Caterpillar Race
1. Form teams of equal size, with 4-6 people on each team.
2. Have students think up a one-syllable name for their team.
3. Line teams up behind a starting line. Each team should create a caterpillar by standing in a single-file
line and placing their hands on the shoulders of the team member in front of them.
4. Teams will race to be the first to cross the finish line, according to the following rules of movement:
- The first person in line hops one step forward.
- Continue down the line one student at a time until the last person has hopped one step forward.
- After the last person hops, he/she must shout the team name.
- Then the whole team may hop one step forward together.
- Repeat this process to move the caterpillar along.
5. Players must keep their hands on the shoulders of the team members in front of them at all times
during the race. Players may move forward by hopping one step forward with both feet at once. If a
team member breaks any of the above rules, the team must return to the start and begin again.
6. The caterpillar that crosses the finish line first wins!
Discussion:
1. How did you Exercise Cooperation during this activity?
2. In this activity you all had to work well together. Do you think it was more important to talk and be a
leader or just listen to others? OR were both skills equally as important?
3. Sometimes we may have really great ideas about how to do an activity, but are hesitant to share. Did
anyone feel this way? If you felt this way and shared your ideas anyway, how did that feel?
4. Is there anything you learned during this activity that might help us work better together as a team here
at school?
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1. Form teams of equal size, with 4-6 people on each team.
2. Have students think up a one-syllable name for their team.
3. Line teams up behind a starting line. Each team should create a caterpillar by standing in a single-file
line and placing their hands on the shoulders of the team member in front of them.
4. Teams will race to be the first to cross the finish line, according to the following rules of movement:
- The first person in line hops one step forward.
- Continue down the line one student at a time until the last person has hopped one step forward.
- After the last person hops, he/she must shout the team name.
- Then the whole team may hop one step forward together.
- Repeat this process to move the caterpillar along.
5. Players must keep their hands on the shoulders of the team members in front of them at all times
during the race. Players may move forward by hopping one step forward with both feet at once. If a
team member breaks any of the above rules, the team must return to the start and begin again.
6. The caterpillar that crosses the finish line first wins!
Discussion:
1. How did you Exercise Cooperation during this activity?
2. In this activity you all had to work well together. Do you think it was more important to talk and be a
leader or just listen to others? OR were both skills equally as important?
3. Sometimes we may have really great ideas about how to do an activity, but are hesitant to share. Did
anyone feel this way? If you felt this way and shared your ideas anyway, how did that feel?
4. Is there anything you learned during this activity that might help us work better together as a team here
at school?
Back to Team-Building Activities