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Name of Activity: Switch and Rotate

Purpose of Activity: To teach listening skills.

Suggested Grade Level: 4th and Up

Materials Needed: Cones for general space boundaries

Object of Game:

The object of this game is to stay so close to a partner that when the teacher says Stop and the players freeze, the follower can still touch the leader. When the teacher says Switch, the partners change roles, and the follower becomes the leader.

Description of Idea

The teacher has them play again but this time when the teacher says Switch the leader and the follower switch roles by turning around. Now the follower is the leader and the leader is the follower. When the teacher says Stop see if the follower can tuch the shoulder of the leader.

Variations:

1. To make more difficult the teacher can introduce the term Rotate. When students here that term the follower is to go to the front of the line and then become the leader.

2. After students get this with 2 players add a third or fourth and watch the fun begin!

3. Add different locomotor movements.

Teaching Suggestions:

We have found this game to be most productive with older children who know something about traveling successfully in general space. We have also found walking the best locomotor pattern to use. Please tell the students to keep their heads and eyes up because they can bump heads very easily on stops and changes in direction.