Exercise “Tower of Babel. Children's team building training

This exercise can have several purposes and, accordingly, be used in different trainings. On the one hand, it will be very useful and informative during project management training. With this help, participants will be able to consider various levels of planning, develop the ability to effectively plan the work of a group, develop strategy, tactics and operational management. In this vein, the exercise is described, for example, in Elena Valerievna Ivanova’s book “Training for Change Management in an Organization”39. On the other hand, the exercise allows you to easily identify the leader of the group, track his effectiveness and style of solving assigned tasks. On the third hand, and this is the most interesting for us, this exercise fits perfectly into team building training. The exercise helps develop teamwork skills, delegation and distribution of responsibilities, and it also reflects the behavior style of each team member.

To carry out the exercise, you will need about one hour and three packs of paper, one hundred A4 sheets each. Before starting the exercise, the whole group is divided into three subgroups. Subgroups are formed according to the principle “Who I communicated and interacted with the least.” Each subgroup is given a pack of paper and voiced next instruction: “Imagine that you find yourself in ancient city Babylon. You have come from different parts of the world to solve one very important, but at the same time very difficult problem. You need to build the Tower of Babel - a tower that will be taller than all other buildings in the world. And of course, as you remember, during the construction process you cannot talk to each other. The winner will be the team that builds the most high tower, and this tower, when completed, must stand for at least one minute.”

First, participants are given 20 minutes to discuss their plan of action and try to find options for the most sustainable paper structures. It is possible to make something out of paper, but before the start of construction there should not be any blanks, that is, all sheets are brought back to their original form. Then, for 20 minutes, the teams silently build their towers. At the signal from the leader, the work begins

falls, and the towers stand the test of time. From those structures that were able to stand for one minute,

is the highest. The winning team is awarded the title of the best urban planners in the world.

“Advanced” teams can be offered a more complex version of the game - participants are prohibited from talking not only during the construction process, but also during preparatory stage during planning and strategy development.

After loud applause for the winning team, the facilitator should lead a discussion about teamwork. It is important to raise the following questions: ?

How comfortable and confident did the participants feel during construction, what feelings did they have? ?

At the preparatory stage, was it possible to come to a general strategy for solving the problem, distribute responsibilities, and plan the work? ?

Was it possible to implement the chosen strategy? ?

How were the roles distributed on the team? ?

What conclusions can be drawn from the work done, can anything be transferred to your practical activities, to real interaction within the team?

Unity training"Our common life"

Purpose of the training: group unity and building effective team interaction.

“Cohesion is an opportunity for a team to become one to achieve specific goals and objectives. You have common goals– studying at this technical school, receiving good education, excellent diploma! And in order to more effectively achieve these goals, you all need support, and you can get it in your group! After all, only a close-knit team achieves many peaks and victories!”

Training objectives:

1. formation of a favorable psychological climate in the group;

2. finding similarities among group members to improve interaction between them;

3. initial diagnosis of the psychological atmosphere in the group;

4. each participant’s awareness of his role and functions in the group;

5. development of the ability to work in a team;

6. group cohesion.

This training session was held in the technical school dormitory. 18 people took part in it.

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Unity training"Our common life"

Purpose of the training : group unity and building effective team interaction.

“Cohesion is an opportunity for a team to become one to achieve specific goals and objectives. You have common goals - studying at this technical school, getting a good education, an excellent diploma! And in order to more effectively achieve these goals, you all need support, and you can get it in your group! After all, only a close-knit team achieves many peaks and victories!”

Training objectives:

1. formation of a favorable psychological climate in the group;
2. finding similarities among group members to improve interaction between them;
3. initial diagnosis of the psychological atmosphere in the group;
4. awareness by each participant of his role and functions in the group;
5. developing the ability to work in a team;
6. group cohesion.

Training phases:

1. Introductory phase

Purpose of the phase: Acquaintance with the facilitator, as well as the goals of the training, the rules of work in the group.

"Group rules"

Time: 2 minutes.

Resources : Whatman paper with already written rules.

