Shake
This is a great get them up and going icebreaker for any age and lasts about 5 to 10 minutes. You need one leader to stand up in front of the group to control the action. Whatever the leader says and does the group has to repeat it. So the leader starts out by saying, “Shake your foot.”, while shaking his foot. The leader has to do this in a loud crazy voice. Then the group starts shaking their feet saying “Shake, shake; shake, shake your foot.” Then the leader repeats himself and says, “Shake your foot” and the group responds, “Shake, shake; shake, shake your foot.” The leader then says, “Now freeze!” The group freezes where they are at. Then the leader says again, “Shake your foot.” Then the crowd responds by saying, “Shake, shake; shake, shake your foot.”, while shaking their feet. Then the leader adds other body parts. For instance, the leader will say, “Shake your head.” and the group will respond “Shake, shake; shake, shake your head.”, while shaking their heads. This follows the same pattern up top. Then you can add shake your partner also. This really gets them going!