Playworks Playbook

Ice Breaker
Tornado
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Group Size: 10-30
Age Group: K–3 rd grades
Length of Activity: 5-10 minutes
Developmental Goal: To develop social comfort and strategic thinking
Skills Practiced: Throwing and following directions
Equipment Needed: One playground ball
Set-Up: None
Before You Start:
Make sure the students understand the object of the game is to not have the ball
Students understand that only the Tornado spins, and that they must pass the ball to the student
next to them.
How to Play:
Students make one big circle.
A single student begins in the middle as the Tornado.
The class passes the ball around the circle while the Tornado in the middle spins around 10 times.
When the Tornado stops, whoever has the ball becomes the next Tornado.
Variations: Allow students to alter the direction of the ball, have more than one ball going at the same
time, or alter the number of spins.
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