What you’ll need •Pens•Paper

What you’ll get out of it •Communicatewithoutwords.•Createavisualtimetable.•Useyourimagination.

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Aim of activity Weallthinkandlearnindifferentways.Somepeoplepreferreadingorlistening,whileothersliketolearnusingpictures.Getcreativeanddrawsomepicturestocommunicatewithothers.

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Everyoneunderstandsandthinksaboutthingsindifferentways,andthisaffectshowweeachprefertocommunicate.Someofuslikehearingorreadingwords,andotherspreferpictures.Picturescanalsobehelpfulforpeoplelearningalanguage.

What to doEveryonegetapencilandpieceofpaper,andformacircle.Secretlydraw

threethingsyoudidyesterday.Keepyourpicturessimple!

Nowgetintosmallgroups.Putyourpicturesfacedownonthefloorina

pile.Taketurnschoosingoneandactingitout.Cananyoneguesswhatitis?Thegirlwhodrewthepicturecanrevealifyou’reright…

Somepeopleliketousepicturesforadiaryortimetable,toseewhat

they’redoingeachdayandsotheycanbeprepared.You’regoingtogivethisago.Getintotwosorthreesand,together,planthebestdayever!Drawpicturesforeachpartoftheday,thenlinethemupinorder.Thisisyour‘visualtimetable’.

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Goroundandlookateveryone’stimetables.Whichdaywouldyoulike

todomost?Standnexttoittovoteforyourfavourite.Youcan’tchooseyourown!

Finally,yourleaderwilltellyouwhatyou’llbedoingatyournextunit

meeting.Workingonyourown,createavisualtimetableforthemeetingshowingeachactivity–likeinstep3.Remembertoincludethestartandendofthemeeting–forexample,willyousingasong?

Displayyourtimetableneartheentrance,soeveryonecanseeonthe

wayinwhatyou’llbedoing.

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