Youth Leader Manual - 4-H Ontario

22 4-H ONTARIO | YOUTH LEADER PROJECT | SELECTING ACTIVITIES4. STRETCHERS/ENERGIZERSStretchers/energizers are short activities which you can use to give membersa break in the middle of a long presentation, tour or meeting. These could beanything from actual stretch breaks, to short demonstrations, to moving to adifferent location in the room. It’s important to remember that youth often haveshort attention spans. Stretchers give them a chance to move around, relievetension and start all over again. Try some of the examples of Stretchers forstarters:• Stand A Minute – Ask the group to stand up, and after they think a minutehas elapsed, to sit down. See who the closest is to 60 seconds.• Count Three – Tell the group “When I count to three, everyone stand.”(Count, but count unevenly so that they can’t do it together).• Pencil in Belly Button – Take your imaginary pencil and stick it in yourbelly button with the point facing outward. Now write the numbers from 1to 10. Next write your first name. Finally, write your first and last name asfast as you can and then sit down.