Difficulty Medium
Duration 60 minutes
Type of activity Main activities
Season Any
Occasion Any
Suitability Without limits
Locations Indoor
Tools
gym mats or picnic blankets for outdoor seating
Goal
The essence of this activity is to find other way to communicate within the group, using body language and try to keep the game without speaking – to concentrate on other participants expressions.
Intergenerational benefits
Understanding and relationship building
Understanding and relationship building
The activity promotes the understanding and appreciation of the attitudes, opinions, and experiences which different generations bring to the relationships, understanding and avoiding generational stereotypes and fostering tolerance of different lifestyles and an appreciation for cultural heritages, traditions and histories.
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
The activity promotes learning and skill sharing among younger and older generations. It involves the sharing of positive resources that the young and old have to offer each other, especially the experience with novelties of modern times and valuable life lessons as well as cultural and familiar traditions.
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The activity promotes physical and mental well-being. It has a positive impact on the quality of life (feeling of self-worth and a reduction in loneliness and isolation, promotion of physical and cognitive activity).
Personal impact
Personal impact
Developing soft skills (like empathy, confidence, communication abilities, learning skills) and developing their own strengths and talents.
Cognitive skills
Cognitive skills
Supporting mental / brain-based skills we need to do anything from the simplest to the most complex tasks:perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual and spatial processing, executive functions.
Community involvement
Community involvement
The activity increases confidence and involvement within the community. It offers a starting point that could have a positive impact within the community.
Step by Step
- Meeting the seniors and children, either in gym or outside
- Preparation for the activity - explanation of different ways of communication
- Building pairs - 1 senior x 1 child
- Participant are trying to communicate only with body language
- Bringing two pairs together (team of 4)
- Communication in the group, using only body parts (using hands, shaking head, etc.)
- After while, each group can prepare a pantomime play for other contestants to try to guess what is to be pretend.
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