1. Be active.
2. Listen to each other without interrupting.
3. Speak only on your own behalf.
4. If the information is addressed to someone specifically, then contact this person directly, rather than talking about him in the third person
5. Do not distribute or discuss outside the training what happens in class
6. Avoid criticism when performing exercises; if there is a need to criticize something, wait for a discussion
7. In case of unwillingness to perform any exercise, the participant has the right to refuse without explaining the reason for this, but he must publicly declare his refusal.

Required materials: sheet with rules.

2. Contact phase

Purpose of the phase : Establishing a favorable psychological climate in the group, warming up.

Exercise “Fun Counting”

Target : relieving the internal tension of the participants, uniting the group by jointly and simultaneously performing the exercise.

Progress of the exercise : The leader names a number not exceeding the number of people in the group. The named number of participants stands up. In performing the exercise, it is necessary to achieve synchronicity; participants should not deliberate.

: the exercise allows participants to feel the other, understand his thoughts in order to more effectively complete the task.

Discussion : Why couldn’t you complete the task at first? What helped you complete the task?

Time: 5-7 minutes.

3. Labilization phase

Purpose of the phase : Formation of an active working attitude, diagnosis of the psychological atmosphere in the group.

Name of exercises: « Tower of Babel", "Search for similarities", "Let's line up"

Exercise “Tower of Babel”

Time: 15 minutes.

Resources : colored markers, Whatman paper, individual tasks prepared in advance.

Progress of the exercise : Participants are divided into 3 teams. 7 people each. Each team member is given an individual task. Individual tasks: written briefly on separate sheets, each sheet is strictly confidential for one participant. For example, “The tower must have 10 floors” - a piece of paper with such an inscription is given to one training participant, he has no right to show it to anyone, he is obliged to make sure that the tower drawn together has exactly 10 floors! The second task: “The whole tower has a brown outline” is a task for the next participant. “A blue flag is flying above the tower”, “There are only 6 windows in the tower”, etc.Participants are prohibited from talking or using their voice in any way.

It is necessary to draw the Tower of Babel together. Execution time is limited (5-7 minutes).

Psychological meaning of the exercise: During the exercise, participants learn to coordinate their actions and interact as a team. Nonverbal communication skills develop.

Discussion : Was it difficult to complete the task? What did you find most difficult? Was the group interaction successful? Why?

Exercise “Search for similarities”

Target : Uniting a group by finding similarities among its members.

Time: 20 minutes.

Resources : cards with pictures of animals, sheets of paper.

Progress of the exercise : Each team must write on the sheet the similarities (first team) and differences (second team) in their group.

The team that writes the most similarities or differences within a certain time wins. The number of named similarities and their quality are taken into account.

Psychological meaning of the exercise: The exercise effectively works to unite the group, as participants begin to look more closely at each other and discover that there are much more similarities between them than they previously thought.

Discussion : Try to lead participants to the idea that, although they are all so different, there are much more similarities between them than might seem at first glance.

Exercise “Let’s line up”

Target : learning the ability to distribute roles in a team, compare oneself with another participant based on similar characteristics.

Time: 10 minutes.

Progress of the exercise : “Now we’ll see how your common features manifest themselves in each of you individually!” The participants’ task is to line up in one line according to their height. At the same time, you cannot talk. Then the task becomes more complicated - they need to line up by date and month of birth, by the length of their hair, by the distance of their place of residence from the technical school, by the colors of the rainbow in their clothes.

Psychological meaning of the exercise: Participants get to know each other better and learn how to interact effectively as a team.

Discussion : Was it difficult for you to do this exercise? Why? What role have you chosen for yourself? Which execution strategy was most effective?

Time: 20-25 minutes.

4. Training phase

Purpose of the phase : Practicing and mastering skills leading to group unity, developing the ability to interact in a team, finding commonality between participants.

Name of exercises: “Who is faster”, “Home”

Exercise “Who is faster?”

Target : team building.

Time: 10 minutes.

Progress of the exercise : The group must quickly, without words, build, using all the players on the team, the following figures:

1. square;
2. triangle;
3. rhombus;
4. letter;
5. school of birds.

Psychological meaning of the exercise: coordination of joint actions, distribution of roles in the group.

Discussion : Was it difficult to complete the task? What helped in doing it?

Exercise "Home"

Target : awareness of one’s role in the group, style of behavior.

Time: 15 minutes.

Resources: chairs.

