Communication! It's a huge part of our work life, school life, and personal life and super important for maintaining successful relationships. At retreat, we had to participate in an activity that tested how well each group could work together and communicate directions to make play-
doh and create an image with it . Each group had to designate two members to be the "Eyes", two people to be the "Hands" and two people to be the "Mouths". The "Eyes" were placed in a room and had a set of directions of how to make play-
doh. They were not allowed to leave the room or move the directions from the table in front of them. Their job was to relay the directions to the "mouths" who were only able to listen to the "eyes" and could not see the directions. They then had to go relay those same directions to the "hands". Now the hands had a hard job because they were blindfolded and only had one hand each available to use. The two "Hands" had to work together to pour the ingredients into a bowl and make the play-
doh. The "Mouths" were very frustrated because they could not assist them in a physical way.
Once the play-doh was finished the "hands" had to create the image that was told to them. I noticed that this was probably the most difficult part of the whole activity because only the "eyes" could see the actual image so they had to be really detailed in their description and hopefully the "Mouths" understood them and told the "Hands" the same description. I think everyone learned how important listening and communicating is to everyday life. If just one direction was left out or done incorrectly, it could ruin the entire composition of the play-doh; think of what that could mean at the Zone! Overall, it appeared that everyone had a good time and the crew bonded a little more. I learned that it is important to be patient with people that may not understand directions the first time around. As we learned in True Colors everyone learns differently and may take more time than others. This activity was definitely beneficial to everyoneee
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