Juggling Life
Target Themes: Safe space, All Together,
Supplies: Balloons, markers
Prepare about 10-15 balloons of different sizes and varying colors. Write common tasks or important aspects of a student’s life on the balloons (one task per balloon). The larger balloons should represent things that are most important in life (ex. the balloon with “eating” on it would be significantly larger than the “Facebook” balloon) and the smaller ones should represent the non-essentials. Gather students in a large circle. The game starts with the facilitator introducing a balloon or two at a time (starting with the most important). The point of the game is for all of the students in the circle to work together to keep the balloons off of the ground. Once a balloon hits the ground, it is out of play. The game is over once the most important balloon hits the ground or time is called.
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Supplies: Balloons, markers
Prepare about 10-15 balloons of different sizes and varying colors. Write common tasks or important aspects of a student’s life on the balloons (one task per balloon). The larger balloons should represent things that are most important in life (ex. the balloon with “eating” on it would be significantly larger than the “Facebook” balloon) and the smaller ones should represent the non-essentials. Gather students in a large circle. The game starts with the facilitator introducing a balloon or two at a time (starting with the most important). The point of the game is for all of the students in the circle to work together to keep the balloons off of the ground. Once a balloon hits the ground, it is out of play. The game is over once the most important balloon hits the ground or time is called.
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