101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

140 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving

28. Noun Action

Background

Words, like people, can assume many different faces. Depending on our moods, we can

communicate a variety of feelings and behaviors. Yet no matter how many faces we show

or how many emotions we express, we still are the same people.

In a similar way, the same basic word can communicate different meanings depend-

ing on how it is used and in what form. Nouns can become verbs and vice versa. It all

depends on how you use them.

You can take advantage of this versatility of words to help generate ideas. Specifically,

you can experiment with different noun and verb relationships and see what ideas

emerge.

Objectives

• To help participants generate as many creative ideas as possible


• To help participants learn how to use the activities to generate ideas

Participants

Small groups of four to seven people each

Materials, Supplies, and Equipment

• For each group: markers, two flip charts, and masking tape for posting flip-chart
  sheets


• For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots
  (^1 ⁄ 2 ” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-it®Notes.

Handout

• Noun Action Handout

Time

20 minutes

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