A New Take on an Old Favorite! The Memory Game!

Trainers and students will have fun with this Memory Game. You will verbally present four questions to your students. You may choose to ask the questions consecutively and then begin the "memory" time or you may pause between questions and have the "memory" time following each question. This game is appropriate for any new group in the ‘getting-to-know-each-other’ phase.

To begin, decide which format (from above) of the game will be played. Each student will need one sheet of paper and pen. Instruct students NOT to write names or other identifying marks on the paper. Next, ask the following questions, one at a time, until all students have answered: (1) What is the strangest thing a customer has ever said to you? (2) What is your most unusual talent? (3) If you had to pick one adjective to describe you, what would it be? (4) What Country, State, City are you from?

Go around the room and have each student share their answers with the group aloud. Encourage respectful chatter, laughter, and a light tone. Make sure every student has a turn to share his or her answers out loud.

There are two ways to end the game. One: gather all papers, mix them up and draw one out at a time. Call out the answers and see if students can call out the correct person to whom the answers belong. Two: Post papers along the whiteboard and have students write their guess on each papers. Give them until the end of the day to put names on every paper. For example, let’s say Robert thinks a particular set of answers belongs to Jane. He would write something like, “This paper belongs to Jane by Robert.”

Right before breaking for the day’s session, quickly call out how many and who voted on each paper, have the owner identify him/herself and move on to the next until all students have identified their paper.

For the finale, see which student had the most correct answers and pass out a treat to one or all! Have fun!

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