Progress of the exercise : Participants are divided into 2 teams. The presenter gives instructions: “Each team should become a full-fledged house! Each person must choose who he will be in this house - a door, a wall, or maybe wallpaper or a piece of furniture, a flower or a TV? The choice is yours! But don’t forget that you must have a complete and functional home! Build your home! You can communicate with each other."

Psychological meaning of the exercise: Participants think about what function they perform in this team, realize that they are all needed in their “home,” which contributes to unity.

Discussion : How did the discussion go in the teams? Were you able to immediately determine your role in the “house”? Why did you choose this particular role? I think you all understand that every part of your “home” is important and needed in it, each has its own specific function, without which the house cannot be complete!

Time: 30 minutes.

5.Final phase

Purpose of the phase : Summing up, relieving tension

Name of exercises: « Talking hands", "Circle", "Gifts for the group"

Exercise “Talking Hands”

Target : emotional and psychological rapprochement of participants.

Time: 5-7 minutes.

Progress of the exercise : Participants form two circles: inner and outer, facing each other. The leader gives commands, which the participants carry out silently in the resulting pair. After this, at the command of the leader, the outer circle moves to the right one step.

Options for instructions to the resulting pairs:

1. Say hello using your hands.
2. Fight with your hands.
3. Make peace with your hands.
4. Show support using your hands.
5. Feel sorry with your hands.
6. Express joy.
7. Wish you good luck.
8. Say goodbye with your hands.

Psychological meaning of the exercise: there is an emotional and psychological rapprochement between the participants due to physical contact. Mutual understanding between them improves and non-verbal communication skills develop.

Discussion : What was easy, what was difficult? Who found it difficult to convey information silently? For whom is it easy? Did you pay attention to the information from your partner or did you think more about how to convey the information yourself? What do you think the purpose of this exercise was?

Time: 10-15 minutes.

Exercise “Constructing a circle”

Time: 10 minutes.

Description of the exercise: Participants close their eyes and begin to move chaotically around the room (at the same time, they can make a hum, like disturbed bees; this avoids conversations that create interference in the exercise). At the presenter’s conditioned signal, everyone stops in the positions where the signal caught them, after which they try to stand in a circle, without opening their eyes and without talking, you can only touch each other with their hands. When everyone takes their places and stops, the presenter gives a repeated signal, causing the participants to open their eyes. As a rule, it is not possible to build a perfectly even circle.

This exercise creates a very good conditions for the facilitator to observe the behavioral styles of the participants. In addition, it can be used for rapid diagnosis of group cohesion.

Psychological meaning of the exercise: The exercise is aimed at developing skills in coordinating joint actions and uniting the group. In addition, it allows you to develop non-verbal communication and self-regulation skills.

Discussion : What does this game give? Why didn't you get a perfect circle right away? It is necessary to make it clear to the participants that the overall consistency of their actions is important in this exercise.

Exercise "Gift"

Target : positive completion of the training, reflection.

Time: 3-5 minutes.

Description of the exercise: Presenter: “Let's think about what we could give to your group so that interaction in it becomes even more effective, and relationships in it become more cohesive? Let's say what each of us gives to the group. For example, I give you optimism and mutual trust" Next, each participant expresses what he would like to give to the group. “Let’s reward ourselves for a successful swim with applause!”

Psychological meaning of the exercise: A ritual that allows you to end the training beautifully and on a positive emotional note.

Discussion : “Our training has come to an end. I want to ask you, what new did you learn today? What useful things did you learn for yourself and for the group?

Well, all the gifts have been given, the games have been completed, the words have been spoken. You were all active and worked well as a team. Don’t forget that you are a single whole, each of you is an important and necessary, unique part of this whole! Together you are strong! Thank you everyone for participating!”

Necessary materials: Cards with pictures of animals.

Total time: 80 minutes.

Diagnosis of the psychological atmosphere in the group

Participants are given forms to fill out.

