Inner Dictionary

The inner beautiful dictionary

 

PLAYERS :Group III Children or parents

VALUES INCULCATED

• To expand imagination.
• To inspire people using beautiful words.
• To enhance the power of comprehension.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• A dictionary.
• 1 pen and 1 paper per participant.
• Timer

PREPARATORY EFFORT:

• Gurus should prepare list of positive words (always select value-based words, feelings, good qualities, etc.)

Example:

• Peace, Unity, Spirit, Self, Divinity, Service

The guru should give one example to make the participants understand the game:

• SOUL – ‘The part of the person which is not their body. It remains intact after the body dies’

GAME:

• The participants should sit in a circle.
• The guru explains that everyone has an inner beautiful dictionary inside and the game will remind one to put into practice.
• Then she/he whispers different “abstract value-based” words to each participant (1 word each).
• The participants are given 1 minute to describe the word similar to what is given in a dictionary, on their paper; none should speak out the word.
• When finished, the Guru asks the participants to read their descriptions (no one can announce the word) while the rest should guess the word.
• The first one to find out the correct word wins 1 “Human Values” card.
• At the end of a round, the guru can read the description of the word from a dictionary.