COLOR CALL

This is quick reaction game. It is especially good with young people who get restless and need to release energy from time to time.

The players stand in a circle.

One player has the bean bag.

He throws it randomly to another player in the circle, at the same time calling out a color.

The second player must catch the bean bag and, upon catching it, call out the name of something that is that color.

He, in turn, tosses the bean bag to the next player, shouting out the name of a different color.

The game proceeds as follows:

Player 1: Blue! (Throwing the object to another player)

Player 2: Sky! (Throwing the object to the third player) Green!

Player 3: Grass! (tosses the object to another player) RED!

Player 4: Tomato!

Colors may be repeated but the answers should be different. If one player gives sky for blue, then the next blue should be a different object of that color, such as, water.

For each error, a student receives a point against him. He also gets a point against him if he hesitates too long in answering.

A player is asked three questions related to the subject you’re teaching when he has three points against him.

Whenever you wish to end the game, the player with the fewest (or no) points against him wins.

Variation:

In a large class this could be a team game.

The class could be divided into two teams which are lined up, facing each other.

Rather than tossing the bean bag at random, the players would throw it to the person opposite, going down the line then starting back towards the front again.

The team with the fewest errors at the end wins.

These cards can be given to students to keep track of their points.  Follow this link to print them: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByOoC3qmzW-PWWE2TnE5cTBlQms

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