i did this at theater camp:

sit in a circle and start with someone and they will say about a sentence and then go to the next person and they add to it, and keep going. you might actually make a cute little skit to do in a show that they could be proud of writing.

you can also do the same sort of thing where they only say one word but they have to connect, like “hair-ball-game” or “orange-soda-can”

hope this helps =) good luck.

This is my favorite thing to do!!!!! I have tons. I’ll give you a couple.
Wah- if you haven’t heard of it, basically, one person starts with the “wah”, which is just a thing that you “catch” with both hands. When one person has the wah, they throw it to someone else while saying the word, “wah”, and the person catches it and says “wah”. The two people beside the one who just caught it both fake karate-chop the catcher while saying the word “wah”. The game continues. it’s a BLAST once everyone gets it.
Zip, Zap, Boing- everyone gets into the rhythm of the game by passing the surge around the circle. There are three gestures to pass the surge: zip goes right or left, zap points across the circle and the surge continues there, or boing, which resists the surge. You use your hands to do so, while saying the correct words “zip, zap, and boing.”
Six Line Script- everyone has a piece of paper. On their paper, each person writes the numbers 1 and 2 alternating three each until there are six lines. Everyone in the circle writes down a “line” (this can be anything in the world that comes to mind) in the first space (1), and folds over the top. The circle passes it to the left and continue to write in each space while folding over their line until all of the lines are filled.
Each person should have a “script”. Put them into pairs or groups and tell them that they have five minutes to pick between their two scripts and create a scenario where they can be used. Then, they all perform! It’s a hilarious exercise, and when we did it, we all got a total kick out of it. Our teacher made us switch groups and brought our time to a shorter and shorter amount until we had thirty seconds, and it was insane! Your kids will really love this one, I guarantee it.
Try some tongue twisters as well. Here are a few of my personal favorites:
“I have a can opener that can open any can that a can opener can. If my can opener can’t open any can that a can opener can, it can’t be a can opener, can it?”
Articulatory Agility:
“Articulatory agility is developing the ability to effortlessly and believably utter clearly the most conceivably convoluted consonant combos in the world. Flexible lips and strengthened tongue tips are needed to toss off Cowardian quips. And who can dispute a relaxed lower jaw for spewing forth a torrent of Shaw? It takes superlative diction to theatrically mumble and clearly be misunderstood in the jumble. Be it couplets or prose, be it “dese, dem, or dose”, from Shakespeare to Simon, from Moliere to Mamet, it simply won’t do if they don’t understand it!”
(you may have to read this line by line, but it’s a great warm-up.)
Theater teachers also share their ideas online, so take a look around for a minute or two and pick what you like. These will get you started.
Hope I helped!

Trust falls are always good.

Also passing the pulse/clap.

For the pulse, have them all hold hands in a circle, and you start. Squeeze someone’s hand, and have them squeeze the next person’s hand as SOON as they receive the “pulse.”

Eventually it gets so fast that as soon as you send the pulse you recieve it again.

Same thing with the clap, only you clap instead of hold hands.

the FARMER IN THE DELL has always been a favorite for kids of all ages (what’s a dell anyway?)

You could do a song circle, where one person starts singing a short wordless musical phrase (something easy to sing, with a breath built in). Then the next person adds something that goes with that, either musical or rhythm, and each person in the circle adds something.

After everybody’s singing, the first person does their phrase one more time, then stops (and indicates that by putting their hand over their mouth). The next person, one more time, hand over mouth, so on and so on until you get to the last person.

This works best in groups of under 20 or so.

You could do an improvised dance. Start the music, and one person goes in front of the group and starts a short dance phrase that they repeat over and over until everybody gets it. Someone else can come up and start something new. They can stay in one place, or travel a little bit.

And here’s a very cacophonous, very active game called Enemy Defender. The main rule is: DON’T RUN.

Each person in the group individually and secretly selects someone gives them the name Defender. Then each person secretly selects another person and gives them the name Enemy. Their task is to make sure that their Defender is always in between them and their Enemy. Say go!

Instant madness ensues, and people will start running. Keep reminding them of the Rule. Do it a couple of times (with new Enemy and new Defender).

ok you could play like sherades or like a drama club game or something..

We played this cool game in drama called “park bench”, where pretty much, you (the teacher) sits on a bench. Then, one person sits by you and does something to make you get off (like “dig” their nose, or make a move on you, or something like that). Then once you are off, the kid slides over, and lets another kid do the same. Repeat that until everyone has gone (or you can even do more rounds if you have time). It is a quick game but it is really fun to see what the kids come up with. It doesn’t really help with teambuilding, but it is good practice for getting them used to acting on stage in a comfortable way.

Good luck, and have fun!

Do charades exept they have to act out a scene of a movie and the kids have to guess the movie
they can talk though too