Suggested use, and practical subject-related examples

The activity can be used as a warm-up before any lesson or group work, or as an energizer during the lesson for 10 minutes.

  • Subject-independent class teacher lesson: The topic could be “What do you bring to this community?”
  • Math: A student says a number, and whoever catches the ball must add 3 to it.
  • Language Arts: Word chain (students must say a new word starting with the last letter of the previous word, then throw the yarn), 
  • Literature: collaboratively creating a story where everyone adds a sentence.