Sun Monarch

  • Grades 3-5

  • No equipment needed

Development Goal

To develop listening skills and creative thinking

Before You Start

The group stands at one end of the room in a line.

How to Play

  • One person stands in the middle of the room and says, “I am the sun.”
  • The first person from the line steps forward, faces the group and tells something that relates to the sun, such as “I am the light” or “I am the heat.”
  • It can also be the opposite, like “I am the dark” or “I am the cold.”  Finally, it can be other meanings of the word or the sound of the word. Sun may be interpreted as son so that the person could say, “father” or “sister.”
  • The two people trade places and the new person repeats what she just said.
  • The next person steps up and gives a new word that relates to that word.

Variations

You can begin with any subject matter.