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One-Two-Three
Fun partner energiser to develop focus, laughter & quick reactions.
- Very playful & fun
- Fosters critical thinking
- Invites collaboration
- Partner activity
- No props
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Fun Partner Energiser
This quick and easy energiser creates an atmosphere of laughter and focused concentration through progressively challenging mental and physical actions. One-Two-Three is both a fun partner energiser and a simple counting exercise that quickly builds rapport between pairs. Perfect as a quick warm-up, brain break, or transition activity to boost energy and engagement, it will generate plenty of laughter when mistakes inevitably occur.
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Original post October 2015, last updated December 2025.
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When I do this I talk a lot about adapt to change. At first it is difficult but as you make mistakes you get better at it. Like in life. It is ok to make mistakes. I also add when doing it with a partner when either one makes a mistake we celebrate failure. How ? Jumping around saying ooo ooo ooo like a monkey with our index finger in the air pointing up. It is OK to make mistakes. Embrace and celebrate it, and laugh together. A great game I use it quite a lot.
Totally agree Silvio. Thanks for sharing your experience with this awesome energiser, one of my all-time faves.
thanks mucho for this sylvio. love the framing annnd the additional ‘celebration move’! will incorporate this next time. (“,)
This is a new one for me. I love it! Waiting for a chance to use it.
Mary, you will LOVE this one. A classic partner that I could just imagine the likes of Karl Rohnke pulling out frequently to invite his groups to play and laugh.
finally used this as a synthesis activity – on the last day of a 3 day workshop. first two days had lots of sharing about what participants called ‘mistakes’, or finding opportunities to doing things differently.
so the framing was ‘how do we look at mistakes? what comes up when we or others make mistakes? one of the learning/applications questions was: what are opportunities to help manage these situations?
i thought it worked well – people were laughing harrrrrd, sharing insights, identifying future scenarios. this was one of 4 activities to end the 3-hour afternoon session. (along with group juggle – 3 levels, appreciation/affirmation, gift giving connections [like group juggle with a string])
yeyyyyy!
Terrific stuff JeWElle, I’m so glad you gave this go. It is one of my all-time faves. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely. Simple and amazing.
Fantastically simple! Love the additions to the base exercise too, Mark!