SALT activities and inspiring shares always keep the motivation. This picture was taken during the ‘Ready Pull’ exercise.
The idea of this exercise is to stimulate a mindset that would relax the participants and make them comfortable to accomplish the intended purpose.
Ready Pull is an exercise where participants are placed into groups and given a piece of paper [large enough for each group member to be able to have a hold on]. Each member of the group was required to have a hold on the paper and the Facilitator indicates when they should ALL pull on the paper. This action is done 2-3 times, using the largest piece of paper after tearing it apart from pulling the previous time. Then the BIG REQUEST? Kindly put the pieces back together! Members of each group work to put the pieces together to form the whole piece in the original state. A discussion is ensued to ascertain what contributed to the groups’ attempts to putting the pieces back together. The reasons for their efforts constitute the strengths of the group. The MAJOR lesson however is that as a group of human beings, we can work together as a TEAM in the spirit of cooperation.
Photo and description of Autry Haynes, June 2015, Mauritius.