Cookie Jar
Cookie Jar is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- If you say “yes” they must try to run across the play area without getting tagged by you.
- If you say “no” they must remain where they are and ask again until you say “yes.”
- If someone gets tagged they become one of your helpers.
- If you say “no” they must remain where they are and ask again until you say “yes.” If someone gets tagged they become one of your helpers.
Run this exercise live
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Materials:
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Prompts to use +
If you say “yes” they must try to run across the play area without getting tagged by you.
If you say “no” they must remain where they are and ask again until you say “yes.”
If you say “no” they must remain where they are and ask again until you say “yes.” If someone gets tagged they become one of your helpers.
Run this with your AI assistant +
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Cookie Jar. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: If you say “yes” they must try to run across the play area without getting tagged by you.; If you say “no” they must remain where they are and ask again until you say “yes.”; If you say “no” they must remain where they are and ask again until you say “yes.” If someone gets tagged they become one of your helpers.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playworks; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playworks.)
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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