| a) Board Games |
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| Module type: sports | Group size: 12-15 | Duration: 10 minutes |
| Location: gym | Material: workout clothes | Goals: build trust and comprehension of body language |
| Adapted for age: 8-18 | Keywords: sports, trust game, warm-up | Content: sports, general studies, political education |
| Theory:
Children should build up mutual trust in their classmates and become aware of their own body. Further, children should recognize the necessity of togetherness within a community. |
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| Practice:
The participants build groups of three. Always one child stands in the middle between two other participants, who stand in an interval of approximately 1,5 metres from each other. The child in the middle stiffens und lets himself fall either forwards or backwards. The partner catches the child and thereby rescues her/him from falling. |
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| Extension:
Four children line up in a circle and one child is in the middle. All of them have to be attentive, cooperate with the other children and catch the child in the middle. |
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| Evaluation: Can you trust your classmate? Are you afraid of your classmate? |
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| b) Guiding blind |
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| Module type: sports | Group size: 12-15 | Duration: 10 minutes |
| Location: gym, school yard | Material: – | Goals: build trust and learn |
| Adapted for age: 6-18 | Keywords: build trust, trust game, sports, game, togetherness | Subject content: sports, general studies |
| Theory:
Children should build up mutual trust in their classmates and become aware of their own body. Further, children should recognize the necessity of togetherness within a community. Practice: About ¼ of the room is the playing field for the game. Participants build groups of two. The teams scatter in the room, whereby the pairs stand behind each other. The child on the front end closes her/his eyes. The children on the back end has to guide the partner through the room by touching and without speaking (tip right shoulder: go right, tip left shoulder: go left, soft tip in the back: go forward, tip on the head: stop). The teams’ goal is not to touch other “blind” children while doing the exercise. |
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| c) Cross the bridge | ||
| Module type: sports | Group size: 12-15 | Duration: 10 minutes |
| Location: gym | Material: bank (also works with lines on the gym floor) | Goals: build trust and learn mutual considerateness as well as communicating and cooperating |
| Adapted for age: 6-18 | Keywords: build trust, trust game, sports, game, togetherness | Subject content: sports, general studies |
| Theory:
Children should build trust in their schoolmates and become aware of their own body. Further, the children should detect the necessity of togetherness within a community.
Practice: The participants stand on a bank/on the line inside the gym. They should imagine that the space around the bank consists of water and dangerous crocodiles. Now, the participant on the left end of the bank tries to get to the other end without touching the floor. Therefore, she/he repeatedly has to change places with the participant besides. A person who touches the floor is eliminated from the game.
Evaluation: Ask before and after the game: |
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