Family Fued for Trainers

It is always easier to learn something if you are having fun while you learn. For Trainers, Teachers, and Presenters, games can lighten up any learning environment and help you to reach and engage the group. If participants are having fun, they will learn more. Family Feud is really fun and can be altered to fit both the type of group you are teaching and the topic you want them to learn all about.

Family Fued!
Just like the popular TV show, but for a group session. You come up with ten questions that relate to the topic you will be discussing. Write down several possible answers to each question. Give each of those answers a number of points so that all the answers together total 100 points. This replaces the need to find a group of people to survey.

Divide your group into two teams. Have each team send one person forward. If you don't have a buzzer or bell have them tug your sleeve as soon as they have an answer so you will know who is first. Ask your first question. If one of them tugs your sleeve they get to go first and try to answer your question. If they give an answer that is on your list the associated points go up on the board. That team also gets to decide whether they will give the other team the chance to guess the rest of the answers or they will take it first.

Whichever team goes first you go down the line and ask the next person to guess at one of the other answers for that question. If they get it wrong it’s one strike. If they get it right the points associated with their answer get added to the board. Three strikes and that team is out and the other team gets one try at stealing all the points by giving just one right answer. They can discuss it among themselves.

The first team to gather 300 points wins the game. This game teaches them to work together in decision-making like choosing each different person they will send forward to grab the points. Which answer they can agree on is also decided on through teamwork. This game is so fun! It does require a bit of prep work but it will be totally worth it when they're finished. They will have a few laughs and learn along the way!