Time: 3–5 minutes
Preparation: None. Just space for students to stand and flail arms
This simple activity gets everyone moving, laughing, and thinking quickly. The objective is to be the last person standing.
Here’s how it works:
- Introduce the game.
Tell students you are the Big Cheese and their goal is to beat you and be the last person standing. - Teach the three cheese movements:
• String Cheese: Wave arms up and down in front of you.
• Smelly Cheese: Waft hand in front of nose like something stinks.
• Round Cheese: Lift arms overhead and make a big “cheese wheel” circle. - Start a round.
Have everyone stand up. Explain you will count down “3–2–1-Go!” and then on “Go” everyone (teacher and students) performs a cheese movement of their choice at the same time. - Eliminate matches.
Anyone who did the same movement as the Big Cheese (you) sits down. - Repeat rounds until one person is left standing.
In the final round, the Big Cheese and the last person standing square off to see who is the true Big Cheese. If the last person standing matches Big Cheese’s movement they lose, if not, the last person standing wins. - Play again or save the winner to start as the Big Cheese next time.
-Edtomorrow Team