Fun Storytelling Exercise with Visual Prompts - Story Swap
Fun Storytelling Exercise with Visual Prompts - Story Swap is a visual thinking exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Distribute one random We Engage Card (image facing down) to each person in your group.
- Ask everyone not to look at the image on their card (as they receive or collect it.)
- Form pairs, perhaps using a random method.
- Without looking at their card, invite one person (in each pair) to start by showing their partner the image on their card.
- In response, their partner is invited to share a quick story inspired by the image.
- Help your group understand that this exercise is not a test, but rather an opportunity to share, ie you can’t get this wrong.
- When ready, the person who just shared shows the image on their card to their partner and invites them to respond with a story.
- Story Swap Fun storytelling exercise using visual prompts for creativity.
- Story Swap is both an imaginative and fun storytelling exercise that builds literacy skills through visual inspiration and shared creativity.
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Prompts to use +
Distribute one random We Engage Card (image facing down) to each person in your group.
Ask everyone not to look at the image on their card (as they receive or collect it.)
Form pairs, perhaps using a random method.
Without looking at their card, invite one person (in each pair) to start by showing their partner the image on their card.
In response, their partner is invited to share a quick story inspired by the image.
Help your group understand that this exercise is not a test, but rather an opportunity to share, ie you can’t get this wrong.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Storytelling Exercise with Visual Prompts - Story Swap. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Distribute one random We Engage Card (image facing down) to each person in your group.; Ask everyone not to look at the image on their card (as they receive or collect it.); Form pairs, perhaps using a random method.; Without looking at their card, invite one person (in each pair) to start by showing their partner the image on their card.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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