LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA 5•
ACTIVITY FIVE
Celebrities- Make a list of famous people that the children would know. There should be as many names as
there are children. Pictures of celebrities can be used if children cannot read or write. - If the facilitator knows the group well, s/he could match the characteristics of the famous person
to that of a child. If this is done, the facilitator must point out the connection that s/he sees
between the celebrity and that particular child. The facilitator could also choose a theme such as
leaders, well-known personalities, singers or sports personalities. - The famous person’s name is tacked onto the back of the child so s/he cannot see it. Encourage
the children to walk around and ask questions to others who must answer in only yes or no. No
other hints can be given. - The exercise is complete when almost all of the children have found out who they are.
Review
This is a good exercise to introduce the method of data collection or survey to the children
because these are often recommended in later modules in the Linking Learning to Life activities.
Some questions for review could be:- Which questions were more useful?
- How did different children ask questions? What did that tell you about the child?
- Were non-verbal clues useful?
Experience from the field
The facilitator conducted a practice session with the younger children so that they understood how to
ask questions.ACTIVITY SIX
Find Out- A volunteer is asked to leave the room. The child who has volunteered needs to think of five
questions to which the group will answer yes or no to identify one person in the group. - The children decide who will be the one who should be identified when the volunteer is out of the room.
- The volunteer returns and asks the five questions and then guesses who the child is. The
volunteer gets three guesses. If he or she cannot guess the right answer, the identity is revealed
and a new round begins.