Week 2
Teamwork & Imagination
Today’s goal
Work together, make bold choices and use our imaginations!
1Team BuilderSpeed Friending
We’ll review expected and unexpected behavior, check in about North Scituate, preferred part size and special talents, then move around the room, partner up and share stories.
- Goal
- Establish class expectations, encourage pragmatic skills and begin peer interaction.
- Skills
- Initiating conversations, conflict resolution and personal space/boundaries.
- Materials
- Whiteboard and marker.
2Warm-UpsBody, Face & Voice
We’ll stretch like cats, unscrew the lightbulb, pet the dog, move like marionettes, massage our faces and play with big, little and funny faces before the Addams Family voice warm-up.
- Goal
- Ready the body and voice for the activities that follow.
- Skills
- Body language, facial expressions and tone of voice.
- Materials
- None.
3Improv Game & Project30-Second Plays
In groups of four or five, we’ll create a 30-second play. Everyone must be included, and every play must feature a toilet-flushing sound, a raccoon and the line, “What have you done!?”
- Goal
- Improve collaboration, cooperation and improvisation.
- Skills
- Initiating conversations, conflict resolution and personal space/boundaries.
- Materials
- None.
4Relax & GoodbyesHealthy Coping Tools
We’ll finish with calming breaths and gentle movements so everyone can transition comfortably to the car and home.
- Goal
- Introduce healthy coping tools for a calm transition after rehearsal.
- Skills
- Coping skills.
- Materials
- None.
Weekly wrap-up
Check back after rehearsal for highlights and reminders.