Group arrangement (5 mins)
Goals:This game builds group sensitivity for the topic, concentration and the capacity to relate to the opposite sex.
Guidelines:
Make sure that there is enough space in the classroom, for the learners to walk around freely.
Ask the group to stand by themselves somewhere in the room, with their eyes closed. Make sure that every one keeps their eyes closed during the whole exercise.
Ask the group to rearrange themselves into two groups, the girls on one side and the boys on the other. Tell the learners to walk slowly and carefully. They can call out gently to one another if they are not sure where their group is.
Once all the learners have found their group, ask them to stand still with their eyes closed. Ask the learners to answer this question for themselves:
What do you like about being a girl?
or
What do you like about being a boy?
Give the learners some time to reflect on the question. Ask the learners to open their eyes and round off the exercise by asking questions, such as:
How did it feel to do this task with your eyes closed?
How did you recognise the girls from the boys?
Note:
If you have more time you can do this extended warm up:
Ask the group to stand by themselves somewhere in the room, with their eyes closed. Make sure that every one keeps their eyes closed during the whole exercise.
Ask the group to rearrange themselves into two groups, the girls on one side and the boys on the other. Tell the learners to walk slowly and carefully. They can call out gently to one another if they are not sure where their group is.
Once all the learners have found their group,ask them to sit together with their eyes closed.
Ask the learners to listen to the questions you will be asking them and to respond to them so that the other group can hear them. Ask the learners to allow their group members to get a chance to respond. More than one learner can respond to the same question. Explain to the learners that they should listen carefully and respectfully when the other group is talking.
Questions for the girls:
- What do you like about being a girl?
- What do you find difficult about being a girl?
- What do you like about boys?
- What have we been taught by adults about how girls should behave?
- What would you like boys to understand about what it is like to be a girl?
- What can boys do to make girls’ lives better?
- What do you like about being a boy?
- What do you find difficult about being a boy?
- What do you like about girls?
- What have we been taught by adults about how boys should behave?
- What would you like girls to understand about what it is like to be a boy?
- What can girls do to make boys’ lives better?