Playworks Playbook

Ice Breaker
Who Stole the Cookies
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Group Size: 5-20
Age Group: PreK -1 st grades
Length of Activity: 10 minutes
Developmental Goal: Combining physical and verbal skills to enhance awareness. Learn each other’s
names
Skills Practiced: Rolling and catching, memory, verbal communication
Equipment Needed: 1 playground ball
Set-Up: Have the children stand in a circle
Before You Start:
Practice rolling the ball to players and sitting down after they rolled
Practice singing one round of the song
How to Play:
The Song --
Class: Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar Coach ___ stole the cookies from the cookie
jar!
Coach: Who me
Class: Yes you!
Coach: Couldn’t be!
Class: Then who
The coach will then roll the ball to a student in the circle (saying his or her name) and sit down.
After the coach has said the child’s name…
Class: ______ stole the cookies from the cookie jar!
…and repeat as above.
Continue to roll the ball to everyone in the group and repeat the song for each person.
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