of another person in the group who is still ‘alive’ and is not the person who just tagged them.
There is no need to time how long a person has to cal out a name, just don’t let someone stall. Usually three seconds is a good amount of time.
As soon as the name is called, the person who name has just been called will immediately assume the mantle of ‘it.’
The name caller returns to be a tagee.
All being well, the process will repeat itself over and over – a tag is made, a name is called, a tag is made, a name is called, etc.
The game continues people who have lost all three lives from being tagged must remove themselves from the game, until the final three people are left circling each other.
How to lose a life:
The just been tagged person doesn’t call out a name; the just been tagged person calls out the name of their tagger or someone who is already out of the game; or when the tagger calls out a name and tags someone else. The set-up and the first few minutes of the play will appear confusing to some folks, but you can break the game down to two basic rules.
1. When tagged, call out a name of another person immediately.
2 When your name is called out, try and tag someone immediately.
Debrief Questions:
Group Size: minimum of 10 people
Time: 10 - 20 minutes
Equipment: a wide-open space
Overview: Upon being tagged, a person must immediately call out the name of another person in the group to become the next ‘it.’ If they do not call out another person’s name, her or she will lose one of their lives. The latter must tag another a quickly as possible.
Main areas addressed by this activity:
· Ice Breaker Activity
· Get to Know You Activity
Basic Procedure:
Clearly designate an open, yet not too large of an open space. Invite everyone to start walking quickly around the area.
Explain that everyone will start the game with three lives.
As one person to be ‘it’ and the games begins.
Upon being tagged, a tagged must quickly cal out the name of another person in the group who is still ‘alive’ and is not the person who just tagged them.
There is no need to time how long a person has to cal out a name, just don’t let someone stall. Usually three seconds is a good amount of time.
As soon as the name is called, the person who name has just been called will immediately assume the mantle of ‘it.’
The name caller returns to be a tagee.
All being well, the process will repeat itself over and over – a tag is made, a name is called, a tag is made, a name is called, etc.
The game continues people who have lost all three lives from being tagged must remove themselves from the game, until the final three people are left circling each other.
How to lose a life:
The just been tagged person doesn’t call out a name; the just been tagged person calls out the name of their tagger or someone who is already out of the game; or when the tagger calls out a name and tags someone else. The set-up and the first few minutes of the play will appear confusing to some folks, but you can break the game down to two basic rules.
1. When tagged, call out a name of another person immediately.
2 When your name is called out, try and tag someone immediately.
Debrief Questions:
- How did this game make you think quickly while trying to avoid an unwanted situation?
- Once you started to lose lives, how did you strategy in the game change?
- How was being a tagger different from being a tagee?
- Vary the number of ‘lives’ a person has.
- If a person says ‘umm’ or ‘eer’ and doesn’t immediately say a persons name then they will lose a life.
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