Here are 10 pairs of words that are opposite in meaning, with the help of which you are asked to describe the psychological atmosphere in your group. Place an * (asterisk) closer to the characteristic in each pair that, in your opinion, is more pronounced in your group.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1. Friendliness – Hostility
2. Agreement – ​​Disagreement
3. Satisfaction – Dissatisfaction
4. Productivity – Unproductivity
5. Warmth – Coldness
6. Collaboration – Inconsistency
7. Mutual Support – Malevolence
8. Passion - Indifference
9. Entertaining – Boredom
10. Success – Failure

Goal: team building

Tasks:

1. Development of group work skills
2. Skill development nonverbal communication
3. Development of creative and logical abilities

Participants: students in grades 4-7

Materials for carrying out: packs of spaghetti pasta, scissors, small tape

1. Warm up.

Conversation with children on the questions: “Do you know what the Tower of Babel is?”, “Why is it called that?”
Psychologist tells children summary legends about the Tower of Babel.

Once upon a time, all the people of the earth understood each other, speaking the same language: after all, they were all descendants of the family of Noah, who escaped during the flood and found refuge near the Ararat Mountains. Gradually the family grew larger and acquired new knowledge and skills. And people decided to build a city, and in it a high tower reaching to the very heavens, which could be seen from any end of the earth. People had learned a lot by that time: they burned bricks, collected stones, and laid them in the foundation. Gradually the tower grew, rising higher and higher towards the sky. People rejoiced, seeing how rapidly their creation was growing.

The Lord found out about this and was surprised to see a huge tower that stretched to the sky. God did not like this idea: pride and vanity again appeared among people who decided to rise to heaven. And he said: “Here is one people, everyone understands each other, everyone speaks the same language. But what are they doing? Proud and stubborn, they want to rise to the sky and get closer to the Lord himself!” He did not punish people with death, but punished them in a different way, confusing the language they spoke.

Coming out one fine day to their tower and getting down to work, people suddenly stopped understanding the speech of others. No one understood what they were talking about nearby, people could not do anything, construction stopped. People descended to earth from their unfinished tower to find out what happened to them. But on earth they began to quarrel, not understanding what they were talking about and what each of them wanted. Seeing this, the Lord decided to help people, for this purpose he forced them to leave the unfinished city and go to different places. This is what the people did, leaving the unfinished tower and settling in different parts of the earth. Over time, they forgot about their kinship, they developed new traditions, formed their own language, rituals and customs.

2. Exercise “Tower of Babel”.

The psychologist instructs the students to sit at the desk with whomever they want, that is, according to their likings. After this, the psychologist seats the children in such a way that sympathies are not taken into account, and forms several teams, equal in the number of participants in each team. Each team is given material - one for the whole team (1 pack of spaghetti pasta, 1 tape and scissors).

Objective: build the tallest and most stable tower.

Condition: during construction, the participants do not speak, only exchange gestures. All discussions take place before the start of the game for 5 - 7 minutes.
Construction time - 30 minutes.

The psychologist makes sure that the rules of the game are not violated.
The team that achieves the goal wins.

3. Summing up.

Each participant is given a piece of paper and a pen and asked the following questions:

Who were the leaders on your team? Who was everyone following?

Who was less active on your team? Who brought the least amount of “benefit” to the team?

Who suggested the most ideas to the team? Who was the initiator of the ideas?

Based on a written survey of children, it is possible to draw a conclusion about the activity of each participant.

After finishing, the children share with the psychologist what was most difficult about the task, what they liked about the task, and what experience they can take away from it.

Use whatman paper, markers and pre-signed sheets of assignments. The goal is to learn how to interact in a team and acquire non-verbal communication skills. It is prohibited to use your voice in any way and show individual leaves to each other.

Description – all participants are divided into three groups, several people each (depending on the number). Everyone receives a task on a piece of paper, which is not shown to anyone. Task: draw a single tower with separate elements. For example, one should draw an outline, another – the tower windows, a third – a flag, a fourth – color, etc. The result should be a coherent, logical picture.

Discussion. What turned out to be the most difficult, who exactly failed the task and why?

Exercise “GIFT” (completion).

Target: positive ending training, reflection.

Let's think about what you could give to your group so that interaction in it becomes even more effective, and relationships in it become more united? Let's say what each of us gives to the group. For example, I give you optimism and mutual trust. Next, each participant expresses what he would like to give to the group. Let's reward ourselves for a successful swim with applause!

Now, in a circle, answer the following: questions:

What was important to you today?

