HUMAN ALPHABET

(TOPIC: INTRODUCTIONS / ICEBREAKERS)

Instructions

FEELING PART OF THE GROUP CAN ENHANCE CONNECTEDNESS. THIS ACTIVITY IS FUN AND REQUIRES STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUCCEED, HELPING THEM TO FEEL PART OF A GROUP.

PUT SOME MUSIC ON AND ASK STUDENTS TO WALK AROUND THE ROOM
EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO RANDOMLY STOP THE MUSIC AND CALL OUT A NUMBER AND WHEN YOU DO THEY NEED TO GET THEMSELVES INTO THE GROUPS OF THE NUMBER YOU HAVE CALLED OUT AND SIT DOWN.
WHEN EVERYONE IS SITTING IN GROUPS CALL OUT A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET (IT DOESN’T MATTER IF NOT ALL STUDENTS FIT INTO THE EXACT NUMBER YOU CALLED OUT SOME GROUPS CANE HAVE ONE MORE OR ONE LESS STUDENT UN THEM).
EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION AND THEIR BODIES TO MAKE THE LETTER OF THE ALPHABET THAT YOU CALL OUT USING THEIR BODIES (ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PART OF THE LETTER AND THE LETTER CAN BE AN UPPER OR LOWER CASE LETTER).
ONCE ALL GROUPS HAVE MADE THEIR LETTER ACKNOWLEDGE ANY GROUPS WHO MADE THE LETTER IN A PARTICULARLY IMAGINATIVE WAY.
BEGIN THE PROCESS AGAIN STARTING WITH STUDENTS WALKING THE AREA TO MUSIC.

DEBRIEF: CONSIDER AT LEAST ONE THING ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY THAT SEEMED TO OR MIGHT HAVE CHALLENGED SOME PEOPLE. DID THEY FIND ANYTHING CHALLENGING ABOUT THE TASK? HOW DID THEY COPE WITH THAT?

ACTIVITIES FOR PASTORAL CARE & WELLBEING CLASSES

All activities have been adapted by Unleashing Personal Potential from www.improvencyclopedia.org, www.reachout.com, www.playmeo.com, www.tom.edu.au, and through years of practice in education. Thanks to the many educators who have contributed to this list of tried and tested activities.

For more activities like this (and much more), check out THRIVE Online Lesson Modules for Pastoral Care and Wellbeing.

HUMAN ALPHABET

(TOPIC: INTRODUCTIONS / ICEBREAKERS)

Instructions

FEELING PART OF THE GROUP CAN ENHANCE CONNECTEDNESS. THIS ACTIVITY IS FUN AND REQUIRES STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUCCEED, HELPING THEM TO FEEL PART OF A GROUP.

PUT SOME MUSIC ON AND ASK STUDENTS TO WALK AROUND THE ROOM

EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO RANDOMLY STOP THE MUSIC AND CALL OUT A NUMBER AND WHEN YOU DO THEY NEED TO GET THEMSELVES INTO THE GROUPS OF THE NUMBER YOU HAVE CALLED OUT AND SIT DOWN.

WHEN EVERYONE IS SITTING IN GROUPS CALL OUT A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET (IT DOESN’T MATTER IF NOT ALL STUDENTS FIT INTO THE EXACT NUMBER YOU CALLED OUT SOME GROUPS CANE HAVE ONE MORE OR ONE LESS STUDENT UN THEM).

EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION AND THEIR BODIES TO MAKE THE LETTER OF THE ALPHABET THAT YOU CALL OUT USING THEIR BODIES (ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PART OF THE LETTER AND THE LETTER CAN BE AN UPPER OR LOWER CASE LETTER).

ONCE ALL GROUPS HAVE MADE THEIR LETTER ACKNOWLEDGE ANY GROUPS WHO MADE THE LETTER IN A PARTICULARLY IMAGINATIVE WAY.

BEGIN THE PROCESS AGAIN STARTING WITH STUDENTS WALKING THE AREA TO MUSIC.

DEBRIEF: CONSIDER AT LEAST ONE THING ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY THAT SEEMED TO OR MIGHT HAVE CHALLENGED SOME PEOPLE. DID THEY FIND ANYTHING CHALLENGING ABOUT THE TASK? HOW DID THEY COPE WITH THAT?