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Paper Telephone
Paper Telephone was recently submitted by one of our readers. We hadn't heard of it before but sounds like it would be a great game. If you've played it, let us know what you think

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Two extremes

A game of two extremes!  This is a simple ice breaker to get people up and moving and sharing their preferences or views on topics.

Create an imaginary line from one end of the room to the other.  Instruct people to move to a point on the line to indicate where they stand on a particular issue.

For example - move to the left hand side of the room if you like chocolate, the right hand side if you like strawberry.

If people don't have a strong opinion they stand in the middle. 

Continue with other examples / extremes:

When everyone chooses a position, read out the next one and everyone moves again.  Kids love to express themselves so this is a good game to get them to explore and express their opinions on some things. 


Features
  • Free / Low Cost
  • No equipment needed
  • Sharing / Get to know you
    • Night
    		Objectives
    • Ice breaker
          		Age
          • Primary or Elementary School
          • Teens (Age 12-15)
          • Teens (Age 16-18)
          • Young Adults

          Group Size
          • Small Groups (1-9 people)
          • Medium (10-29 people)
          • Large groups (30+)
          		Space
          • Indoor
          • Large area
          • Outdoor
          • Small area
          Duration
            • Medium (11-29 minutes)
            • Short (1-10 minutes)


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            hi i think that gameis fun
            - Andre (12 Jun 2007)

            after they split up, then what?
            - anita (28 Jan 2009)

            Then you read out another one and everyone moves again. The game is a good chance for kids to make a statement and observe where others stand (on trivial and more serious matters). I've seen it lead nicely into a piece on respecting other's decisions and positions too.
            - admin (29 Jan 2009)

            This is a very good game for people who just need to get to know each other.
            - admin (30 May 2009)

            This is also good for lessons on making decisions and peer pressure. Some kiddos can't make a choice and stay in the middle whle playing this game. Lesson - make a decision and stick to it. Often I have seen the youth make or try to change their choice because their friends are on that side. Lesson - resist peer pressure and make your own choices.
            - Renee (17 Jun 2009)

            I like the pub or the night club option, ha, that seems to be a good fit for teens. HA.
            - (8 Jul 2009)

            haha yeah Pub/Night club is definitely one for Young Adults not kids :)
            - admin (8 Jul 2009)

            Thanks. I used this at a warm up session for our Summer School event. Went down really well!
            - unique gift ideas (24 Jul 2009)

            Yeah, I was wondering about that pub/night club option since it is under "youth group" games
            - B-Dub (29 Jul 2009)

            Another way to do this would be for the kids to stand in a line, ask them the question and have them step forward or back depending on their answer. You could blindfold them and that would take the peer pressure aspect out of it. Ask them the question and then have them take the blindfold off so they can see how their friends answered
            - (1 Nov 2009)

            Variation on this: I took it down to 4 topics. Everone got a name-tag type sticker with their decision (picture of a strawberry or a snickers candy bar). After all 4 questions, we grouped people together that had ALL of the same answers. Very interesting to see the reaction of the kids when they saw WHO was in their group! I think it really helped break down some cliques within our group! CARE+SHARE=BE
            - Gene B (4 Mar 2010)

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