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

Circle Counting

Where we learned it: Acting class in high school
Grade: 6th grade and up
Materials: None

Process:

1. Have the students get into a tight circle where everyone is touching shoulders and is in as far as they can go.
2. All students should close their eyes.  The goal of the exercise is for the group to count from 1-20, or whatever number you prescribe. 
3. One person begins by saying “1,” then another says ”2,” until the group makes it to 20.  If 2 people say a number at the same time then the group must start over at 1.  No one is assigned to a certain number and there is no prescribed pattern.  The goal is to get the group thinking as one so that they can get through the entire exercise.

      

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