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"The sun shines on everyone who..." is a physical activity that also provides verbal exercise. It needs six players or more and enough space for those players to form a circle. At the start, one player stand stands in the middle of the circle and says: The sun shines on everyone who BLANK". Examples can include utterances like "...likes red shirts" or "...is a Star Wars fan". The players who do like red shirts or are Star Wars fans now switch places and the player in the middle also needs to find a spot in the circle. Therefore, the last player will remain in the middle and the circle continues.
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The target group can vary. It can be played with students in 3rd grade already, provided they know enough basic nouns or verbs and can remember the phrase "The sun shines on everyone who likes BLANK". In higher grades the students can replace the verb "like" with more advanced verbs. Since the game can be played to test new vocabulary, it could be played in any age group. Due to the side effect of getting to know the other players, it can also be played with grown ups. I have played it with grown ups during the Lehramtserstifahrt as a get-to-know-each-other game. It shouldn't take longer than ten minutes with young students because the questions become too repetitive. Older players can take longer as the questions will be more diverse.
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