Story-Telling Energiser to Trigger Fun & Laughs: Mr & Mrs Wright
Story-Telling Energiser to Trigger Fun & Laughs: Mr & Mrs Wright is a collaborative story building exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- In advance, visit the Resources tab to download one of two Print+Play scripts to facilitate this exercise, or create your own.
- Assemble your group in front of you, with ample space to move about.
- Explain that you would like them to listen closely to a story you are about to narrate.
- Every time you say the word “LEFT” in the story, everyone must take a step to their left, and when you say “RIGHT,” they step to their right.
- Narrate your story following the suggested script.
- You may choose to eliminate people who misstep or neglect to move when they should, or simply acknowledge the errors and continue with your story.
- Mr & Mrs Wright Story-telling energiser to improve listening skills & have fun.
- Mr & Mrs Wright is a storytelling energiser that is guaranteed to trigger laughter as your group struggles to maintain focus amid the story’s fast-paced directional cues.
- Ideal as a quick physical warm-up, it wakes up tired groups, enhances concentration, and builds a playful atmosphere.
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In advance, visit the Resources tab to download one of two Print+Play scripts to facilitate this exercise, or create your own.
Assemble your group in front of you, with ample space to move about.
Explain that you would like them to listen closely to a story you are about to narrate.
You may choose to eliminate people who misstep or neglect to move when they should, or simply acknowledge the errors and continue with your story.
Mr & Mrs Wright Story-telling energiser to improve listening skills & have fun.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Story-Telling Energiser to Trigger Fun & Laughs: Mr & Mrs Wright. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, visit the Resources tab to download one of two Print+Play scripts to facilitate this exercise, or create your own.; Assemble your group in front of you, with ample space to move about.; Explain that you would like them to listen closely to a story you are about to narrate.; You may choose to eliminate people who misstep or neglect to move when they should, or simply acknowledge the errors and continue with your story.. 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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