Introduction

Mindfulness is becoming more and more important in this fast-paced world. This game is about teaching meditation, self-awareness, and how the mind can “slow down” time.

Target group and Time

This exercise needs one instructor and can be done with any age group from grade 2 to 12. It is highly recommended to do it best done outside, preferably in a park or forest. It takes up to 12 minutes. 

Learning objectives

The learners should feel connected to themselves and to their surroundings. Self-awareness is becoming more and more important in this fast world.   For younger children, this is a good way to learn how what different body parts are called and also how to express their experiencesfeelings and thoughts.

Instructions to set up the activity

• First

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• , each person should sit down

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• , leaving a little space

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• between them and the next person.
• Then

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• all the students should close their eyes and

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• slowly breath in

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• and breath out for 10 seconds, counting down from 10 to 1 and

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• concentrating on their breath.
• Now

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• each student should take their index finger

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• , place it on their forehead and run it down their face, nose, lips, chin, neck, left shoulder, left elbow,

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• the palm of their hand, and run their index finger over all their left fingers.

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• The teacher can add the right side of the body or more body parts like legs and feet

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• as well

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• . This depends on how much time is left.
• Now the students can slowly

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• move their fingers back to their

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• necks.
• Then the students take both of their index fingers and place them on their ears. They should feel their ears about 5 seconds.
• Then they listen to what

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• they hear in their surroundings. Can they hear wind, birds, cars, or people?
• Then the students

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• try to imagine they are melting into their surroundings. (Let the learners listen quietly for 2 to 3 minutes.)
• After that they can slowly come back to themselves and open their eyes. Now the learners

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• may speak about their experiences. For many, it might be the first time having done something like meditation. If there is time, the learners can

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• go explore their surroundings and observe the things they could hear.