psychosocial.pptx activities week 1 students activity grade 9

psychosocial activities

1. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

2. be curious, be respectful, listen, take turns, avoid judgment, everything shared is confidential. Always remember

3. Tell the learners to stand up and then bend over from the waist like a rag doll. Show them how to wiggle their arms and relax. When you say “tense” they should stand up straight and make their body as stiff as they can. Have them tense up and be tight for 10- 15 seconds; then say “relax” as they bend over and relax again. Continue saying “tense and relax” every 15 seconds.

4. Ask the learners to get in a very small ball shape on the floor. Tell them to pretend that they are a balloon and to slowly fill themselves with air...bigger and bigger until they are standing with arms outstretched, feet apart, and cheeks full of air. Now have them slowly let all the air out as they exhale and return to a small ball on the floor. Continue inhaling and blowing up like a balloon then slowly exhaling..

5. DISCUSSION GUIDE 1.What did you notice about your body as you tensed up and relaxed, or stretched out and turned into a ball? 2. Which feels more natural to you?

6. Our bodies carry stress and anxiety everyday. There is such a thing as good stress. This type of stress gives us energy. Then there’s not so good stress that stays in our bodies. When we are carrying a lot of stress or anxiety, our bodies tend to be tight. It’s important to pay attention to our bodies so we can help our bodies relax

7. be curious, be respectful, listen, take turns, avoid judgment, everything shared is confidential.

8. BODY MIRROR Direction: Ask learners to get into pairs (groups of 2) and stand anywhere in the room (or have them line up in parallel lines with the partners facing each other and a few feet of space between each neighboring person). The pairs should face each other so that one person is A and the other is B. They can also walk or run around the space. A begins as the leader by making movements (in silence) and the B follows (mirrors back) the movements. The teacher can provide instructions during this process (such as do fast movements or do slow movements). The process goes on for about 2 minutes.

9. BODY MIRROR Direction : The learners switch roles (A & B) and the process repeats. The teacher may invite the learners to move without assigning who the leader and the follower is -- the learners are encouraged to attune to each other The teacher invites the learners to share how they felt doing this activity.

10. BODY MIRROR How did you feel while doing the activity? What did you learn about yourself during this activity? What did you learn about your body and ability to be the mirror of your partner ? What did you like about the activity?

11. Our energy and how we regulate our bodies affects others. Our stress can become their stress. It’s important for us to pay attention to how our bodies feel. When we pay attention to ourselves and our bodies, we are able to be present to others in an honest and supportive way

12. B ag of feelings

13. Directions:Ask learners to write on a sheet of paper a problem they are carrying with them from the time of Covid . Ask them not to put their names on their sheet. Ask them to crumple the sheet of paper and throw their paper to the front of the room or shoot it in the box you prepared. Create a pile or use the box.

14. Ask each learner to come to the front and read one problem of their classmate by picking a random crumpled paper from the box. Remind classmates to listen attentively to their peers’ concerns.

15. What was it like to hear about your classmates’ problems ? What can you do to support each other now that you know what your classmates are going through? How do you feel knowing what your classmates are going through? If you were to create a slogan for the class after what you’ve heard, what would it be? .

16. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

17. Home Activity: draw/describe on your MAPEH notebook the best person you trust the most, the one who helped you overcome your problems and write a short message or description about him/her.