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Experiential Learning – What Do We Control?

Group Size: 1 to 50+ Time Needed: 20 minutes Goal: To help participants learn to manage stress and worry in their life Audience: Couples, Parents, Teens, Singles Special Considerations: This activity can be discussed privately among couples/parents as they work on this as a team, or the activity can be done individually depending on the […]

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Experiential Learning – Hands Of Hope

Group Size: Any Time Needed: 15 to 20 minutes Goal: To build group cohesion by sharing common hopes and dreams in relation to children or marriage and help participants focus on what they really want in the long term Audience: Couples, Parents, Teens Special Considerations: This completed exercise can be referred to frequently throughout the […]

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Experiential Learning – Label Game

Group Size: Any (no more than 15 volunteers) Time Needed: 20 minutes Goal: To create awareness of how labels affect people, to understand self-fulfilling prophecy, and to grasp how self esteem is built and destroyed Audience: Couples, Parents, Singles, Teens, Children Special Considerations: Wait until the group has met several times before you complete this […]

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Experiential Learning – Lighten Up

Group Size: 1 to 50+ Time Needed: 15 minutes or more depending on length of discussion Goal: To find balance and promote self care as well to illustrate the importance of asking for help Audience: Parents, Couples, Teens, Children, Singles Special Considerations: Consider the physical capabilities of the volunteer you pick. Resources Needed: Index cards […]

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Experiential Learning – Marbles

Group Size: Any Time Needed: 10 to 20 minutes Goal: To help participants understand that relationships can improve with work and to help them to distinguish between what can and cannot be changed. Audience: Couples, Parents Special Considerations: Participants’ views of the positive things they are able to bring into relationships may not be readily […]

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Experiential Learning – And It All Falls Down

Group Size: Any Time Needed: 5 minutes (discussion times vary) Goal: To discuss the challenges of change and the advantages of both preparing for change and experiencing change at your own pace Audience: Couples, Parents, Teens, Children, Singles Special Considerations: Do this activity before you actually present it to your group to assure that the […]

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Experiential Learning – Beach Ball Resiliency

Group Size: Any Time Needed: 11 to 20 minutes Goal: Discuss self-esteem and resiliency Audience: Couples, Teens, Parents, Children, Singles Special Considerations: None Resources Needed: One inflated beach ball (works well with a large ball) Step-by-Step Instructions Toss the ball and, as the participants take turns catching it, they should say one thing they like […]

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Experiential Learning – Blind Instructions

Group Size: 1 to 50+ Time Needed: 10 to 15 minutes Goal: To illustrate the need for two-way communication and to illustrate that people have different perceptions Audience: Couples, Parents, Singles, Teens, Children Special Considerations: None Resources Needed: One piece of paper for each participant Step-by-Step Instructions The facilitator gives each participant a sheet of […]

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Experiential Learning – Building a Bond

Group Size: Any Time Needed: 10 to 20 minutes Goal: Help participants understand attachment, bonding and how it occurs Audience: Couples, Parents, Teens, Children, Singles Special Considerations: Very powerful, could bring up painful memories. Do not use this activity in your class unless you have had formal training in counseling or a similar field. Resources […]

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Experiential Learning – Communication Train

Group Size: 1 to 50 (8 to 15 participants per train) Time Needed: 10 to 15 minutes Goal: To give participants an opportunity to experience different perceptions in communication Audience: Children, Teens, Couples, Parents, Singles Special Considerations: This activity can also be done with more than one row of people and made into a competition […]

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