Fox Hunt/Squirrel Scramble
Fox Hunt/Squirrel Scramble is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- The trees go out into the play area first.
- Two people become a tree by standing face to face and holding hands with arms raised over their heads.
- Once the trees are into position, you send the squirrels out to find a home.
- A squirrel must stand underneath the raised arms to be in a tree.
- If a squirrel has no home he or she goes to another squirrels home and taps them on the shoulder.
- That squirrel must leave the home out the other side of the tree and find a new home.
- Give the squirrels a few minutes of establishing a cycle of tree swapping.
- Once this has been done, send in the foxes and they are to tag any loose squirrels.
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Prompts to use +
The trees go out into the play area first.
A squirrel must stand underneath the raised arms to be in a tree.
That squirrel must leave the home out the other side of the tree and find a new home.
Give the squirrels a few minutes of establishing a cycle of tree swapping.
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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: Fox Hunt/Squirrel Scramble. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: The trees go out into the play area first.; A squirrel must stand underneath the raised arms to be in a tree.; That squirrel must leave the home out the other side of the tree and find a new home.; Give the squirrels a few minutes of establishing a cycle of tree swapping.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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