Helping Hands

Topic
- Citizenship & human rights
Learning skills
- Critical & reflective thinking
- Creative thinking
- Communication & expression
Activity type
- Crafting & constructing
- Drawing
Materials
- Basic
- Printable downloads
Age
- 0 - 5 years
- 6 - 11 years
5 - 15 minutes
2 - 4 players
Intermediate
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

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Everything you need to play this game

The basics of life Download survival-the-basics-of-life.jpg (54.8mb)
Hand Download who-or-what-can-help-you-survive.pdf (594kb)
Paper
Crayons/chalk

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Give each player a paper with a hand drawn on it or let them draw their own.

Instruct players to decorate their hand with images or words related to the things that help them survive, such as food, water, shelter, clothing, medicine, or other essential items. They can look at the poster for inspiration.

Encourage players to be creative and make their hand colourful and eye-catching.

Once everyone has finished decorating their hand, have them share with the group what they have included and why they think each item is important for survival.

After all the players have finished decorating their hands, display them on a table or a wall to create an exposition of helping hands that can be used to survive.

Variations

For older children:

Facilitate a discussion about the right to survival and how access to these basic needs can be a challenge for some children around the world.
Encourage players to think about ways they can help others in need and inspire them to take action.

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