Session # 22
Attended by: 7 particpants
Report written by: Fatima Salman
In this session, we played many different games. First we
played the obstacle game, the same one that we played in the previous session. Then we discussed what we had learnt from this
game. After that we were given a long piece of rope. Everyone had to hold the
rope. There was a triangle drawn on the board, and we had to form the triangle with
each person holding the rope. The challenge was that we weren’t allowed to
speak to each other. We had to communicate using sign language, or actions. It
wasn’t that hard though. Then we had to make another shape. The purpose of this
game was to see how people communicate without speaking.
Then, we all were given a piece of paper. We were given
instructions about what to do on that paper. Here are the instructions the way
they were given:
1.
Put the paper in a landscape position.
2.
Draw a line on the center of the page from the
top to bottom.
3.
(There were now two parts of the paper.) Draw a
square in both parts.
4.
Draw a triangle on top of one of the squares.
Now came the interesting part. We all were following the
instructions very carefully until now. When we had drawn the triangle, we were
asked: On which square did you draw the triangle? The one on the left, or the one
on the right? It wasn’t mentioned that on which square we had to draw a
triangle.
This was just a game, but it showed us that whenever we are
given instructions, we have to make sure that we know exactly what is wanted
from us. Then the instructions continued.
5.
Give the square on which you have drawn a
triangle, the look of a house.
6.
In the other square, draw three circles.
7.
Give the three circles the look of a happy face.
The completed work was really interesting. Each person’s
work was unique and showed that everyone perceived instructions in different
ways. I will post the work on the blog soon.
The last activity was very different and unique. It tells you a lot that different people will perceive information in a different manner, based on their experiences. This is definitely a good club -- helps children to really start thinking . Excellent!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love the idea of the second activity! It's true that different people do things in their own unique way. Like different handwriting, different way of drawing things (such as a smiley face in this activity), etc. :D I'm looking forward to seeing the work!
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