The Number Game

I took an improvisation class when I was in college. That really has nothing to do with this except that it was in the same building as this other class about play. We learned a bunch of games, but the one that stuck and was easiest for me, especially when I was a sub, was the numbers game.

You have the kids count as high as they can and there are two rules. 1) No two people can say the same number. 2) No one person can say two numbers in a row. 

If they break either of these rules, they have to start over again.

The only thing I caution is that if you do it while they're in a line, they'll catch on pretty quickly that they can just count in order.