First+Day+Activities


 * Magic Carpet Game:** Split into teams of 8 to 12 people. Each team will be given a large piece of paper, towel, or rugas a magic carpet and all team members will be standing on it. You start out the game by telling teams the following: You are on a magic carpet, thousands of feet up in the sky. But you're not going anywhere because your carpet is upside down. The object is to flip the carpet back upright without anyone falling off into the abyss. You can use your hands.


 * Characteristic Game:** This game works best for groups that know each other reasonably well. Sit in a circle and give everyone a piece of paper and pen. Each person should write their name at the top of the piece of paper, then pass it to the person on their left. Each person then writes one or two (or more) positive characteristics about the person who's name is at the top of the paper. After 30-60 seconds, everyone passes the pieces of paper around to their left again. This continues until everyone has written on everyone else's paper.


 * Human Knot:** Everyone stands in a close circle - puts both hands out - and randomly grabs hold of someone else's hand, creating a massive knot! Without letting go of hands, the group should try to untangle itself...

Examples of criteria to **evenly** divide/classify the team according to -
 * Classification Game:** This is a simple exercise requiring no equipment or materials preparation, for groups of any size and age. Split large groups into teams of six to ten people. Instruction to group/teams:We all tend to classify and stereotype each other. Usually this sort of classification is subjective, unhelpfully judgemental, and sometimes of course it's unfair to the point of being illegal discrimination. Discuss/introduce yourselves in your team(s). Discover a way to divide or classify yourselves **evenly** into two/three/four subgroups within your team(s) by using criteria (ways of classifiying/describing people) which contain no negative or prejudicial or good/bad discriminatory judgements.
 * late-night people and early-morning people, or
 * what sort of weather we like, or
 * what sort of food we like, or
 * what we like to do for fun, or
 * our fears, or
 * what we would change in the world..

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