The instructor sets the timer to a random time (without letting the students see how much time they have) and each student hurries to complete the task so that they can pass the ball or object to the next person. This task can be as simple as thinking of a word in a category or as complex as continuing a story from the last point a person left off.
In this game, the students have some task that they do in a circle as they pass a ball, bean bag, or another object. The team that comes up with the most question in two minutes wins!Īs I mentioned before, hot potato is a game that can easily be played with a timer. For example, you can ask students to work in teams to write these questions on a piece of paper. With a timer, you can turn this simple activity into a competitive one. For example, I might ask students to work in pairs and come up with questions a doctor would ask during a general check-up. Simple Activities Become Immediate and Competitive with a TimerĪs a warm up activity, I used to have groups brainstorm ideas and make lists. So what are these uses? Here’s a breakdown of some of the best.
Later, I used the timer in my kids classes to play the game “hot potato.” Over time, however, I’ve developed many more uses for a timer that I think are pretty amazing. The timer helped me stay on track with each part of my lesson plan and to make sure that we had enough time for our practical exercise at the end of the lesson.
When I was a beginning instructor, I used to bring a small kitchen timer into class to help me with time management.
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