Clationary

Purpose: Enhance participant’s ability to communicate and problem solve as a group.

Materials:

1. Play Dough – enough for every 4-6 people

Activity: Provide a small container of Play Dough to each group of 4-6 people. Each small group chooses someone to start out as the modeler. The group facilitator provides the group modelers with a topic. The modelers race back to their groups and sculpt the word or phrase. The sculptures are not allowed to talk. Each group is sculpting the same topic simultaneously. The first team to shout the correct answer wins that round. Round 2 begins when another topic is given to the 2^nd modeler from each group.

Variation: make the activity to become a group challenge to see how long it takes for all of the groups to guess the answer

Processing:

1. What did you observe while participating in this activity?

2. What strategies did you use to accomplish this activity?

3. How did you feel when you were the modeler?

4. How did you feel when you were a guesser?

5. How did your group work together?

6. Were there any strategies used to help assist your team?

7. How did anyone or your team work through frustration?

8. What implications does this activity have for life?

Resource: MPS Ropes & Challenge Education Curriculum