Hobbies And Interests
Alphabet Conversations
In this game, a group of kids tries to have a conversation with each sentence starting with the next letter of the alphabet. For example, the first conversation could start, "Are you going to the grocery store?" and the second, "Boring! I'd rather play in the park," and the third, "Can't you see we're out of cookies and milk?" The game continues in this fashion until the last letter of the alphabet. Each kid has three seconds to start the next sentence, or they lose the game. The kids will probably have to restart the alphabet conversation game several times over to get a rhythm down and finish the entire alphabet.
Word-by-Word Stories
Have children exercise their creative storytelling and improvisational skills with a word-by-word story. Each child takes a turn telling the story by adding another word. Give the kids only a few seconds, or one "beat," to make up a word to keep the rhythm going and encourage kids to think quickly.
King of the Universe
Select one child as "King of the Universe." Whatever the King of the Universe says goes, and all the other kids must act out whatever happens. For example, the King of the Universe could say, "You're being attacked by giant marshmallows," or "Tim is now a space slug and everything he touches burst into flames." Set a time limit, such as five minutes. After five minutes, another kid becomes "King of the Universe" and everyone else must act out what the king says is happening.
Team of Heroes
In Team of Heroes, each kid pretends to be a superhero with a specific superpower. They can also make up names, personalities and signature moves for their superhero alter-egos. Introduce a silly problem for the team of heroes to solve, such as a villain stole all the doughnuts from the doughnut shop, or the copier machine broke again. The kids must act out a way to solve the problem in typical superhero fashion. They're allowed to use only the superpowers they chose at the beginning of the game, and can't introduce new ones.
Celebrity Party
In celebrity party, kids pretend to be different famous people, objects or fictional characters. Select one child to be the host of the party, then have the rest of the kids go into another room where the host can't hear them speaking. Each kid selects what they want to be for the party. For example, they can pretend to be "Britney Spears," "Edgar Allan Poe," or "a squirrel." When everyone figures out what they want to be, the group returns to the room where the host is. One at a time they pretend to knock on the door and the host lets them into the party. They have to act out their character until the host guesses who they are. After the host guesses who everyone is, someone else is selected to be the host and the game starts over until everyone has had a chance to act and play the host.