Quick Name Game Boosts Fun, Energy & Memory Skills - Peek-A-Who
Quick Name Game Boosts Fun, Energy & Memory Skills - Peek-A-Who is a name learning exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Divide your group into two roughly even teams.
- Drape a large screen or blanket between each team.
- Ask the members of each team to sit at least 2 metres (7′) back from the screen, in a position where their opponents cannot see them from the other side.
- Invite one person from each team to move forward and sit directly in front of and facing the screen.
- Explain that when the screen is dropped to the floor, the two people sitting closest to the screen are challenged to name the other as quickly as possible.
- The first person to correctly name the other wins that person for their team - both people then gather with the winning team.
- Continue playing for several minutes and then try one or more variations.
- Peek-A-Who is a quick name game that transforms name memorisation from a chore into an exciting challenge that keeps everyone engaged and alert.
- It can help participants form stronger connections through shared laughter that reinforces name recognition in a friendly way.
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Ask the members of each team to sit at least 2 metres (7′) back from the screen, in a position where their opponents cannot see them from the other side.
Invite one person from each team to move forward and sit directly in front of and facing the screen.
Explain that when the screen is dropped to the floor, the two people sitting closest to the screen are challenged to name the other as quickly as possible.
The first person to correctly name the other wins that person for their team - both people then gather with the winning team.
Continue playing for several minutes and then try one or more variations.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Quick Name Game Boosts Fun, Energy & Memory Skills - Peek-A-Who. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask the members of each team to sit at least 2 metres (7′) back from the screen, in a position where their opponents cannot see them from the other side.; Invite one person from each team to move forward and sit directly in front of and facing the screen.; Explain that when the screen is dropped to the floor, the two people sitting closest to the screen are challenged to name the other as quickly as possible.; The first person to correctly name the other wins that person for their team - both people then gather with the winning team.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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