Ask everyone to say their name as they pass a soft tossable (ball) to their left-hand neighbour.
Once the item returns to the beginning, repeat this process in the other direction.
Next, instruct the person with the tossable to call the name of another person in the circle to attract their attention, and then pass the tossable to them.
Continue this process for a few minutes, and then introduce a second tossable to involve more people.
Introduce three, four or more items as appropriate.
Once this pattern has been reinforced, ask everyone who receives an item to say “THANK YOU” to the person who tossed it to them, using the tosser’s name.
After several minutes, stop the passing, and ask one or more volunteers to identify as many names in the circle as they can.
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Love to use this game at the start of a leadership or Initiative session :). Great for getting names for participants and myself to get to know the group.
Also run it with a timed version so beginning of challenges for the session to see how quickly we can get around the circle, essentially a combination of Toss a Name game and Warp Speed.
Love this variation Mark that involves the whole group naming a participant who receives the Rubber Chicken.. genius way of not putting anyone on the spot!
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thanks for this, mark.
loooooving the layer of thank you. plus the framing of getting to know as many names as possible.
annnnnd the chicken! you know me – i may attach a yey! to this.
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Love to use this game at the start of a leadership or Initiative session :). Great for getting names for participants and myself to get to know the group.
Also run it with a timed version so beginning of challenges for the session to see how quickly we can get around the circle, essentially a combination of Toss a Name game and Warp Speed.
Love this variation Mark that involves the whole group naming a participant who receives the Rubber Chicken.. genius way of not putting anyone on the spot!