Categories

Name something in the category before the beat comes back round to you.

Time:

5 min

Group:

4–20 people

Materials:

None

• Energizer
• ESL friendly
• Low pressure
• No materials
• Works online
• Seated OK
• Small group (2–8)
• Under 5 min

How to play

1. Get a slow clap going — everyone claps together at a steady pace.
2. Call a category: breakfast cereals, countries in Africa, things in a toolbox.
3. Going round the circle, each person names one on the beat.
4. Repeat something or miss the beat and you are out. Start a new category.
5. Keep the pace slow enough that ESL speakers can keep up.

Variations

• No elimination — when someone misses, just start a fresh category.
• Let whoever missed pick the next category.

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