Where Are My Hands?

This game is suitable for all levels of education. Where Are My Hands is an educational game aimed at enhancing students' educational skills. The game is played between two players and is based on the principle of "the loser is eliminated."

Objective of the Activity:

 To develop reflexes,

 To enhance educational skills,

 To improve children's ability to control themselves and their muscles,

 To create multi-learning environments using multidisciplinary structures in games.

The Game

Firstly, a line (table area) is drawn in the middle of the classroom. Various materials such as mathematical operations, geometric shapes, color cards, etc., are placed on this line. The participating students stand facing each other with their hands behind their backs. The class teacher starts giving commands when the students are ready:

"Where are your hands?" The students respond with "Here are my hands!" and show their hands. Then the teacher says:

"Hands on our noses!" and the students place their hands on their noses.

"Hands on our hair!" and the students place their hands on their hair.

This process continues with commands like "Hands on our ears," "Hands in our mouth," etc. Students must be very quick, and those who are slow or confused are eliminated.

Later, the teacher instructs them to place their hands on one of the materials placed on the line. For example, the teacher shouts, "Hands on the square!" The student who places their hands on the square first wins, and the others are eliminated.

The game continues with all students in the class. The winners continue playing with each other until only one winner remains in the class.

The following rules should be read aloud to the students:

Rules:

 Participants must act as quickly as possible.

 The first participant to touch the named material wins.

 It is important to touch the correct material; touching the wrong material results in elimination.

Attention!

Many materials can be used in this game.

Winning students can be awarded points equal to the number of games they won to determine a winner at the end of a period (weekly, monthly, etc.).