Moomba-Yumba Tribe
Subject: Verb to be
This easy game is designed specially for helping you and your new students get to know and memorize their names on the first day of class.
Skills: Speaking
Level: Beginner
Recommended Age: 6-8 y.o.
Number of Participants: 4-12 players
Time: 15-20 minutes
Place: Any
Equipment: Not required
Materials: Not required
Preliminary Preparation: Not required
Immediate Preparation: If possible, arrange the game participants so thay are standing in a circle or a semi-circle.
How to Play. To start the game, you should invite Players A and B to come and stand in front of their new classmates, opposite each other. Next, Player A makes any movement, e.g. claps their knees. Then they point to themself and say, e.g.:'I'm Vova!'. After that, Player B repeats the same movement, points to Player A and says:'You are Vova!'. In the following round, Player C takes the place of Player A, and Player B introduces themself in the same way, and so on. The game continues as long as all the ‘members of Moomba-Yumba tribe’ have introduced themselves. The main rule is no movement must be repeated during the whole activity! There is no winner in this game, but its effectiveness as an icebreaker is great!