Things required:
- A box large enough for a hand to be in it, random objects such as abalone brush, rubber snake, and so on…

How to play it:
- First, you cut an opening on top of the box in the size which allows a hand to fit in.
- Then you would have to cover the box in black cloth [preferable black to create that mysterious feel, hehe].
- Leave another wide opening behind the box so that you could put in your objects. But be careful and don’t let the children see what you brought and what you’ve put in.
- After that, just randomly put any object you’ve got into the box. Then, ask the children to come over and put ONE of their hands into the box one by one.
- After they’ve touched the object, ask them to jot down what they think that object could be in a piece paper. Then, change different objects for them to try.
- When you’ve repeated these steps for some times and are running out of objects, you could stop the game and pick a child to present his paper. You can also ask them why they think that the object should be what they’ve written.


Postscript:

It would be natural that some of the kids would be afraid of putting their hand in whereas some might be courageous and supportive. If you were putting a spiky abalone brush in the box, a child might get that sudden anxious feel when he/she touched the brush. It is the same in life when we face unfamiliar surrounding and situation. Sometimes we just don’t quite sure what to do. Through this game, we could guide the children to take that first step courageously and face the unfamiliar situation. This is just the same for those standard 6 children who are going up to high school and feel unfamiliar and unsure about it. We have to take that very first step bravely in order to know the things that lie in front of our lives. Just as President Ikeda said, a good beginning (first step) is the halfway of victory.

Other than that, we could also cultivate them on their perception to different kind of things. Everyone see things in their own way and perception. In this game, we could share and learn from each other’s point of view through what they touched. When the question “why do you think it’s a pencil (or any other object)?” came up, we could get the opportunity to share and learn. This way, the children would be more understanding among each other by sharing different points of view.

As for the things to put inside the box, they could be fun, they could be stimulating. Well this relies on the creativeness of us, as JD PICs. : )


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