What feelings did you experience?

Well, all the gifts have been given, the games have been completed, the words have been spoken. You were all active and worked well as a team. Don’t forget that we are all a single whole, each of you is an important and necessary, unique part of this whole! Together you are strong! Thanks everyone for participating!

Dear parents, you got what you expected from this parent meeting? I am very pleased that you liked our work today. I will be glad to meet you at our next meeting.

Training at the parent meeting "Family and Children"

Parent meeting "Family education".

Target: Help parents analyze their parental behavior, focus on the positive aspects of raising a child, forms of showing love for a child.

Tasks:

• Consider the positive and negative sides educational influence of parents on the child.
• Derive a formula for successfully fulfilling the role of parents.
• Convince parents of the need for generous expressions of their unconditional parental love

Materials: ball, colored paper(for drawing palms), pens, glue, whatman paper for gluing palms, leaves for drawing the sun, 1 whatman paper with a drawn sun, markers).

Good afternoon. The theme of our meeting is “Seed Education.” “We become parents at the moment of the birth of our first child and learn the basics of raising a child as he grows up, often making mistakes due to ignorance of the peculiarities psychological development of this age."

“Faith, hope, love, selflessness, risk and patience! Patience! Parenting is patience. Understand, accept, endure.
(inscription on the board)

PROGRESS OF THE CLASS

Family is one of the most ancient social institutions. It arose much earlier than religion, the state, the army, education, and the market.

Family represents complex system relationships, since it usually unites not only spouses, but also their children, as well as other relatives.

Whatever the parents are, they will always answer in the affirmative to the question “Do you love your child?” But how we love and, moreover, whether we know how to love, we didn’t have to think about it. Let's think about this question today and try to highlight the components of parental love.

Before we start work, I would like to meet you. I suggest you write your first and middle name on the cards and attach them.

Thank you. Now stand closer in a circle. Extend your arms forward. I have a ball in my hands. Let's not let it fall, let it roll across our palms. Fine. And now in the other direction. Thank you. Let's sit down. Tell me how you felt while doing this exercise? I will ask everyone to say at least one sentence. Parents speak out round.

We will work efficiently, for this we need to discuss the rules of work. We offer the following:

1. Everyone has the right to speak out on the topic of conversation and be heard.

2. We have no spectators, everyone is working.

3. We Good friends, well-mannered people, we know how to keep our secrets, we don’t gossip.

4. Trust us as friends, trust us as specialists , because, in preparation for the meeting, we leafed through a large number of pedagogical literature, were looking for information updated for today.

Do we accept the rules? Let's work.

Exercise "I wish you well"

Goal: transferring positive feelings to each other through tactile contact.

Group members stand in a circle, hold hands and, according to the psychologist’s instructions, convey their positive feelings to each other using tactile contact; the result is verified using a survey.

Game "Enter the Circle"

Parents stand in a circle, hold hands tightly and imagine that they are children. One remains behind the circle - this is an adult. His task is to convince preschoolers to let him into the circle. To do this, you need to choose the right tone of communication and the right words.

Questions for analysis:

• How did you feel while completing this task?
• Was it easy to enter the circle?

Exercise “As a child, I dreamed…...”

Participants throw the ball to each other with the words: “As a child, I dreamed...”

This exercise helps to immerse group members in a childlike ego state.

Game “What kind of child is he?”

The goal of the game is to determine how parents see their child. To do this, each of them traces the outline of a hand and writes the letter of the child’s name on the image of each finger. Then parents are asked to decipher the letters, name the qualities of the child’s character that begin with this letter. In the center of the palm you can depict a symbol of who he is in the family.

The palms are glued to whatman paper. To summarize:

Most often, positive characteristics are given, which allows us to see in the child positive traits, thereby setting him up for success. The game also leads parents to certain conclusions about the development of the child’s personality.

Target: participants’ awareness of similarities with each other, their place in the group, and the determination of group-wide values. Gaining experience in group interaction, improving communication between group members, gaining participants experience in successfully achieving a group goal. Creating conditions for the manifestation of leadership abilities.

Time spending: in the training on the topic “Team Building”, these exercises will relate to the main block, therefore, they can take 30-40 minutes of the entire training. The time for each exercise is indicated. You can arrange the exercises you like as you wish.

