30 minutes
Learning Objective(s)
- Do what you say, say what you do
- How you are trustworthy in your actions and communication
- Convincing other people of your trustworthiness
- Convincing other people to broaden their physical/mental boundaries (comfort / stretch /panic)
- How much do you trust yourself?
Instructions
Start with a PAC:
- We ask a question and use the rules of a pro-active circle*.
- Talk about the Comfort Circle pre the activity.
- How trustworthy do you think you are
- The group must let us know their answer by a finger shoot.
- One finger is the lowest (I am not trustworthy at all) and five fingers the highest (you can depend on me).
- 3 – 2 – 1 FINGERSHOOT
Part 1: Questions:
- You show a mousetrap and ask: who knows what this is? Group answers.
- We will pass the mousetrap, what do you think, what do you feel if you think about the assignment.
- We will pass the mousetrap now. It is not set to snap shut as yet. – It is inactive
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you when you touched the mousetrap (c/s/p)?
- What was (not) difficult, what did you feel?
Part 2:
We will try again. But now the mousetrap is set to snap shut – watch your fingers!!.
Questions:
- Does your feeling change? Or does it stay the same?
- What do you need from your neighbour to be involved in this practice? (trust, verbal instructions)? – The mousetrap will pass on unbanned
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you experience it?
- What was (not) difficult, how did you feel? (C/S/P)
Part 3:
We will try again. But now we will SET the mousetrap to SNAP and a person will be blindfolded.
Questions:
- Does your feeling change? Or does it stay the same?
- What do you need from the group to make this task succeed? We make sure that this assignment works for everyone. We are sensitive for what happens in the group (do you need to sit next to someone else, do you want to observe, not participate,…). We ask a lot of questions to let them adapt and bring a safe environment. The mousetrap will pass on unbanned and blindfolded.
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you experience it?
- What was (not) difficult, what did you feel?
Part 4:
Before starting: The teacher makes a trail with non set (live) mousetraps on the floor.
- The clients have to stand per two (they can choose freely, or the teacher will choose)
- One of the learners must take off their shoes and be blindfolded
- The other one will guide the person in the mousetrap trail to avoid the mousetraps.
It is important that the pair discusses which role they will play in this task. What they need from each other to feel safe. (Variation: they cannot speak to each other while explaining their needs.
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you experience it?
- What was (not) difficult, what did you feel?
Make a link with trustworthiness. End with a PAC: We’ll ask a question and use the rules of a pro-active circle. * How trustworthy do you think you were during this assignment? The group must let us know their answer by a finger shoot. One finger is the lowest (I am not trustworthy at all) and five fingers the highest (you can depend on me). 3 – 2 – 1 FINGERSHOOT
Instructions
Start with a PAC:
- We ask a question and use the rules of a pro-active circle*.
- Talk about the Comfort Circle pre the activity.
- How trustworthy do you think you are
- The group must let us know their answer by a finger shoot.
- One finger is the lowest (I am not trustworthy at all) and five fingers the highest (you can depend on me).
- 3 – 2 – 1 FINGERSHOOT
Part 1: Questions:
- You show a mousetrap and ask: who knows what this is? Group answers.
- We will pass the mousetrap, what do you think, what do you feel if you think about the assignment.
- We will pass the mousetrap now. It is not set to snap shut as yet. – It is inactive
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you when you touched the mousetrap (c/s/p)?
- What was (not) difficult, what did you feel?
Part 2:
We will try again. But now the mousetrap is set to snap shut – watch your fingers!!.
Questions:
- Does your feeling change? Or does it stay the same?
- What do you need from your neighbour to be involved in this practice? (trust, verbal instructions)? – The mousetrap will pass on unbanned
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you experience it?
- What was (not) difficult, how did you feel? (C/S/P)
Part 3:
We will try again. But now we will SET the mousetrap to SNAP and a person will be blindfolded.
Questions:
- Does your feeling change? Or does it stay the same?
- What do you need from the group to make this task succeed? We make sure that this assignment works for everyone. We are sensitive for what happens in the group (do you need to sit next to someone else, do you want to observe, not participate,…). We ask a lot of questions to let them adapt and bring a safe environment. The mousetrap will pass on unbanned and blindfolded.
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you experience it?
- What was (not) difficult, what did you feel?
Part 4:
Before starting: The teacher makes a trail with non set (live) mousetraps on the floor.
- The clients have to stand per two (they can choose freely, or the teacher will choose)
- One of the learners must take off their shoes and be blindfolded
- The other one will guide the person in the mousetrap trail to avoid the mousetraps.
It is important that the pair discusses which role they will play in this task. What they need from each other to feel safe. (Variation: they cannot speak to each other while explaining their needs.
Reflection:
- How was it?
- How did you experience it?
- What was (not) difficult, what did you feel?
Make a link with trustworthiness. End with a PAC: We’ll ask a question and use the rules of a pro-active circle. * How trustworthy do you think you were during this assignment? The group must let us know their answer by a finger shoot. One finger is the lowest (I am not trustworthy at all) and five fingers the highest (you can depend on me). 3 – 2 – 1 FINGERSHOOT
Assessment Methods
- Was the assignment a success?
- Reflection
Resources needed
- Mousetraps
- Blindfolds
- Other objects for during the parkour
