Here’s an activity that kids get good at with practice. The first command

is: “Everybody hold hands and see how long it takes us to form a complete

circle.” As the teacher states “Circle Up!” all the children hold hands to

form a circle. You might want to time the children so they can keep a

running record of how long it takes. Once the children form their circle

you can play a game called Focus! The object of the game is to teach

children to make eye contact. Rules include all heads down as we continue

to hold hands in a circle. On a signal from the teacher everyone looks up.

If you make eye contact with another person’s eyes you point to them and

you both sit down. Keep doing this until everyone makes eye contact. If

you do not have equal pairs, the teacher can be the last one to focus with

the last standing student.

For other games kids play at school you can visit our Kids

Ethic Links and click on School Kid Games.

– Gene Bedley