5.1. Exercise “Turn to one side”

Participants freely disperse in space so that the distance between neighbors is at least 70-80 cm, and stand facing the same direction (for example, everyone faces the door). Then, when the leader claps, everyone simultaneously performs a jump in place. While jumping, you can turn in any direction by 90, 180, 240 or 360 degrees. Everyone decides for themselves where and how far to turn, you can’t talk about it. After the jump, the participants look at each other (in this case, you can communicate using facial expressions and gestures, but not words) and with another clap, closing their eyes again, they make the next jump from the position in which they landed earlier. Task: after the next jump, all participants must land, turning their faces all in one direction (it doesn’t matter which way).

Discussion: What caused difficulties at the beginning of the exercise? Can you complete the exercise using the “every man for himself” principle? What actions ensured the successful completion of this task? How did you understand the intent of the other participants and convey your intent to them?

Time spending: 10 minutes.

5.2. Exercise “Form a circle”

Leading:“We are all very different. We are interested different things We enjoy various hobbies. But still there are similarities between us. The following exercise will help some participants open up in new ways and, in turn, learn something new and unexpected about others.”

At the beginning of the exercise, you must select one volunteer. A volunteer comes to the center of the circle and says “I love cats,” for example. The phrase can be replaced, for example, “I’m interested in...”. The person who shares his interests comes up to him and takes his hand. And in turn says: “I love...”. And thus a chain is formed. At the end, the last participant takes the hand of the first and the circle closes.

Time spending: 10-15 minutes.

5.3. Exercise “Born Leader”

Before starting the exercise, it is necessary to create artificial obstacles throughout the office space. Arrange desks and chairs in a chaotic manner.

Leading:“Every team has a leader. This is the person who directs, inspires, and distributes responsibilities. As a rule, the leader knows the goal better than anyone, sees the future better than anyone, and determines the path of development.

Now we will test the abilities of our leader and the degree of mutual understanding between the leader and the team.” Instructions: all participants line up one after another in a column. In this case, the leader (group leader) stands behind the column, facing backwards. The person who stands in front of the column goes forward, and the leader directs him. The column must obey the leader, and the leader’s task is to choose the direction to achieve the goal.

Time spending: 10 - 15 minutes.

5.4. Exercise “Group City”

This exercise involves simultaneously drawing within common territory: group cities.

Leading:“I propose to draw the city of our group and settle ourselves in it. The city may have infrastructure - cafes, shops, etc. Within the city there may be a forest, a river, a lake, a park. Don’t limit yourself in creativity” (20 minutes are allotted to complete the task). After the participants finish drawing, the drawing of the “group city” is placed in the center of the circle. Discussion:

· Why did you choose this place to “build” your home?

· Did you place yourself in the center of the sheet on the edge? Why?

· Who did you build your house next to?

· Did the participants “move” their characters into their own houses or into those built by someone else? And why?

· What contribution did you make to general drawing?

· What role did you perform during your work? What role did others fill? Has a leader emerged during the work process?

· Were you comfortable working with your classmates?

Props: Whatman paper, colored pencils, felt-tip pens.

Time spending: 30 minutes.

5.5. Exercise “Tower of Babel”

Participants are divided into 2 teams. Each team member is given an individual task. Individual tasks: are written briefly on separate sheets, each sheet is strictly confidential for one participant. For example, “The tower must have 10 floors” - a piece of paper with such an inscription is given to one training participant, he has no right to show it to anyone, he is obliged to make sure that the tower drawn together has exactly 10 floors. The second task: “The whole tower has a brown outline” is a task for the next participant. “A blue flag is flying above the tower”, “There are only 6 windows in the tower”, etc. Participants are prohibited from talking or using their voice in any way.

It is necessary to draw the Tower of Babel together. Execution time is limited (5-7 minutes). Discussion: Was it difficult to complete the task? What seemed difficult? Was the interaction in the group successful? Whereby?

Props: colored markers, Whatman paper, individual tasks prepared in advance.

Time spending: 15 minutes.

