The Gesture Tour

Topic
- Citizenship & human rights
- Identity & emotions
Learning skills
- Self-awareness
- Creative thinking
- Communication & expression
- Body awareness
Activity type
- Energiser & ice breaker
Materials
- None
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
>15 minutes
+5 players
Easy
Medium
Medium (classroom, square)

Contributors

Uit De Marge

A step-by-step guide to play the game

The group forms a circle and introduces themselves by name.

Each participant then creates a characteristic of themselves that starts with the first letter of their name (e.g. Sturdy Steven, Lazy Leni, Brave Bram...). Another round of introductions follows, this time including the characteristic.

Participants are then given time to think of a gesture that goes with their characteristic and name. This is followed by a round of introductions where everyone performs their gestures.

The next round, participants perform only their gestures. The goal is to learn as many of the gestures as possible.

In the next round, one person starts by performing their gesture, followed by the gesture of another person. This continues with each person performing the gesture of the person before them. To help with memory, names may be included at the beginning, if necessary.

Extra game information

This activity is designed to get participants to know each other better.
This activity is linked to for example article 7 (name and nationality) and article 8 (identity) in the UNCRC.

This game is part of the 'All Children, All Right(s)!' toolkit, which focuses on promoting the right to development.

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