Aims
- To find out the names of other members in the group
- To provide low risk activity
- To stimulate logical thought
Description
A game to help group members learn each others names
Approach
The group could be sitting on the floor. The team leader enters the group and introduces the game by saying: “None of us knows any others name. Let’s play a game that will help us find them out. My name is Tom, I am going on a world trip and I am taking Tomatoes with me. If you want to come with me you have to say your first name and what you want to bring. You have to bring the right thing. The first letter of our first name must be the first letter of the thing you bring”.
The game proceeds until everyone can come.
At the end of the game the team leader asks each student two questions:
- “How many names can you remember?”
- “Which are they?”
Time
Could take 20-30 minutes
Background
This activity would be best used at the initial meeting of the group