Thumb BallCreateYourOwn Thumball™
Contents:
1 Create-Your-Own
Thumball with 30 blank panels
1 Black Fine-tip Permanent Marker
Throw it. Catch it. Respond to the panel under your thumb.
One of the best group experiences around!
Get people of all ages learning, talking & sharing.
For conversation starters, icebreakers, energizers, team building, lesson reinforcement and more! Customize
Thumball’s blank panels to create an experience of shared communication and learning.
Everybody loves
Thumballs – trainers, teachers, facilitators, counselors, parents, kids, event planners, team leaders, managers, doctors, lawyers, bankers, senators, engineers, artists, athletes, even astronauts*.
*Astronauts may need to spin the
Thumball instead of tossing it.
Make the most of your customized
Thumball™
1. Plan before your write! You have 30 panels to fill (10 blue; 20 silver). The two pre-printed panels on the top and bottom say “You Choose,” allowing players to respond to any panel on the ball.
2. Practice your writing! Be sure your handwriting is big, bold and legible.
3. Fill all the spaces! Write in vocabulary words, questions, key words and more.
If you still have empty spaces, consider one or more of these ideas:
• Repetition is good (it’s okay to put the same words on two panels – simply let players know that they need to build upon a previous answer).
• “Pass to the right” – player passes the ball to the person directly to the right.• “Stump the Teacher” – player chooses which panel the facilitator must answer.
• “Toss Again” – player tosses ball up and re-catches it.
• “Share 5” or “Group Share”– player gets topic from facilitator and 5 or more players must all offer answers.
• “Thumb-Nail it” – player shares favorite learning point on the topic.
Ways to Play
Thumball
For all
Thumball Designs, 4 Initial Ways to React:
1. Respond to the panel under your thumb by answering for yourself.
2. Respond by asking another player to answer.
3. Predict the answer another player would give.
4. Once a group has played together several times you can add the challenge of recalling an answer provided by another player on a previous day.
For More
Thumball Fun
•Roll, pass, toss, or kick
Thumball™ among players.
•Circulate Thumball™ clockwise, counterclockwise or random direction.
•Specify right thumb, left thumb or the finger of your choice to play the game.
•Players can respond to the space themselves or ask another player to respond. Select time limits for responses and length of game.
•To add competition, players can earn and/or lose points for each response.
Set of three.