Interlingual Energizers/Toaster

Facilitator
amount	1, more for groups which don't know the game
language level	(medium)
Participants
age	6+
group size	5-15
Setting
materials	nothing special
space	free space, indoor or outdoor
time	5-10 min
Outcome
energizer for younger children or teambuilder for older participants

The activity Toaster (Deutsch: Toaster, română: Toaster, español: Tostadora) is part of the collection of interlingual energizers. See a list of all activities.

Introduction

The introduction is also available in 2 other languages: español, Deutsch

Let's play a game in which we turn into household devices and other characters.

español
Vamos a jugar un juego que se basa en mimicas

Deutsch
Lasst uns ein Spiel spielen, indem wir uns in Haushaltsgeräte und andere Figuren verwandeln.

Rules

The rules is also available in 2 other languages: español, Deutsch

1. Let's stand in a circle. One person stands in the middle.
2. You (the person in the middle) point randomly at a person in the circle and shout the name of one movement:
3. If somebody makes a mistake, he or she replaces the person in the middle.

• 
  toaster
• 
  monkey
• 
  blender
• 
  elephant
• 
  firefighters
• 
  freezer
• 
  James Bond
• 
  vomiting kangaroo
• 
  rooster
• 
  dinosaur
• 
  washing machine
• 
  palm tree
• 
  splash

español
Vamos hacer un circulo y uno de los participantes va al centro. La persona que esta en el medio tiene que elegir a otro aleatoriamente y decir uno de los movimientos: Si la persona elegida comete un error, pasa al centro. Tostadora Mono Licuadora Elefante Bomberos Frigorífico James Bond Kanguro vomitanto Galo Dinosaurio Lavadora Palmera Splash

Deutsch
Lasst uns einen Kreis machen. Eine Person steht in der Mitte. Du (die Person in der Mitte) zeigst zufällig auf eine Person im Kreis und rufst den Namen einen dieser Figuren: Wenn jemand einen Fehler macht, geht er in die Mitte. Achtung, ihr solltet schnell sein! Toaster Affe Mixer Elefant Feuerwehr Kühlschrank James Bond kotzendes Känguru Hahn Dinosaurier Waschmaschine Palme Splash

Possible extensions

• As soon as the group gets used to the rules you can start to eliminate players who make mistakes instead of sending them to the middle.

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