GAME #1: Alphabet Review
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Game Categories:
Opener Energizer Communication
Team-building Review Topical
❖ Purpose: To engage participants creatively in a review of course material.
❖ Time Required: 15 to 20 minutes.
❖ Size of Group: Unlimited, but participants should play the game in teams of three to six. ❖ Materials Required: Index-sized “question cards,” prepared in advance by the trainer. Small “service” bells for as many as there are teams (the type found at service counters). ❖ The Exercise in Action: Prior to class, Bob Parsons, a training coordinator with Deluxe Corp. of Shoreview, MN, prepares a list of 26 questions and answers related to course material—one for each letter of the alphabet—and writes the question on the back of index cards, each with a different letter on the front. He splits the class into teams and gives each team a bell. He lists the letters on a flipchart page and has teams take turns selecting letters. As they select letters, Parsons crosses off that letter from the flipchart and reads the corresponding card. The first team to “ring in” tries to answer the question (if that answer is wrong, the first team to recognize that and ring in again gets a shot at it). When a question is answered correctly, Parsons hands the card to the successful team. In its shortened version, the game ends when all 26 questions have been read, with prizes going to the team with the most cards. If time permits, Parsons allows five minutes for the teams to spell as many course- related words as possible, beginning with only the letters they’ve earned. He awards prizes to the team with the longest list.
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