NVR-trust games?
Posted by Lenorre on Oct 19, 2007 · Member since Sep 2005 · 77 posts
So, long story short...
I work with young people and need some trust building/team building activities to do with them. I do have some but am looking for others. Anyone at there in the VegWeb World know of any and would like to suggest them? The youngsters that I work with are 11-12.
Cool. Thanks.
Sheep and shepherd is a good one. It can get kind of hectic and stressful, but that's kind of the point. Everyone gets into partners in a big gym. There should be sort of an obstacle course with just a bunch of junk strewn around (jump ropes, stuffed animals, whatever) and each person should have a task like to pick up a ball and drop it into a basket somewhere else. The tricky part is one partner is blindfolded and the other is not. The one who isn't blindfolded stands in one spot and has to help the blind person negotiate the obstacle course. You can either do it with verbal commands or have them make up a code like "2 claps mean walk forward, 3 claps mean bend over." It gets super confusing when there's a ton of people in the gym. Let them get frustrated and work it out- like each person has a signal that lets them know you're talking to them.
That sounds really complicated. ;) But it's not and it's fun. I'll try to think of more and tell you later. Good luck!
another good one is where a person stands ith their arms crossed over their chest, eyes closed and falls backwards (the trick is not to bend the knees or waist--think like a board) and allow one owr more of the other students to stand behnd them and catch them before they land on teh ground....it sounds more risky than it is...Ive never seen soem one dropped but even if they did, they would just be tipping over--you cant get too hurt from that... ::)
An alternate version of VHZ's game is to have everyone stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a circle. One person is in the middle, eyes closed, arms crossed on chest, and allows themselves to "fall back" onto one of the people in the circle, who puts their arms out and pushes them forward, and the person in front of them pushes them, so that the person in the centre is like one of those inflatable toys with a grounded centre. They trust the people in the circle to keep them from falling and keep them in motion.
I was once the person in the middle in an aerobics class and found it so relaxing the teacher stopped the "round" as I was nearly asleep...or perhaps in a trance like state....