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Emotions in the group

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Subject

Emotions

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Age group

10+

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Duration

20'

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Objectives

  •  to understand one’s feelings
  • to develop empathy
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Description

Two participants leave the room. In their absence, the other participants choose to act out an emotion, such as happiness, anger, frustration, excitement, boredom, loneliness etc. The two participants return, and the others act out the emotion they had chosen in a mutually agreed way. The two participants try to guess the emotion expressed. The process is repeated as many times as necessary. The discussion can be based on the following questions: To participants who had left the group:

  • Was it easy to guess the emotions?

To the whole group:

  • How easy was it to express an emotion?

To all:

  • Why it is important to know how people around us feel?

Afterwards, group members can share experiences that had provoked them positive feelings. Through the examples, we focus on the importance of peaceful communication and interaction between any group and in any social environment we interact (family, friends, school, work, etc.).

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