Line Up

This exercise is good for a group of 20 or More. Use it for Team Building or just for Pure Fun! Use this activity to break the monotony of long periods of sitting and to help participants find out about each other. Any group is game for this activity!
Estimated Time: 5 to 7 minutes
What you will need: Line Up Activity Sheet for Leader

Instructions:Organize participants into groups of 8 to 20. Tell participants that in the Line Up, they will have a chance to learn things about one another they may never think to ask.

Give these instructions: Tell them that this is group competition and that you will give the instruction for groups to line up in a particular way. Your group should get in a line as quickly as possible. When your group is lined up appropriately all group members should clap to indicate they have completed the task.

Conduct a practice round. Tell them to line up by height and to clap when they're finished.

Begin the activity. After each lineup, determine which group clapped first and then announce them as the winner of the round.

Variations: Use this activity periodically throughout a long session or you can ask groups to come up with their own way of letting you know they're ready. (We have had groups yell, hum a song, put up their hands, etc.) This can add a lot to the fun to the activity.

Tips

Keep the tone light; this is a fun competition. Laugh and play with humorous comments from participants. 3. Remember political correctness with regard to your own or participants' comments.

LINE UP ACTIVITY SHEET FOR THE LEADER 1. Line up in order by shoe size. 2. Line up in order by length of arm's reach. 3. Line up in order alphabetically by favorite color. 4. Line up in order by number of siblings you have. 5. Line up in order by hair color, lightest to darkest. 6. Line up in order by age, youngest to oldest. 7. Line up in order by length of time with current employer. 8. Line up in order alphabetically by first name. 9. Line up in order alphabetically by last name. 10. Line up in order by number of pets owned. 11. Line up in order by hair length, longest to shortest. 12. Line up in order by the number of bones you've ever broken.