ESM-YA Catalog (Introduction and sequences)

Project ESM-YA under ERASMUS+ YOUTH Application n° 2014-2-ES02-KA205-005432 Session 3 Annex 3 Page 1 European joint approach on Educative tools to improve employability and selfreflection for Sentenced Minors - Young Adults (ESM-YA) Activity name DUMB SHOW Experimenting Context In which Session and action did your activity came in complement Session 3 Annex 3 Non verbal communication Duration of the Activity Max 30 minutes Material Pencil and Paper Method Icebreaker. Group dynamic and Individual Interest of the exercise evaluated by the group [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Brief Summary of Organization How did you manage to add this exercise? Which materials did you need? A funny icebreaker game Players use paper and pen to write down an event or popular person. Facilitators can prepare papers ahead of time. Some examples you might include are: Winning the lottery Meeting a large, aggressive bear in the woods Your boyfriend just broke up with you Arnold Schwarzenegger Put the papers in any box. Have players randomly select a piece of paper and react to the experience using words, gestures, and facial expressions. Players try to guess what happened. Set a time limit for the players to act out their event. You can give a point for each correct guess. You can also vary the game by making players act out their event without talking. This icebreaker can work with any group size and any age.