Rain Activity

This Rain activity is a variation of the childhood experience in which a group or class created a thunderstorm by rubbing hands, snapping fingers, patting legs, and stomping feet.

When the action comes back to the facilitator, he/she should begin to snap his/her fingers (alternating right and left hands). Hopefully the group will follow, one at a time, snapping their fingers. (Keep in mind that while some members are beginning to snap their fingers, the last part of the group is still rubbing their hands together.) When the action comes back to the facilitator, he/she begins to pat his/her thighs in an alternating right-and-left hand movement. For the next round, the facilitator begins to stomp his/her feet; next, he/she pats his/her thighs again; then the facilitator snaps his/her fingers. On the final round he/she stops all action. When he/she stops, the individual group members should stop as they hear the members on their right stop. If this is done correctly it will sound like a thunderstorm. Process with the group how difficult it is to just listen to the person on their right and not jump ahead to the action they hear with the rest of the group. The facilitator should notice and confront those who could not follow the activity.