Four Corners
Suggested Age Group(s): Young, Middle, Teen
Purpose: To see commonalities and differences amongst group members
Task/need: Group building, acknowledge the reality of the death, develop a new self-identity based on life without the person who died, living on the grief spiral
Activity Setup Ideas: Create multiple questions with four answers. Print off the questions and answers onto separate papers. Have four volunteers hold the answers (one in each corner of the room) while one of the volunteers reads off the question.
Materials: Paper with questions and answers
Description: Have four volunteers present to assist. Use questions that would pertain to different topics (see suggestions below). Each volunteer takes an answer and moves to a corner. The kids are sitting/standing around the table or in the middle of the room. Have each volunteer read off their answer before the question is read to pique interest from the kids, and then the volunteer with the question reads off the question. The kids then proceed to the answer/corner that pertains to them. After the kids have picked their "corner" answer, they can discuss their commonalities/ differences and then go back to the table/center of the room to prepare for the next question/answers.
Suggestions:
- What is your favorite season? Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
- What kind of loss have you experienced? Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Other
- How did you feel about coming to the Caring Place tonight? Nervous, Excited, Scared, Curious
- How old are you? (list ages in group)
- What grade are you in? (list grades in group)
- What is your favorite subject in school? Science, History, Math, English
- What is your least favorite subject in school? Science, History, Math, English
- What is your favorite thing to watch on TV? Sports, Reality, Comedy, Movies
- If you were home right now, what would you be doing? Video Games, Reading, Sleeping, Watching TV
- How did you feel when you found out your person died? Anger, Sadness, Confusion, Other
Activity Wrap Up Ideas: Ask the kids how they felt when they realized there are others in the room that had the same answers as them as well as those that had different answers. Generate discussion within the group.