5.6. Exercise "Climber"

Participants stand in a tight line, creating a “rock” on which protrusions protrude, formed from the participants’ arms and legs extended forward and their bodies bent forward. The player’s task is to walk along this “cliff” without falling into the “abyss”, i.e. without placing your foot beyond the line formed by the feet of the participants. It is more convenient to organize the exercise in the form of a chain - participants from one end of the “cliff” alternately make their way to the other, where they again “embed” into it. After completing the task, the participants sit down in their places and the discussion: What feelings did the leaders and participants forming the “rock” have when performing this exercise? What helped and what hindered you from completing the task?

Time spending: 5-10 minutes.

5.7. Exercise "Knot"

The group is divided into two equal teams. Each team lines up in a column so that the guides of the columns face each other at a distance of about 1.5 meters.

You can choose the most active and communicative participants to play the role of guides. Each participant holds in his hand a rope stretched along both columns. The task is given: without taking your hands off the rope, tie a knot in the space between the two guides. The technique of tying a knot is not explained to participants. They must figure it out themselves and complete the task.

Discussion: What did your success depend on? Or why didn't you manage it? How coordinated were your actions? Has a leader emerged? Did others willingly follow his instructions? Maybe someone had their own vision?

Props: clothesline.

Time spending: 15 minutes.

5.8. Exercise "Group Spirit"

Participants draw on a piece of Whatman paper any figure that represents the group (for example, a human figure, a university building, a big tree, mountain, etc.). A piece of paper with a drawn figure lies in the center of the circle. Each participant has 1 minute to think about what manner of behavior, what attitudes will be useful for collaboration, and which ones are not. After this, participants must write inside the figure keyword- the name of a quality, feeling, sensation that seems useful to them for effective interaction in a group. On the same sheet, but outside the figure, participants write down what they would like to avoid in group interaction. Then the presenter offers to choose a name for the figure.

Props: Whatman paper, felt-tip pens, colored pencils.

Time spending: 30 minutes.

5.9. Exercise “Why do I need this group?”

Leading asks the players a question: why do you need this group? How can a group help achieve individual goals? (each participant names 2 goals) One of the participants writes down the answers on the board. Each answer is then written on two cards. The cards are shuffled and distributed to the participants. Next, the participants, interacting with each other, exchange cards. Everyone tries to find and receive cards on which their own most important goals are written. You have 15 minutes to complete this task. After completing this part of the exercise, the group gathers again in a circle, everyone tells those around him whether he has collected cards with his goals, and lists the goals.

Then everyone answers the questions: Did anyone have new goals or did their priorities change during the game. How can the group help achieve these goals? At the same time, new goals and priorities are added to the previously made list.

Props: 7x10 cm cards, wall board, pens.

Time spending: 25-30 minutes.

5.10. Exercise “Group emblem”

Stage 1 - family coat of arms. Instructions: “The nobles, whose children could study at universities, had family coats of arms, in which certain information of the family was encrypted. Now there is no such tradition. But you are all a continuation of your parents, just as they are a continuation of theirs, and they are a continuation of theirs. How are you all connected, what do you have in common? What is so special about your family? What can your neighbors and acquaintances say about you? What is so valuable in your families, what do you carry with you, what will you pass on to your children? What can you never lose? Every family is unique. Maybe yours is very hardworking; maybe you all love nature, tourism; maybe your family has priorities higher education; Or maybe several generations of your family studied in Tomsk or TPU? Draw it in images, symbols, give it a motto.” If there are students in the group who are orphans or from disadvantaged families, then it makes sense to immediately say about it:“Of course, not everyone is lucky enough to be born into prosperous families, and some of you may not want to remember your family.

So become the Forefathers. Create your family based on the values ​​that you want to see in your family, in your children and grandchildren.” You have 10 minutes to work. After 10 minutes, we stand in a circle again. Students present their coat of arms.

Stage 2 - unification. It is important for the presenter to support each student and help him formulate the positive features of his family, to pay attention to the similarity of the coats of arms: “Look how similar you are, some more, some less. Find among the entire group coats of arms that are similar to yours - symbolism, motto and unite in groups of several people" (it is necessary to get from 2 to 4 groups). Instructions:“Draw the united coats of arms. Condition: an element of the coat of arms of each participant must be present on the common coat of arms of the group. N and the work is given 5 minutes. Next comes the presentation of group coats of arms (one minute per group).

