The first student in a row starts counting with one , the next student says two , the next three , etc. The number seven is unlucky, so no one is allowed to say it. Whenever seven should be said, students must say fizz . This includes seventeen, twenty-seven , etc. The pattern should sound like, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, fizz, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, fizz, 18, 19, etc . If the students get very good at that, try adding another forbidden number. That number is buzz . For example, if 3 is buzz , then 37 is buzzfizz . If they can still manage that with ease, make is so that multiples of fizz and buzz are also unlucky. That would result in something like, 1, 2, buzz, 4, 5, buzz, fizz, 8, buzz, 10, 11, buzz, buzz, fizz, buzz, 16, fizz, buzz, etc .