Use games: Fruit Salad
A game to mix up a group and introduce philosophical questions.
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PEOPLE USE GAMES for all sorts of reasons. To focus pupils attention, to provide an analogy for some aspect of conduct in an enquiry, to liven people up, to get people to have a bit of fun together or to create an atmosphere of cordiality in a group. Most of the games can be adapted to work with different age groups but some might be better with older children.
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Use Games: Keep the Question Going
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By Peter Brazier
An enjoyable and useful game for the collaborative generation (and consideration) of questions.
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By Jason Buckley
A simple circle game to focus a group before an enquiry.
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Use Games: Thinking Moves Booklet
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By Karin Murris
An e-book with 14 activities to enliven your P4C sessions. There are short thinking games, ideas for role plays and routines you can adapt for mini-enquiries and follow-ups.
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By Jason Buckley
Games from the world of comedy improvisation that help participants relax and overcome fear of failure.
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Use games: Change places if you …
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By Roger Sutcliffe
A favourite game that enables social mixing and encourages children to enjoy reflecting and making up their minds. It can also be varied and extended in many ways, and could be built up as a regular activity, rather than as a one-off.
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By Michelle Whitworth
An challenging co-operative game which could also be a stimulus for discussion.
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Use Games: Boom! (aka Fizz Buzz)
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By Michelle Whitworth
A warm-up game for concentrating and keeping focus.
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Use games: Consequences
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By Michelle Whitworth
An amusing game that allows you to introduce or reinforce the meaning of the word 'consequence'.
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Use games: Crash (aka: ‘Clump’)
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By Michelle Whitworth
A game that provides an alternative way of getting children into groups without fuss.
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Use Games: Exaggeration
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By Michelle Whitworth
An enjoyable game of exaggerated movements to develop concentration and conviviality.
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Use Games: Follow Me, Follow You
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By Michelle Whitworth
An enjoyable game to develop conviviality in a group.
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Use Games: Fruit Bowl or Fruit Salad
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By Michelle Whitworth
Another entertaining game for quick thinking and mixing up a group.
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Use Games: Group Beat
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By Michelle Whitworth
A game to encourage concentration and a sense of community.
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Getting-to-know-you games
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By Michelle Whitworth
Two games to help people pupils become more acquainted.
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Use games: What if …?
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By Michelle Whitworth
A game to exercise imagination and ponder consequences.
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Use Games: Zip Bong
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By Michelle Whitworth
A game for fun and concentration.
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Count down and stand up
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By Roger Sutcliffe
**Introduction**
Count Down (or Count up) are Stand Up (or Sit Down) are two of the most favoured activities in the early stages of developing a community of inquiry, partly because of their simplicity, and partly because they reinforce the practice of OOPSAAT (Only One Person Speaks At A Time), which is essential for effective dialogue. They also develop the sense that everybody in a community of inquiry has a part to play in building success for the whole group.
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