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Hey Peeps! Sorry for the lapse in time. I've been on the road for the last two weeks and really should have pre-posted more than I did. I've tried to resist the assumption that everywhere in this world has internet access...such was not the case this last week. Here's a new activity! It's a really fun one to play around with and works well with a number of different ages for a whole bunch of contexts. I started using it after I went to a management team building session. I always have to laugh at myself when I'm put into situations where I'm part of the team rather than the facilitator - especially now after facilitating for so many years. I don't really like being facilitated. And though I still love learning - I'm becoming less and less tolerant of being facilitated THROUGH the learning experience. I think that's something that occurs with age. We become know-it-alls or something. What about you? Do you react to facilitators the same way that...

Hey! So did everybody get it? Once you have the patterns - it's difficult to lose it. The most important thing I think when facilitating this activity is to allow your group to fail - to experience the "trial and error". I've seen teachers, parents, and facilitators step in too early because it's hard to watch people struggle. But struggling and working through different ways to do things is a part of life. We as facilitators have the ability to show students and adults of all ages to have the courage to fail, get up and try again. It takes more character to continue trying than it does to quit. I have seen groups try and fail over 30 times in this activity. When I explain it - I also let them know that I have a couple of hints that I can give them but the whole group must agree together that they want the hints. Most of the time - the group will want to find the answer on their own but they need to know that it is okay to ask for help. Asking for help is ofte...

How did we do with it? Well - before I get completely carried away with a debrief...let's give you the answer key and let you master the .linear version. [L5]        [L4]        [L3]       [L2]        [L1]           O        [R1]        [R2]        [R3]        [R4]        [R5] Before I give you the all out answer key...here are two hints first. Hint #1 : (it's more like a riddle) Once you come to a place where you're looking at someone going the opposite direction as you with the free space in between you - it is the person who HASN'T gone that goes first. Hint #2: (And this one will help nearly everyone solve the puzzle) - Once...