LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA• 37
11.Fruit salad (divide into a group and teamwork)
Children sit in chairs around a circle. The names
of five fruits are called out one by one by the
children. Then the next five repeat the names.
Ask the children to remember their names. A
volunteer stands in the center. When the name
of a fruit is called out, those children must
change chairs with others having the same fruit
name. The volunteer in the center will try to get a
chair. One person will be left out, and the name
of another fruit is called out. This continues.
When one calls out ‘Fruit Salad,’ everyone has to
change seats. The fruit name groups can then
become a group for an activity.
12.Touch something (energize)
Ask everyone to stand up. Explain that you will
call out to everyone to find something blue
around him or her and that they should touch it.
This could be someone’s blue shirt or scarf or a
picture. Then call out, touch something green and
everyone touches a green object. Other call outs
are ‘touch your toes’ or touch the tree over there.’
13.Fishbowl (problem-solving)
Children make an inner and an outer circle with
partners facing each other. Children in the inner
circle think of a problem and ask their partner in
the outer circle for a solution. The partner gives
advice. Then everyone moves one place to the
left. The children with problems again ask the
question to the next person and get a
suggestion. The game continues. The inner and
outer circles then change places.14.Who is the leader? (observation)
One person volunteers to go out of the room.
The children sit in a circle and select a leader
who will start a rhythmic activity such as clapping
hands, stamping the feet, snapping the fingers.
The volunteer is called back into the room and
watches the group trying to find out the leader.
The leader will change the rhythm exercise and
the rest must follow or else he or she will be
‘found out’ by the volunteer. If the volunteer
finds the leader, the leader goes out of the room
and the volunteer takes his or her place. The
group selects a new leader.15.Relaxation
Children can sit in a relaxed way or lie down. They
must close their eyes. First ask them to tense
their whole body and then relax. Then say each
body part and make each tense and then relax.
Tense your shoulders, now relax and so on with
legs, thighs, feet, hands, arms, neck, face, back,
stomach and so on. Then say relax your whole
body until you feel it is weightless. Leave the
children for a few minutes and then ask them to
gently open their eyes.