Conflict Prevention
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Game details
Supportive Flowers
Let's plant the seeds of empathy and cooperation, as we craft beautiful supportive flowers.
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Everything you need to play this game
- Scissors
- Markers
- Tape/glue
- Papers with the flower, printed as many times as the number of the players Download suportive-flower.jpg (132.1kb)
A step-by-step guide to play the game
1
Gather a group of players and inform them that they will learn what they can do if someone needs help.
2
Distribute one of the papers with the printed flower and a pair of scissors to each player.
3
Instruct the players to cut out the flower.
4
Facilitate a discussion about past situations when someone needed help. Ask the players to share what happened and what actions were taken.
5
Once all players have finished cutting their flowers, instruct each player to think of six things they could or should do if someone needs help and add one idea to each petal of the flower.
6
Have each player write their name in the center of the flower.
7
When everyone is ready, ask the players, if they are comfortable, to show and explain their flower.
8
Hang all the flowers together.
9
Lead a discussion with the players about their ideas. Highlight the most important ones and discuss the importance of helping each other when possible and being prepared to do so. Inform them that they now have some ready-made ideas about what to do if someone needs help.
Extra game information
Some ideas to help someone:
- Be calm.
- Focus on the other.
- Listen carefully to what the other has to say.
- Αsk if he/she is hurt/needs medical assistance.
- Don’t say that everything will be ok. You don’t know that.
- Remind him/her that you can find an older person together, to seek help.
- Be careful not to devalue his/her feelings.
- Don’t assume that you know better.
- Don’t make fun of him/her.
- Give him/her a candy/a snack/a drink.
- Give him/her a hug/a touch to the shoulder if he/she feels okay with that.
- Take his/her hand if he/she feels okay with that.
- Do not shout at him/her.
- Say nice things/words of affection to him/her.
This game is the third game of a package of games/activities to introduce children to Psychological First Aid. If you decide to play all the games as a package, it is highly recommended to make an introduction about PFA to the children, underlining the three basic steps of PFA: observe, listen, do/link. The four games/activities of the package are based on those 3 basic steps. The games/activities of the package are:
- The Great Observer
- Conversational Chaos
- Supportive Flowers
- A Race to Help
If you want more information about PFA you can find in the links below:
- https://pscentre.org/resource/a-guide-to-psychological-first-aid-for-red-cross-red-crescent-societies/
- https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241548205
- https://www.nctsn.org/resources/psychological-first-aid-pfa-field-operations-guide-2nd-edition
- https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/psychological-first-aid-guide-field-workers-2/
Of course, you can find even more information about this topic with a simple search online.
Variations
Instead of hanging all the flowers together, the players can take their flower to their place and hang it or keep it wherever they want.
Specific learning objectives
Articulating potential actions to assist others in need.
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