Team Values Memory Game for Building Awareness - Memory Card Game
Team Values Memory Game for Building Awareness - Memory Card Game is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a Print+Play set of 10 valuable characteristics of high-performance teams, eg respect, communication, honesty, etc.
- Produce two identical sets of index cards (using 20 cards) in which each characteristic is used twice.
- Out of view of your group, lay these cards face-down, randomly in 4 rows of 5 cards.
- Gather your group behind a boundary line, no closer than 4 metres in front of the (face-down) cards.
- Challenge your group to identify and match all ten pairs of hidden cards as quickly as possible.
- To begin, one person may approach the cards and turn (only) two cards over to reveal the words on the other side.
- If the words match, the cards may remain turned over (face up,) otherwise, both cards must be turned face-down again.
- The person flipping the cards can talk and show the turned-over cards to their group, before returning to the group and inviting a new person to have a go.
- Memory Card Game Team values memory game to reinforce positive group traits.
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In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a Print+Play set of 10 valuable characteristics of high-performance teams, eg respect, communication, honesty, etc.
Challenge your group to identify and match all ten pairs of hidden cards as quickly as possible.
To begin, one person may approach the cards and turn (only) two cards over to reveal the words on the other side.
The person flipping the cards can talk and show the turned-over cards to their group, before returning to the group and inviting a new person to have a go.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Team Values Memory Game for Building Awareness - Memory Card Game. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a Print+Play set of 10 valuable characteristics of high-performance teams, eg respect, communication, honesty, etc.; Challenge your group to identify and match all ten pairs of hidden cards as quickly as possible.; To begin, one person may approach the cards and turn (only) two cards over to reveal the words on the other side.; The person flipping the cards can talk and show the turned-over cards to their group, before returning to the group and inviting a new person to have a go.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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