Play this introductory challenge for a minute or so, and then consider introducing a new variation (see Variations tab) or move on in your program, safe in the knowledge you have woken up your group.Įither way, allow the activity to continue until just before you think the energy and fun have peaked. Practice this pattern a few times so that most people in your group understand the sequence and are able to follow it most of the time or with support from group members. Upon arrival to this new spot in the circle, this person re-starts the sequence of movements by jumping on their new spot, and the person to their right claps, etc. Finally, instruct the next person to the right of the person spinning to run (or briskly walk) across the circle, finding a new spot in the circle to stand.

The next person to the right is then invited to spin or turn around 360 degrees, just once. This immediately causes the person to their right to clap. You can explain these movements in advance if you choose, or simply allow them to unfold in your further explanations.Įither way, explain that the pattern will travel to the right around the circle, ie anti-clockwise direction.īy means of demonstration, direct one person to perform a little jump on their spot.

It just keeps going if you keep it going… How To Play Narrativeīegin by explaining to the group that their task will be to follow and maintain a particular pattern of movements. This is one of these activities that as you get it going there is literally no way to get it to stop. The key here is keeping it going amongst the people and you’ll notice how you do that or not. You’re thinking… there’s that triangle that breaks out, right? Exponentially, yeah it’s growing. So when I jump, if I initiate this… when I jump there’ll be a clap, a spin, and two people now running which then trigger another jump, clap, spin, run going both directions, sends four people and so on.ĭon’t worry so much about the math of it. The reason for that, is the pattern is now going to go both directions. However as we go it’s going to become exponentially, literally exponentially more challenging, hopefully exponentially more fun, and it requires you to communicate and support and find ways to keep this pattern going. The challenge with this is to keep this going. Everyone follow that? Simple enough, right? If we kept doing that you might even have gotten a little bit bored, like okay, we got it, jump clap spin run jump clap spin run. Keep this going for a little bit.Īnd let’s hold it here. Dante goes across, finds a new spot in the circle, jumps, to the right, clap, spin, run.

… when you run across this is where you restart the pattern. So the way it works is this, if I’m initiating this, I’m going to jump, you’ll clap, you’ll spin, and you’ll run.Īlmost like that, that’s a good start, but then we actually want to move it across the circle to a new spot between two other people, okay? So we’re going to learn a pattern of jump clap spin run and then we’ll bring it to another level. What we’re going to get into is a game called Jump Clap Spin Run.Īnd your mind might already start to wonder what that means, and what we’ll do is we’ll start slow and we’ll build.

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