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Description
This is a Game. It is in the following categories:
How it Works
Warm-up game that's also good to get to know each other's names.
Everyone in a big circle. You start by 'giving' your neighbor your name. Just lift your right arm and call your name to your neighbor. He does the same to his neighbor, and names run around the circle.
Then do the same with the letters of the alphabet. Give an 'a' to your neighbor, making a 'giving' gesture with your right hand. Your neighbor continues by passing a 'b' to his neighbor, and so on.
Ditto with the numbers 1 to 9. Use another gesture, e.g. pass the number by tipping your right foot in the direction of your neighbor.
When everyone's got this, try all of this at the same time. Start by passing your name, and as soon as the name thing has advanced 2 or 3 players across the circle, set a letter thing in motion, and then a number thing. If you have enough players, just mix and match.
Notes
Pay attention to how much gets lost - does everything you set in motion eventually get back to you or not? You can coach players by saying they only need to pay attention to what their neighbor does, not what's going on elsewhere in the circle.
Variations
Feel free to pass other things, each with it's own gesture. Possibilities are:
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months of the year;
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notes (like 'do', 're, 'mi', ....)