CHANGE 3 THINGS: A DRAMA GAME for KIDS
Testing Observation Skills

Actors are students of people.  They watch and observe even the simplest details about a person, and use those details to create believable characters. This exercise tests a student’s observational skills. 

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STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

• Pair up, and ask the students to take 60 seconds and really study their partner – everything about them.  
  

• Then have the partners turn their backs to each other and change three things about themselves. It could be as simple as untying a shoelace, or switching a bracelet from one arm to the other, or unbuttoning a single button. 
  

• After a minute, ask the students to face each other again and see if they can guess what three things were changed by their partner.
  

MORE DRAMA GAMES AND THEATER ACTIVITIES YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
CHARACTER PAINTING -Three character qualities are “painted” on an actor, who then demonstrates them.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? - Two actors compete by instantly acting out the activities named by their partner.
WHO’S LEADING? - Students in a circle carefully watch and imitate a hidden leader’s changing movements.

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