Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: 1 die Purpose: To uncover each other’s values/ priorities/ thinking, as part of getting to know each other better. Overview: To spontaneously come up with quirky responses to unlikely questions. Conduct: Form a circle. Get each participant to throw a die & respond to the statement that corresponds to number on the… Continue reading Wishful Thinking
Tag: 10 – 15 mins
Small Change
Duration: 10 – 15 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level (min: 20) Resources: Post-it pads & markers Purpose: To emphasize that everyone in a team matters, no matter how big or small a role the person has. Overview: To avoid elimination and be the last few persons to remain in the game. Conduct: Divide the group into 2 or 3 smaller… Continue reading Small Change
Bull Test
Duration: 10 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Paper, drawing materials, masking tape Purpose: To get to know each other by discovering some common personality traits. Overview: To enable group members to find out which of them share certain personality traits. Conduct: Each person is given a sheet of paper and drawing materials and told to take 5 minutes… Continue reading Bull Test
Touch the Fox
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: 2 or more Sections Resources: NIL Purpose: To discover how individual proficiency affects teamwork. Overview: To get members of opposing sections to successfully tap the “fox”. Conduct: Facilitator identifies start and finishing lines, about 5 – 10 m apart. Each section identifies a “fox” who will stand at the finishing line, facing away from… Continue reading Touch the Fox
Speed Ball
Duration: 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: 6 tennis-sized balls (or crushed paper) & stop-watch Purpose: To solve a problem as a team, learning the importance of adaptability. Overview: To figure out, as a team, the quickest way to pass, in a specific sequence, a number of balls from hand to hand. Conduct: Participants form a circle. Participants must… Continue reading Speed Ball
Tangled Hands
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To experience group problem-solving and learn how the team functions in executing a task. Overview: To untangle a knot of linked hands, thus forming a full circle. Conduct: Step 1 Divide participants into small groups (4 – 6 people). Form a “tight” circle facing one another. Ask each… Continue reading Tangled Hands
Wallet Game
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To break the ice and get to know each other on a more personal level. Overview: To share 3 personal things about yourself with the rest of the team. Conduct: The team sits in a circle. Facilitator explains the purpose of the activity. Facilitator asks each… Continue reading Wallet Game