Drama Games

Hi Readers!

For this post I just wanted to share a few drama games that I have learned and used in my classroom as a student teacher that went really well!
Two of these games are partner games that I used in my class that my students loved and requested time and time again! This first one is called "What Changed?". In this game, students get into pairs and face each other. One partner closes their eyes and then the other one changes something about their appearance, maybe they untie their shoe lace, take off their sweater, roll up their sleeve, change their hair etc. Then when the other partner opens their eyes, they have three guesses to figure out what their partner changed about themselves! After they are done their guesses, they switch and the process begins again! To make this activity more challenging, you could put them into group of three so that they have two people changing something that they must guess. It is interesting watching ho silly this game can get, or how tricky students can make it for each other! Due to these facts, you can play this game with students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 or 6!
Another partner game my students really enjoyed was called Artists and Blobs. For the first time we played this game, I simply told students to partner up and label themselves A or B. One they did that, I told them that partner a was the "artist" and partner b was the "blob". The students got a kick out of being "blobs" before they even knew what it meant! The way this works is students spread out in their pairs around the room, and the artist molds her "blob" into a statue or a "beautiful creation". Then once they are ready, the artists walk around the room and admire their creations. Once this is created, the partners switch and repeat the process. My students got very creative with their statues, incorporating objects in the classroom, facial expressions, and different stances and levels! This was a class favourite.


As a final drama game I wanted to share an activity that involves the whole class! This game is called "Follow the Leader". For this game, you select one person to be the guesser and have them stand outside of the classroom with the door closed. After they are out of sight and earshot, a leader is chosen. Once everyone knows who the leader is, the guesser enters the room and stands in the middle of the circle. The class is discretely watching the leader to see how they are sitting, or what movements they are doing and follow along by copying them. The guesser gets four guesses of who the leader is. Then the leader is the next person to leave the room and be the guesser and the process continues. This was a good game for learning strategizing. My class learned that if the leader did an action that made noise (ex. clapping) it was easier for the guesser to figure out the leader based on where the noise came from first, so then we tried to do actions that made no noise to make it more of a challenge! Watch the short video below to learn more about the benefits of this activity and see a short demo of how it works!



Happy Playing!
Miss G.