Bring two chairs to the front or center of the class and put them back to back.

Split the class into teams.

Choose or let students volunteer to come sit back to back.

Tell them what the rules are.

The students will say words related to a group of words. For example you can tell them to say animal words or words related to animals.

When the teacher raises the mallet over a student’s head s/he has to say an animal.

When one student says a word, the other student cannot say it. i.e. Students cannot say a word twice in one sitting of the game.

Students cannot wait for more than 4 seconds before saying a word. Shorten the time as you advance in the game.

Every time anyone of the above rules is violated, pretend to give the student a mallet hit on his or her head.

Then replace the student with another student and continue with the game.

Caution: Kids can be delicate; even when using a soft mallet, do not touch their heads.

To start the game sometimes, kids find it fun when you test the mallet by pretending to hit your own head.