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Mirror Me

TOF

Description

A fun coordination exercise where one partner 'mirrors' the other's slow movements, eliciting a feeling of calm and fostering bonding.

Details

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1 - 6 years, 7 - 10 years
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Pairs
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5 to 10 minutes
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No materials

Tags

Calm/Reflective, Focused, Emotional Expression, Team Building, Empathy Building, Icebreaker, Body Awareness

Instructions:

1. Pair up students or face them all toward the teacher.

2. One partner or the teacher slowly moves hands, arms, and head.

3. The other must “mirror” the exact movements at the same time.

4. Swap roles or rotate pairs after 2–3 minutes.

Variations & tips:

1. Add background music with a rhythmic/calming beat during the activity.

2. The leader can add a narrative or theme to the movements, E.g. Be a tree swaying in the wind, or a theme of 'space exploration' where students mimic floating in zero gravity.

3. Add an object which needs to be mirrored. E.g. passing a ball between ones' hands.

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10 to 30 minutes
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No materials
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Compliment Ball

Aanya
A circle game where students toss a ball to each other, giving and receiving genuine compliments.
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1 - 6 years, 7 - 10 years, 11 - 19 years
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Any number of players
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5 to 10 minutes
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Materials required
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Emotion Charades

Aanya
A charades-style game where students act out emotions silently while others guess what they are expressing.
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1 - 6 years, 7 - 10 years, 11 - 19 years
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Any number of players
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10 to 30 minutes
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Materials required
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Roll & Respond

Aanya
A turn-based game where students roll a die and answer the prompt corresponding to the number rolled.
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7 - 10 years, 11 - 19 years
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Less Than 10
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10 to 30 minutes
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Materials required
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Back-to-Back Draw

Aanya
A communication game where one student describes a drawing verbally and the other recreates it without seeing the original.
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7 - 10 years, 11 - 19 years, Adults
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Pairs
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10 to 30 minutes
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Materials required
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Mood Meteor

Aanya
A movement and acting game where students catch a “mood meteor,” strike a pose, and express an emotion, with the class copying the action.
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1 - 6 years, 7 - 10 years
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Any number of players
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10 to 30 minutes
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Materials required
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Shapeshift Scramble

Aanya
A movement game where students quickly form and freeze into body shapes based on the teacher’s prompts, with creativity and accuracy rewarded.
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Mixed Age
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Any number of players
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Flexible Duration
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No materials
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Echoes from the Wall

Aanya
A silent observation game where a small movement is passed down a line and the final student guesses the original action.
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1 - 6 years, 7 - 10 years, 11 - 19 years
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Any number of players
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5 to 10 minutes
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No materials
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The Floor is Emotion

Aanya
An energetic movement game where students escape the “emotion floor” and physically act out feelings.
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Mixed Age
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Any number of players
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10 to 30 minutes
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Materials required
Children Playing in Circle

Desk Planet

Aanya
A creative drawing activity where students transform their desk into a newly discovered planet with its own world rules.
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Mixed Age
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Any number of players
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10 to 30 minutes
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Materials required
Children Playing in Circle

Whisper Hex

Aanya
A playful decoding game where whispered nonsense words hide real vocabulary waiting to be uncovered.
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Mixed Age
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Any number of players
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5 to 10 minutes
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No materials

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