What A Wonderful World

Topic
- Nature & ecology
- Arts & crafts
- Citizenship & human rights
Learning skills
- Self-awareness
- Creative thinking
- Communication & expression
Activity type
- Crafting & constructing
- Drawing
Materials
- Basic
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
>15 minutes
+5 players
Easy
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

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Everything you need to play this game

Paper
Colouring materials, e.g. paints, markers, crayons, pencils
Drawing pins or sticky tape to hang drawings

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Instruct players to imagine an environment they would like to have (real or imaginary) and have them draw it.

Then, ask the players to imagine an environment they wouldn't want and to draw it.

Once the drawings are completed, display them and invite the children to view the mini-exhibition.

Facilitate a reflective discussion by posing some reflection questions (see additional game info).

Extra game information

Reflection Questions

Was it easy to come up with the two different environments?
Which drawing and environment do you prefer the most? Why?
How do the people living in the environments you've drawn feel?
What makes an environment positive or negative?
How does our physical environment impact us?
How do we influence the environment?
What would you like to change about your physical environment?
How can you make your environment more like the one you drew?

Tips for the Facilitator

Assist children in understanding that the environment is shaped by both tangible physical factors and intangible abstract ones, and that both are necessary for a good environment. Younger children may struggle with the abstract concept of environment.
Prior to conducting the exercise, make sure you have a clear focus on the aspects of environment you want to emphasize (such as housing, school, etc.). Attempting to address the entire environment without a clear focus will be too vast and abstract.

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