- Everybody in a circle. Start with one person who waves both hands to his/her neighbor, saying ‘Whoosh.’
- The next person passes the Whoosh to his neighbor, and that way the Whoosh is passed around the circle.
- ‘Wow’:and moving both arms down. A Wow changes the direction of the Whoosh.
- ‘Zap’: instead of passing the Whoosh to your neighbor, it gets zapped to the person you point to. The receiver continues with either a Whoosh to his neighbor, or another Zap to another person. A Wow after a Zap returns to the Zapper.
- ‘Ramp’: put your arm over your head at an angle so the “whoosh” skips you and lands on your neighbor who much continue to pass the whoosh.
- ‘Groovelicious’: for this one the whole group bends down and up again all saying Groovelicious. Afterwards, the person who started the Groovelicious sets the Whoosh in motion again, in any direction.
- ‘Freakout’: indicated by waving both hands in the air. Everybody starts screaming and moves to the center of the circle. When everybody’s freaked out a new circle is formed, and the starter of the Freakout sets the Whoosh in motion again (or Zaps, or does a Groovelicious).
Continue whooshing around the circle as quickly as possible. There are other sounds/movements that can be made:
VARIATIONS You can invent other sounds and gestures. You might replace Whoosh by a kind of Vroom-Vroom, as is you’re in a car, and replace Wow by the sounds of brakes (‘iiiii’). ‘Tidal Wave’: A whoosh at floor level which causes people to have to jump and say “Whee,” as the wave passes under them. ‘Eagle’: is like a ‘Freakout’ but everyone flaps their arms like wings to soar across the circle to a new spot. Keep inventing and adding to the list.
