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The Secret Gate
Great activity to develop trust, wordless communication and speechless activity between participants. Not recommended at the beginning of the training: paticipants already needs to know each other, with other activities they have to move beyond the level so that looking into each other’s eyes for a long time is not a problem.
Details of activity
Function
Focusing game | Involvement to the situation | Creating focus | Active contribution and presence | Observation | Deepening | Impulse transmission and reception
Description
A participant goes out. The others stand in a circle, they are the trees of the magic forest. They agree on where the exit of the magic forest will be, where the gate will be - between two participants. Where the gate is, the two players standing next to each other will be the two gatekeepers. The participant who went out comes in and walks around slowly, looking into everyone’s eyes. The 2 people who are the gatekeepers must call the participant in the middle with their eyes alone. Who is not a gatekeeper must reject with the gaze. Just the eyes are speaking! It is forbidden to speak, it is forbidden to shake your head, it is forbidden to nod, or to show where is the gate is any other way: only the gaze speaks. The task is to guess from the gazes where the gate is.
3-5 rounds can be played.
Eligible competencies, skills, attitudes
Cooperation | Accuracy of observation | Concentration | Messages without words | Active presence
Related or background activity
Not a beginner's game. The group paticipants already needs to know each other, with other activities they have to move beyond the level so that looking into each other’s eyes for a long time is not a problem.
Form of work
Whole group
Time of activity
20 minutes
Age group
Over 12 years of age
Tool, material
Difficulty
Standing in the circle, making eye contact, focusing
3
Deaf Culture / awareness / discussion
For Deaf participants only need to be signed the instructions, because after that the activity takes place without words.
Other
At the beginning of the game, it should be clarified how many participants will go out in total; how much time is there (recommended: max 5 rounds).