Wednesday

Chapter Four – Cooperation: Setting the Stage

Cooperation Issues

Cooperation Activities

Ice Breakers/Acquaintance Activities

• Interview
• Talking Tire
• Categories and lineups
• Season in which they were born.
• Favorite Ice Cream
• Favorite Day of the Week
• Shirt Color
• Eye Color
• Types of pets at home
• Plans for after high school
• Number of siblings
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• Differences and commonalities
• See Ya
• Wampum
• Deinhibitor Activities
• Evolution (Morphing)
• Screaming toes (look down at toes, everyone look up at someone, if they are looking back you scream and high five in the middle and change places in the circle.
• Bumpity, bump bump with animal shapes.
• Have you ever with noodles
• Giants, Wizards and Elves
• Pin the blame
• Shuffle your buns
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• Challenge by Choice Activities
• Growth Circles
• Circles on ground – comfort, growth, panic and have people stand in the circle that best represents how they feel for the following thoughts:  Spiders, singing solo in front of a large group, singing in a choir, bungee jumping, heights, confronting a friend about something they said, snakes,  taking a math test, introducing yourself to someone new, sharing personal information with an acquaintance,

• Full Value Contract Activities
• Play Hard, Play Safe, Play Fair, Have Fun – in groups define what that means and report back to the class.
• The being – trace the outline of someone on the paper.  On the inside of the paper write or draw behaviors that are safe and respectful of others.  On the outside write or draw behaviors that are not safe or respectful of others.
• What do I need, What can I give.  Give everyone two sticky notes.  On one note record what they need to feel safe and respected in class.  On the other note record what they can give to make everyone else feel safe and respected.

Chapter Five – The Cornerstone of Community

Trust Issues and Skills

Trust Activities

• Turnstile – (Discuss the fact that making mistakes is okay).  Jump rope – level 1 Everyone must go through the skip rope without getting hit by the rope.  Level 2 – everyone must go in, jump once and then go through the rope.  Level 3 – everyone must go through and jump in groups of two or three.  Level 4 Same as level 3 but there can’t be a time where there is no one in the rope.
• Tanks – one blindfolded and throwing soft throwables at others.
• Yurt Circle
• Circle Sit
• Airport – one blind, one controller – set up a landing zone and have everyone trying to land and take off
• Ah So Ko
• Compass Walk
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Emotional Self Awareness: Feelings Literacy

 

Behavioral Goal Setting

• River of life – write some goals that you are having problems achieving on a piece of paper.  The paper goes in to the river.  Your partner guides you while you are blindfolded to achieve your goal.
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Low Challenge Ropes Course

• Inside out - webbing circle with everyone inside. Everyone must go under the webbing and get out without using their hands. If they accomplish this, then they have to get back inside the circle without using their hands.
• Finished untying the knot exchange.