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Children's zone: Communication

Two fun communication games for children to play in groups

2022 Available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish

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Three Bolivian women smile and laugh together at a training workshop

From: Participatory communication – Footsteps 117

How to provide opportunities for people to share their ideas and influence change

Here are two fun games that you can play with your friends.

Make up a story

This game gives everyone the chance to add their ideas to a made-up story. The story can be as funny and silly as you like!

Stand or sit in a circle and decide who will go first. This person then starts to tell a story, but after a few sentences they stop and say, ‘And then...’. The person next to them then carries on with the story.

After a few sentences, the second person stops and says, ‘And then...’, passing on to the next person. Carry on like this until everyone has had a turn.

To add variety to the game, put some objects in the centre of the circle: a feather, a cup, a sock and a stick, for example. Everyone then has to include at least one of these objects in their part of the story. 

 
‘Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.’
Psalm 119:105

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