Games that get everyone excited without any equipment! A collection of simple ideas everyone can enjoy

Pin Pon Pan Game

A guaranteed hit for break time: the Ping-Pon-Pan game! Play it together with your homeroom teacher!

This “Pin-Pon-Pan” game is simple yet surprisingly tricky.

Starting from the person who says “Pin,” players go clockwise saying “Pon” and “Pan” one by one, and the person who says “Pan” points to someone to say the next “Pin.” Then it continues again clockwise with “Pin,” “Pon,” “Pan.” If anyone other than the “Pan” person points, or if someone goes out of turn, they’re out.

People tend to instinctively point when the “Pan” person points at them—even if it’s their role to say “Pin”—so it’s important to stay calm as you play.

Give it a try when you have a little spare time.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Simple rhythm game

[Simple Rhythm Game] Fun to do on the spot even for toddlers. Also great for practicing jump rope!

Let me introduce a simple rhythm game that can also serve as jump rope practice.

Place a circle on the ground to mark the starting position, and use it as your reference point for jumping.

Follow the caller’s instructions on where to jump.

At first, you’ll get simple commands like “forward,” “right,” and “up,” but as the level increases, combinations like “right-left” or “front-back” get mixed in, testing your reflexes.

The more complex it gets, the more excited kids are likely to be.

It doesn’t take up much space, so give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Gesture Game

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The “gesture game” is a brain-training activity that gets you thinking while moving your arms and legs and using your whole body.

It’s fun for any number of people, from small groups to large ones, so it’s perfect for get-togethers with friends or parties.

It’s also enjoyable to figure out how to convey the prompt to others within the time limit using only gestures.

With a large group, you could split into multiple teams and see which team gets the most correct to decide the winner—that could be fun too.

Give it a try!

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Hamada Takuya

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Without Katakana

Simple and fun! A class-energizing activity: “Katakana-less”

We use katakana for many names in daily life.

Katakana is familiar, but let’s try playing without using it.

First, show items that have katakana names and have people describe them without using katakana.

For example, for “pen,” someone might answer, “something you write with that isn’t a pencil.” It’s a game where you shift your thinking a bit, describe the given topic without using katakana, and have others guess.

If the topic is “game,” you could describe it as “something where you use your fingertips to control characters on the screen.” From there, everyone tries to guess the topic together.

Explaining with your current vocabulary makes for a good brain exercise.

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Nakajima Junko

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Birthday line

[First JO1 × INI Collaboration] With hearts as one. A birthday line everyone connects 🎂

Within the time limit, let’s try lining up in a single row in order of birthdays.

The rule here is that you must not say your exact date of birth.

If everyone clearly knows the others’ birthdates, you can line up smoothly.

But if someone’s is unknown, you’ll have to exchange clues and reason it out as you line up.

It might be tricky to come up with hints that others can understand, like “around the middle of the season.” If you think it through and line up correctly with no mistakes, it should be a big hit.

Having kids from various age groups—not just those born in the same year—will make it both more fun and more challenging.

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Nakajima Junko

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Let’s look for a loooong word

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In the “Let’s Find Long Words” game, the questioner specifies the final letter and asks for long words that end with that letter—in this case, words that end with “n.” The respondents think of and answer with long words ending in “n.” The longer the word, the more impressive it might be.

You could also score one point per character and have the team with the highest score win.

Once everyone gets used to the game, try setting themes like food or animals, or add rules such as not allowing words that have already been used, to make it more fun.

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mayumi

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Clap-Clap Game

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Let’s try a clap-along game that also works as brain training, filling the room with the sound of rhythmic clapping.

The rules are very simple: when the facilitator’s hands come together, participants clap both hands once.

The facilitator can also add fake-out motions, pretending to clap without actually doing it, to make the game more exciting.

Once everyone gets used to it, increase the speed of the claps and keep a steady tempo—this will create a sense of unity among the participants.

Have fun and give it a try!

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mayumi

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