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Silence
Before you begin this activity from the website, Education World, give all of the participants a piece of paper and a writing utensil. Tell each to write down his or her own birthday. Afterwards, have them attach their papers to the fronts of their shirts using safety pins. Divide the group into two or more teams of equally numbered players. When you say "Go," the teams all have to quickly and silently assemble themselves in lines according to the chronological order of each teammate's birthday, starting with the earliest birthday to the latest. The players use nonverbal cues such as hand movements to line up correctly. The team who performs the task the quickest can discuss what nonverbal communication they used to solve the task.
Electricity
Use this powerful nonverbal communication game to build your team into a cooperative group, as suggested by the website, Group-Games.com. Divide the players into two equally-numbered teams and line the players up side-by-side in each team. Position the teams so that the groups face each other. Place a chair at one side of the teams and place a ball on the chair. Position yourself at the other end of the teams. When ready, flip a coin and display it so that only the two opposing team members closest to you can see it. If the coin flips to heads, both players should squeeze the hands of the teammates next to them. The squeezing process then continues down the teams' lines until the last person feels it, prompting her to grab the ball on the chair. If a team mistakenly starts squeezing hands when the coin flips to tails, the other team wins. Otherwise, the first team to correctly pick up the ball wins.
Monsters, Warlocks and Elves
To prepare for this nonverbal communication activity from the Wilderdom website, gather the players into a large area. Divide the group into two teams. Demonstrate to the players the following moves: squatting down for monster, lifting both arms up into the air for warlock, and cupping your ears for elf. Let the players practice these moves as you call them out. When ready to play the game, send the teams to either side of the playing field. Count down the seconds from 10, giving the teams time to decide on which character they will all chose to become. After 10 seconds has passed, both teams must display the nonverbal ques for the character they chose. The following rules apply: monster wins over warlock, warlock wins over elf and elf wins over monster. Whichever team loses has to quickly race to a designated base area to avoid getting tagged by the enemy team. If tagged, a player joins his opponents. The game ends whenever you feel the lesson of nonverbal ques has been learned.