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Zip Zap Zop: a sticker of a yellow lightning bolt next to a pointing hand

Zip Zap Zop

Pass the energy around a circle by pointing and saying zip, zap and zop in order. Say the wrong word or freeze and you're out.

  • Whole class
  • 5 to 10 min
  • Nothing to prepare
  • 2nd to 12th grade
  • Lively
One page with all five steps

How to Play

5 steps
  1. Zip Zap Zop, step 1: Make a circle

    Make a circle

    Everyone stands in a circle, facing in.

  2. Zip Zap Zop, step 2: Send a zip

    Send a zip

    The first player claps, points at someone and says 'Zip!'

  3. Zip Zap Zop, step 3: Zap, then zop

    Zap, then zop

    That player points to someone else and says 'Zap!', and the next one says 'Zop!'

  4. Zip Zap Zop, step 4: Keep the order

    Keep the order

    It always goes zip, zap, zop, then zip again, faster and faster.

  5. Zip Zap Zop, step 5: Out on a slip

    Out on a slip

    The wrong word or a long pause puts you out. The last two win.

Ways to Change It Up

  • No OutsA slip just restarts the chain at zip.
  • Review WordsSwap in a three-word sequence from class, like solid, liquid, gas.

What You Need

No tools needed: Zip Zap Zop takes nothing but the class.

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