Workshop n.4
Friday, December 4th, 10-12 am
AM I EMPATHETIC?
Participants:
11 Kids from kdm
Trainers:
Sara and Sotar, Roy, Mette, Mara, Mia
Goals:
To improve the understanding of empathy and foster authenticity
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Main message:
Knowing our emotions (in order to be able to better know other's emotions).
Objectives:
- to be aware of our feelings
- to learn how thinking can change our feelings
Tools that we will need:
- Projector
- seven sheets, each with the name of an emotion on it (happy, sad, angry, calm, anxious, worried, enthusiastic
- guitar
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Activities:
- Song: The little green frog (fast, slow, loud, soft)
(Team building activity)
(5 min)
- de- briefing on what we did the previous day
(5 min)
- game: Sara plays a music and each of the kids and trainers run to the emotion they feel.
(To develop authenticity and self awareness, and check their mood)
(5 min)
- Roy activities on how our thinking can change our emotions, followed by discussion with the kids
(20 + 20 min)
If needed: - Octopus (or mouse and cat) game
(To release the tension)
(5 min)
- break -
Parachute games:
- making the sea (following the music)
- making a flying cloud (to work on cooperation)
- running exchanging place under the parachute
- make a house
- make a drama on empathy: Sara will play some music and Sotar will tell them a Story invented by him in which they will have to act.
The Story could be a short situation in which they could have experienced empathy while living at kdm or in tue street, or a fantastic Story.
The parachute on the floor could be a house on a tree in the forest, or a boat in the era, or a safe place in the street, or a spacecraft in the space.
Mara could help playing with the kids.
(30 min)
- game of sharing our experience
Each of us will share what she/he felt, liked and disliked during the four workshops.
(15 min)
- circle of compliments
In a circle, each of us, in turn, will be told a compliment by the others.
(10 min)
- greetings
(5 min)
- Musica musica song
(Final song)
(2 min)
