Quiet games

Statues

Students freeze like statues while the teacher tries to make them move or laugh. A quiet game to settle a class before a transition.

How to play Statues

Students pick a pose and freeze.
The teacher (or a chosen student) walks around and tries to make statues move, by telling jokes or making faces. No touching.
Any statue that moves or laughs sits down.
The last statue standing wins.

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Brain breaks

Partners face each other.

Quiet games

The class counts to 20 one voice at a time without planning who goes next.

Quiet games

Give a clue about something in the room and students guess what it is.

Brain breaks

Students use four numbers and any operations to make exactly 24.

Quiet games

Change one letter at a time to turn one word into another: CAT to COT to DOT to DOG.

Brain breaks

Students tiptoe to one of four labeled corners while a caller with eyes closed picks a corner.