Personal Reflection Exercise to Deepen Learning - Letter To Self
Personal Reflection Exercise to Deepen Learning - Letter To Self is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Pose a question that will invite your group to reflect on an experience, eg Describe one thing you learned today you want to remember.
- Instruct each person to write a response or a short letter that records these thoughts.
- Tell your group that this letter will be returned/sent to them at a pre-defined time in the future, eg 6 months.
- Schedule a time to remember to send these letters to their authors.
- Letter To Self Personal reflection exercise to deepen learning & growth.
- Letter To Self is a personal reflection exercise that takes thoughts and turns them into lasting reminders that reinforce learning over time.
- The delayed delivery element adds an emotional dimension as participants rediscover their earlier thoughts and measure their growth.
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Prompts to use +
Pose a question that will invite your group to reflect on an experience, eg Describe one thing you learned today you want to remember.
Instruct each person to write a response or a short letter that records these thoughts.
Tell your group that this letter will be returned/sent to them at a pre-defined time in the future, eg 6 months.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Personal Reflection Exercise to Deepen Learning - Letter To Self. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Pose a question that will invite your group to reflect on an experience, eg Describe one thing you learned today you want to remember.; Instruct each person to write a response or a short letter that records these thoughts.; Tell your group that this letter will be returned/sent to them at a pre-defined time in the future, eg 6 months.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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