Nick Nack

Nick Nack

Non-Active, Circle

Time - Short (5-10 minutes)

Group Size - Small to medium. Works well as a rotation

Equipment Needed - Objects to be nicks and nacks

Choose two small ordinary objects. Designate one as the nick and the other as the nack. 

Sit the group down in a circle. The leader begins to hand the Nick to the person on their right, saying, “This is a Nick.”

The person receiving responds, “A what?”

The leader confirms, “A Nick.”

The person receiving the Nick takes it and says, “Thank you.”

The person then begins to pass it to the next person, saying, “This is a Nick.”

The next person responds, “A what?”

The person holding the Nick then also wants to know what they are holding and also says “A what?”

The leader confirms, “A Nick.”

And the person holding the Nick confirms to the next person, “A Nick.”

The person receiving the Nick takes it and says, “Thank you.”

The game continues in a likewise manner, with “A what?” always travelling back to the leader, and “A Nick,” returning to the person holding it. Eventually, the Nick will make it the whole way around the circle, back to the leader.

Playing with the Nick on its own is a good way to get kids familiar with the pattern and the phrases. When they seem comfortable with how the game works, start a second round, but after sending the Nick to the left, send the Nack to the right, with the goal of getting both around the circle while still using the pattern.