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2. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT GAMES
Personality development games are a means to practise the subject-matter of a
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exercises is to assist teams in becoming cohesive units of individuals that can effectively work together
to complete tasks.
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9.Your task is to decide why the numbers are arranged in this sequence, then put the missing
numbers in their proper places”
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for the correct answer.
ANSWER: The numbers are listed alphabetically.
GAME 4: ”30 SECONDS”
PURPOSE: To quickly energize and challenge participants.
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share a random sample sentence from a news paper or other piece of written material and spells out the
sentence vertically next to the alphabet, creating random pairs of letters, stopping the process when 26th
letter of the sentence matches the letter “z”. The groups are then asked to come up wit names of famous
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GAME 8: ICE BREAKERS
Icebreakers can play an important role in helping young people integrate and
connect with one another in a group environment. Icebreakers can also enhance
your teaching by helping to stimulate cooperation and participation. They can
provide positive momentum for small group study and discussion by:
Helping a new group get to know one another.
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Helping young people feel comfortable together.
Encouraging cooperation.
Encouraging listening to others.
Encouraging working together.
Encouraging young people to break out of their cliques.
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The leader starts a story with a sentence that ends in SUDDENLY. The next person
then has to add to the story with his own sentence that ends in SUDDENLY.
Continue the story until everyone has contributed. The story becomes crazier as
each young person adds their sentence. Tape it and play it back. For example; '
Yesterday I went to the zoo and was passing the elephant enclosure when
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GAME 10: WORD LINK
PURPOSE: To emphasize the importance of listening, easy to follow directions.
TIME REQUIRED: 20 minutes
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