Verbal communication games for groups

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The first person needs to talk about any subject, stating about four to five sentences. Then, the two switch roles and repeat the activity. This exercise shows how a story changes or gets distorted depending on the teller. How the activity plays out confirms research that indicates eyewitnesses to crimes view events filtered through their own past experiences rather than with an objective eye, according to the University of New Hampshire.

Prepare for this role-playing exercise by typing up the following story so you can project it on screen at the end of the activity: 'A southbound truck was turning right while a northbound sports car was attempting to turn left.

When the two drivers figured out they were trying to turn into the same lane, they both honked but continued to turn without slowing down.

In fact, the sports car seemed to speed up just before the crash. Send four witnesses and a "police officer" out of the room and then read the scenario above to a witness in the room, who is not allowed to take notes.

Witnesses outside the room should have no knowledge of the story. Call in one of the witnesses from outside the room and ask the witness who has just heard the story to tell it to the second witness. After this, call in a third witness and ask the second to tell the story to the third. I'm sure dimples will live these other ideas :- thanks. Great ideas, I look forward to playing these with Pebble and the kids in my class next year. I'm already making plans for them!

Great ideas!!! Love this. It's amazing how many children need these types of games so thanks for sharing. I remember a few of these games from childhood. I loved them. When the twins get a little bigger, I can just imagine this as a little family game too. Oooo and those games will be great for relief teaching too! These are great ideas! Another fun and useful adaptation of 'I spy' is 'Letter sounds, I spy'.

Instead of saying only the first letter of the word, you say all of the letter sounds in the word. For example, if you wanted to use the word hat, you would say, "I spy with my little eye, something with the sounds h, a, t".

This activity encourages kids to develop listening, concentration and early literacy skills. Such a brilliant list of games. Looking forward to trying them with my kids.

Thanks Christie : xo P. I love verbal games. This is a great list and I've shared it on my fb page. I haven't ever played Sound Tennis but it sounds like lots of fun.

Thank you for the ideas! We play the tennis game with beginning sounds and rhyming words. We also play word association where I say the first word that comes to my mind and my little one says the first thing that it makes her think of, we go back and fourth until she loses interest. I have been astounded by some of the associations my 3 year old has come up with. We play " I one it " someone smells something bad or sees a dead animal on the side one the road someone yells I one it next person yells I two it I four it I six it until finally some one has to say I eight it or I ate it giggles all around three boys and that one never got old.

We also sing Road kill stew and Tom the toad why did you hop out on the road you were my friend and now your dead Were they actively listening to one another?

Construct an obstacle course with your various items. Divide your players into teams of two. The second member must then guide the blindfolded member through the course by calling out directions. This game encourages cooperation, successful teamwork and trust, which is crucial for effective communication. When there is a lack of trust, it builds suspicion and prevents buy-in.

Clarity in giving instructions is a must for effective customer service, especially in technical fields. Brevity and careful word selection is key for better communication. Building Blocks builds descriptive and instructional skills, as well as teamwork. Assemble a team of at least four people, and give them two identical sets of building blocks.

Assign one person in the team as a director, one as a builder, one as a runner and the remaining members as observers. Stand the director and builder on opposite sides of the room facing away from each other.

Have the director build a unique structure from the building blocks and give directions to the runner who will relay them to the builder. The builder will then use the directions to create a structure identical to that of the director within 10 minutes. After each round, discuss the exercise with the team. Task division in teams helps with efficient completion of projects.

However, cooperation, effective communication and trust are key prerequisites for it. Building Blocks helps foster these important parts of teamwork.

If you have a larger team, split them into separate teams to see who completes it best. If you have a smaller group, the director can give directions to the builder without a runner. Crazy Comic is from the book Activities that Build by Alanna Jones and encourages teamwork, standardization and coordination.

Depending on how many team members you have, divide them evenly into groups.