Red Elbow

 Sounds crazy right?  Well it is and it was! The first 2 weeks back from any break is always 

a mix bag of emotions–students are either tired from being up late all week, or tired because they

were stuck inside over break.

  I wanted to find a classbuilding activity that would put

everyone in a good mood and set the tone for the last half of the school year.

I dug around in my handy dandy files andI found an activity called Red Elbow. 

It is quite simple

but the fun is tenfold

How to play:

The teacher calls out a color and a body part.

The students find an object in the room that is that color and then touch the 

selected body part to the object.

So when I said, blue thumb–students had to find something blue in the room and put

 their thumb on it. Both third grade classes had a wonderful time..  It was a great

movement break and just plain fun.

Uhm, we quickly had to put 2 rules in place after playing a round: walking only when 

moving to the color, and the color needed to be in the room- NOT on a student!

So if you pop in my room, be ready to play Red Elbow at a moment's notice!