Team B builds sculpture the sculpture without showing what he/she built. (4 min.) Team B partners have 4 minutes to follow the Team A on how to partner’s instructions build the structure, only by listening to the directions. partner’s Remove the sheet (or binder) and let the partners compare sculptures. Process Experience (8 min.) Say: Team A, your job will be to build a three-dimensional sculpture out of pipe cleaners in 5 minutes. Team B, get into pairs and answer this question: What is the hardest goal you’ve achieved and how did you achieve it? Allow 4 minutes to pass and give a one-minute warning. Say: Now Team A, your job will be to tell your Team B partner how to build the exact same sculpture (same colors, shape, etc) in 4 minutes! Team B, you may not look at what built. You can only follow their instructions for guidance. they’ve Allow 4 minutes to pass and give a one-minute warning. Then remove the sheet (or binder) so that youth can see each sculptures. other’s Process of Blind Sculpture Activity: (Using the Experiential Learning Cycle) What happened?: What did it feel like to give and receive directions? What was challenging about it? What strategies worked? So What?: Why did these strategies work? Why are these strategies important? Now What?: What strategy did you see here that could be used to achieve big goals? Facilitator knows this story and tells it in his/her own way: Have you ever heard of NY Giants Coach Bill Parcels? He has experience working toward big goals. He led his team to two Super Bowl championships with his belief that even small successes can be extremely powerful in helping people believe in themselves. tell the we what I want to do tomorrow: I He’d Giants: “Today, executed well. But here’s want to see flawless special teams work. If you accomplish that, we will be ready for the game on Sunday.” strategy in to focus on the ultimate goal—getting to the Super “His training camps wasn’t Bowl. He established a clear set of goals within immediate When players reach… achieved them, they started to get it into their heads that they could succeed. They broke
Team B builds sculpture (4 min.) Process Experience (8 min.) the sculpture without showing what he/she built. Team B partners have 4 minutes to follow the Team A partner’s instructions on how to build the structure, only by listening to the partner’s directions. Remove the sheet (or binder) and let the partners compare sculptures. Say: Team A, your job will be to build a three-dimensional sculpture out of pipe cleaners in 5 minutes. Team B, get into pairs and answer this question: What is the hardest goal you’ve achieved and how did you achieve it? Allow 4 minutes to pass and give a one-minute warning. Say: Now Team A, your job will be to tell your Team B partner how to build the exact same sculpture (same colors, shape, etc) in 4 minutes! Team B, you may not look at what they’ve built. You can only follow their instructions for guidance. Allow 4 minutes to pass and give a one-minute warning. Then remove the sheet (or binder) so that youth can see each other’s sculptures. Process of Blind Sculpture Activity: (Using the Experiential Learning Cycle) What happened?: What did it feel like to give and receive directions? What was challenging about it? What strategies worked? So What?: Why did these strategies work? Why are these strategies important? Now What?: What strategy did you see here that could be used to achieve big goals? Facilitator knows this story and tells it in his/her own way: Have you ever heard of NY Giants Coach Bill Parcels? He has experience working toward big goals. He led his team to two Super Bowl championships with his belief that even small successes can be extremely powerful in helping people believe in themselves. He’d tell the Giants: “Today, we executed well. But here’s what I want to do tomorrow: I want to see flawless special teams work. If you accomplish that, we will be ready for the game on Sunday.” “His strategy in training camps wasn’t to focus on the ultimate goal—getting to the Super Bowl. He established a clear set of goals within immediate reach… When players achieved them, they started to get it into their heads that they could succeed. They broke
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