Theatre Education: A Resource of Practical and Project-Based Warm-ups/Theatre Games for K-12

Shapes and numbers

Where we learned it: Theatre for Social Change at ASU
Ages: 6th grade and up
Materials: None

Process:

• Explain to the class that you will be calling out a number and the name of a shape.  They are to, as a class, form the shape with their bodies in the amount of the number called as the teacher counts to 15 (e.g., the teacher calls out 3 triangles – the class must form three separate triangles). 
• There is to be no talking or pulling people around.  Remember this is a safe environment. 
• Start out with an example and then begin the exercise simply. 
• As they get better, count only to ten or make the amount or shapes more difficult.