Stage 3 - draw the group logo. “To feel at home in another place, a person takes something with him. To make you feel comfortable in your group, draw a group emblem based on your united coats of arms. You can unite by meaning, the main thing is that each of you can say “This is about me.” 10 – 15 minutes.

Props: A4 sheets for each participant, divided into 4 parts, colored felt-tip pens, markers, Whatman paper (1 piece).

Time spending: 35 minutes.

5.11. Exercise “Desert Island”

Imagine that as a result of a shipwreck you find yourself on desert island. In the next 20 years you won't be able to go back to normal life, to your native lands. Your task is to create conditions for yourself that could satisfy you. You need:

A) develop the island, organize farming on it;

B) fix it social life(create an organization, distribute functions, roles, responsibilities, etc.);

C) establish rules and norms for living together on the island (in the form of 10 basic regulations).

You are given half an hour for this and complete freedom of action within the framework of points a – c.

Discussion: How did you feel while organizing life on the island? What was your role on the island? Were you satisfied with this role? If not, what role would suit you best? How was the behavior of others on the island perceived?

Props: a sheet of paper with instructions, pens.

Time spending: 20-30 minutes game, 10 reflection.

5.12. Exercise “Good and bad deeds”

Participants are randomly divided into two teams. The task of one team is to write as many actions as possible that allow a person to respect himself more. Accordingly, another task is to write down as many actions as possible, because of which a person’s self-respect is lost. “What will you consider in your group to be good deeds and respect for them, and what will be bad.” If desired, each team can support the words with drawings and scenes about the corresponding actions. Each team presents its own topic. Then there is a general discussion, whether the participants agree or not with the list. At the end, the presenter summarizes everything said, and a general list is created.

Note: It is very important to pay attention to the fact that everyone has a choice between these and other actions, but every time we choose one or another behavior, we gain or lose self-respect. It is important for group members to understand the connection between actions and self-esteem. Isolating the very concept of self-respect and discovering its connection with mutual respect. And this necessary condition full communication, without which the development of cohesion is impossible.

Props: sheets of A4 paper for two teams, pens, colored pencils, markers.

Time spending:(5-7 minutes – work in groups, 10 minutes – discussion, drawing up a general list) 15-17 minutes.

5.13. Exercise “Ship. Planet"

The group is divided into 2 teams, one of which draws a planet on which the whole group (including the second subgroup) will enjoy living; there should be enough space for everyone. The second subgroup draws a ship on which they will get to this very planet, taking into account that the space on the ship should cover the entire large group. At the end, each group/subgroup presents its creation.

Props: Whatman sheets for two teams, colored markers, markers, pencils.

Time spending: 15 minutes.

5.14. Exercise "Transmitting motion in a circle"

Participants sit in a circle. One of the group members begins the action with an imaginary object so that it can be continued. The neighbor repeats the action and continues it. Thus, the object goes around the circle and returns to the first player. He names the object he handed over and each of the participants names, in turn, what he passed on. After discussion, the exercise is repeated again.

Time: 5-10 minutes.

5.15. Exercise "Typewriter"

Participants are given a word or phrase (example: I study at Tomsk Polytechnic University). The letters that make up the text are distributed among group members. Then the phrase must be said as quickly as possible, with everyone calling out their letter, and in the intervals between words everyone clapping their hands.

Props: cards with letters.

Time: 10 minutes.

5.16. Game "Digikon"

In accordance with the design of the game, participants must play the roles of “prisoners” and “robots”.

1. Divide the players into groups of any size from 4 to 8 - sizes may vary.

2. In each group, ask one volunteer to play the robot. Invite the “robots” to imagine that they are mechanical slaves who are obliged to obey their masters. They can see, hear, move and react, but cannot speak.

3. Inform the others that they are "prisoners" in cells, and place each group in a corner or against a wall, surrounded by tables and chairs to form a "cell." Place the “cameras” as far apart from each other as possible. The “robots” stand outside, in front of their owners’ cameras, and wait for the activity to begin.

4. Pay general attention to the large door key, which you put in front of everyone (this can be any object, for example, a handle).

5. Familiarize everyone with the following scenario. It will seem complicated as you read, but it will only take a few minutes to explain.