Biggest Fan

It is important to celebrate others in our lives, such as our family members, our friends, and others in our community. It is also important for them to celebrate us and for us to celebrate ourselves! When we encourage other people and feel encouraged by others, it helps us build relationships. Today, we’re going to play a game called Biggest Fan. In this game, we will celebrate our and others’ achievements.

1. Ask everyone to find a partner or assign partners. Each pair of students are going to play a game of rock, paper, scissors.
2. Review the rules of rock, paper, scissors. Make sure everyone is playing the same way, since there are different ways to play the game.
3. Next, have students play rock, paper, scissors in pairs.
4. The winner of each pair will go on to play the winner from another pair. Meanwhile, the person who lost the first game has to cheer for the person they lost to, while their original partner plays the second game. The winners will keep playing each other, and the people who lose will keep cheering for the person they lost to.
5. The very last round will consist of only two people - each with a group of fans, facing off for the last rock, paper, scissors game. The winner of the last round wins the game, and everyone cheers for that person!

• Why is it important to cheer others on and celebrate them?
• Who else would you like to celebrate today and why?

For primary school students:

• Instead of rock, paper, scissors, play with other games which are familiar to students. For example, students can play Tic-Tac-Toe with a partner. Whoever wins the game moves on to the next round.
• Offer students different ways to pair up. For example, take 10 steps forward and find the person who is closest to you, etc.

For students in grades 5-6:

• Brainstorm other ways to celebrate and support the winner. Examples could include writing words of affirmation or saying, “Good job!”
• Challenge students to change up the names of the rock, paper, and scissors which correspond to academic content (e.g., city, region, country). Encourage them to make up their own hand signals for each item and to remember which one beats the others.