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Interactive Word Game for Fun Team Building - Human Boggle

Interactive Word Game for Fun Team Building - Human Boggle is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a set of Print+Play alphabet letter cards, or make/collect your own.
  2. Place the set of alphabet cards face-down on the floor.
  3. To begin, ask each runner to randomly select 9 cards from the pile.
  4. Lay all 9 cards in a 3 x 3 grid in front of their team.
  5. If no vowels are present in the grid, a team may turn any one of their nine cards over to become a vowel as nominated by you (the facilitator.)
  6. When ready, challenge each team to identify as many words as possible using the letters in the grid.
  7. Human Boggle Interactive word game to develop vocabulary & team skills.
  8. Much like the commercial game, Human Boggle encourages creativity, quick thinking and collaborative problem-solving as players race against time.
  9. The competitive yet cooperative nature of this interactive word game develops vocabulary and strategic thinking skills in an engaging format that is universally appealing.
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Prompts to use +

In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a set of Print+Play alphabet letter cards, or make/collect your own.

Place the set of alphabet cards face-down on the floor.

To begin, ask each runner to randomly select 9 cards from the pile.

If no vowels are present in the grid, a team may turn any one of their nine cards over to become a vowel as nominated by you (the facilitator.)

When ready, challenge each team to identify as many words as possible using the letters in the grid.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Interactive Word Game for Fun Team Building - Human Boggle. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a set of Print+Play alphabet letter cards, or make/collect your own.; Place the set of alphabet cards face-down on the floor.; To begin, ask each runner to randomly select 9 cards from the pile.; If no vowels are present in the grid, a team may turn any one of their nine cards over to become a vowel as nominated by you (the facilitator.). Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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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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