How to play

Prep for the facilitator

Setting up the room

• Set up posters so that everyone can see them (See "Introduction" for which poster to use)
• Introduce yourself and any other facilitators
• Divide students into groups – either number them off or get the teacher to help you divide them into teams. Five is usually a good number of teams

Kid's version

Deciding who goes first

Deciding who goes first

Each person on the team gets a label with #’s 1 to 5. Explain that will be the order they spin, but everyone will get a turn. Get the labels here.

Introduction

Introduction

Ask “how many people know what the word inclusion means – record stats at top of score sheet

Review poster boards
(have kids read them)

1. Inclusion
2. Challenges
3. Ground rules

Name teams

Naming Teams

Give each group a picture of an animal and have them make sound then the other groups guess what animal they are. Here are a few animal pictures.

What makes you different? Think about what you like to do, where you come from, who is in your family, a language you speak, etc…kids put up their hand and answer

Instructions

Instructions

Are you ready to play Spinclusion?

Explain the game (sample script)

• #1 will come up and spin the wheel
• We will ask a question
• If you can give us 3 different answers, you will earn the points that you landed on. You will also choose which challenge (see poster) fits the question
• Be sure to remember to review the challenges after each question to determine which fits best
• If there’s time, you can ask other teams if they have anything to add
• Then move on to the next team

Take a moment to coach the class on how to behave if someone lands on “lose a turn”

There are no bonus points in the elementary version make sure that #2, # 3’s, #4 ‘s & #5’s get a chance to spin at the end of the game – have them come up one at a time and have their team cheer them on

Friendship tree – grade 2 & 3

Friendship tree

Each child puts their name on a leaf – each child can also write a word that represents what they learned eg friendship, sharing, respect – write the words on the blackboard

Each child sticks their leaf to the friendship tree

“Friendship tree is for you to keep in your class room. It will remind you…” – review challenges and inclusion – do this with the younger children

click here for leaves

Blindfold challenge – grade 4

Blindfold Challenge

One person volunteers to be blindfolded from each team (one at a time)

1 facilitator work with blindfolded child

1 facilitator work with rest of group to help them guide the blindfolded child – gr 4

• Ask the 2 “after questions” that are at the top of the score sheet and record numbers
• Review challenges at the end of the game (fun to have the class read them all together)
• Give certificate of participation and “challenges” to teacher

* Grade 2s, 3s have a hard time sitting for a long time – if they start to get squirmy – do a quick game of Simon Says, ending with “Simon says sit down and play Spinclusion” You may need to do this a couple of times. Remember to have fun, be positive and engage the teacher as well.

Wrap Up

Eg. ask the 2 after-questions, etc.

Sample questions

Question-1

Why is it important to have friends?

Question-2

There is a new person in the class how do you make them feel welcomed?

Youth and Adult version

Introduction

Introduction

Why do we play Spinclusion?

To get you thinking about celebrating differences and including everyone

Ask “How many people know what the word inclusion means – record stats at top of score sheet

Review Boards:

1. Inclusion
2. Challenges
3. Definitions
4. Ground Rules

Name teams

Name Teams

Have the teams choose an animal and ask them make the sound, other teams guess what kind of animal they are

Deciding who goes first

Deciding who goes first

Definitions game

Give 1 set of cards to each team – have them match the definition to the disability. Click here for definition cards

Instructions

Instructions

Explain the game (sample script)

• One person is going to come up and spin the wheel (let them figure out their 1st and 2nd spinner)
• We are going to ask you a question
• All the teams are going to come up with as many answers as they can to the question we asked
• The team that spun the wheel will get to answer first – they will tell us all of the answers they came up with
• Then the other teams will each have an opportunity to tell us one thing that has not already been said to earn bonus points
• Bonus points are worth half of what the first team spun eg if 100 points were spun, then the bonus points would be worth 50

Lose a Turn - Take a moment to coach the class on how to behave if someone lands on “lose a turn” (1-2-3 – all together - “That’s okay”).

Double your score – have them spin again and double what they landed on eg 100 points becomes 200

* Remember to review the challenges after each questions – which one fits best?

Sample Questions

Question-1

Why do you think it is hurtful for someone who has a disability to hear the word “retard”? What can you do if you hear someone using it?

Question-2

What are the inner qualities that make a person popular? What are some ways to get to a person’s inner qualities?