The Brain Game

Learning Enhancement

and Reinforcement

Class Size:  Any size

Materials Needed:  Soft ball or stuffed animal (or improvise with a ball of wadded-up paper.

Time required:  10 minutes (depends on the number of questions posed by the facilitator)

Instructions:

Use this exercise to review material covered.  Formulate several questions on the material.  Form the group in a circle.  Toss a ball to one member and ask one of the questions.  Each person can either answer the question independently or consult the people directly to their right and left and come up with an answer.  The ball is then tossed to another member in the circle.  Continue the activity until all the questions are answered.  This activity can be done with smaller groups of five or six up to about 15 people, depending upon the space available in your classroom.