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Now that you've built your duck, given it a name, considered where it lives, and what it does for a living... I'd like you to TAKE IT APART, and build a different duck!
'What, what?!' Yes! Dismantle your duck and build another one! How did it feel to have change enforced on you? |
How to use this activity with your own learners:
- Hand out the same six bricks to each of your learners.
- Instruct them to 'Build a Duck.' (Give no other instructions.)
- Once everyone has built their ducks, ask them to hold them aloft and show everyone else.
- Now ask them to 'Give your duck a name, consider where it lives, and what it does for a living.'
- Depending on the size of the group, get them in pairs or groups, and introduce their ducks to everyone. This step helps them become invested in their ducks.
- Once everyone has introduced their ducks, let them know you have more instructions.
- "Take your duck apart." Look out for how people respond to this instruction. Some will be visibly distressed, some may gasp, other won't be bothered at all.
- Ask them to "Build a different duck." and hold these up.
- DEBRIEF: Ask your learners how they felt when change was enforced on them. Look for different perspectives. Often people become attached to a certain way of doing things, an idea, or a routine etc and when they have to change this, they may react differently.
- LINKS: This links well to topics like change management, communication skills, and management development etc.
Get more ideas for using LEGO in with your learners
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‘Training activities that support LSP methodology’ is an 80-page digital download eGuide with a range of different activities all using construction bricks to use as discussion starters or embedding learning. There are 26 purposeful activities all with design considerations, timings, workshop preparation, step-by-step walk through, and suggestions for debrief, so you can run, or adapt to suit your own learners and the needs of your session. |
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