ORIGIN OF THE NAME

Objective: To give young people the opportunity to rebuild their identity and
self-esteem.

What you will need: A large room, chairs arranged in a circle.

Time: 20 minutes.

What do you do:

1 – The facilitator asks each participant to state their name, if it is the same as theirs
it pleases and whose choice it was (father, mother, family friend, etc.).

2 - He will still have the freedom to choose the name that pleases him the most. The origin of
The name should be clarified.

Points for discussion:

a) Why the name identifies a determination of the person and behind it there is always
a origin?

b) Why, before we are born, do expectations already exist about ...

Expected results:

Reflections on the origin of the name, the history that each individual carries with them.

Awakening the sensitivity, affection, and self-esteem of the participants.

THE MASKS

Objective: To reflect on AIDS and self-esteem.

Stimulate thinking about 'how I am', 'what impression do I give'.

What you will need: large room, sound system, music, plaster masks
or papier mâché, cosmetics, glitter, etc.

Time: 80 minutes.

What do you do:

1 – The participants enter the room and receive a balloon and a heart. On the heart
it is written on one side a feeling (different for each heart) and on the other the
Prevention is life.

2 - The facilitator suggests to the participants that they mark something on their faces that
represent AIDS.

3 - In the next moment, the facilitator works with body language and the
emotion expressed on the face with paint.

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4 – The facilitator suggests transforming and looking at the world better.

5 - The facilitator hands out a plaster mask to each one, along with the
cosmetics, allowing them to create and evolve with the masks.

6 - Dancing with the masks, acting together, looking at each other, exchanging masks.

7 - At each interval of the dynamics, the facilitator calls a group of balloons, observing
the following order: red, blue, yellow, green.

Participants must inflate the balloons, talk about the feeling they receive,
they tied everyone up and decorated the room. The white balloons are the last to be
calls and follow the same procedure.

9 - The facilitator listens to the participants.

10 - All the balloons are gathered in the center of the room, it is suggested to the group that each
so take a balloon again, read carefully what is written in the heart and
reflect on this feeling.

11 – The final music plays and a message about the training is distributed.

RELAXATION DYNAMICS

THE NETWORK

Objective:

Integrate the group of adolescents with each other and in relation to the training.

Reflecting on information, integration, and communication.

What you will need:

Large room, roll of cord or string.

Duration: 30 minutes.

What do you do:

1 - The facilitator asks the group to stand and arrange themselves in a circle.

2 - The facilitator asks each participant to introduce themselves, stating their name and a
feeling.

Then, tie the string to a finger and throw the roll to another participant.

4 - As there is a lack of cord for some components of the group, suggestions are requested for
inclusion of the same.

Points for discussion:

a) What is the importance of the network?

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What does the shape of the network symbolize for the group?

Expected results:

To provide you with reflection on communication, the importance of the network,

responsibility towards the other.

TOUCH GAME

Objective:

Allow greater interaction and contact among teenagers for relaxation.

What you need:

Spacious room, sound system, cassette tape.

What do you do:

1 - The facilitator asks the group to feel free in the center of the room.

2 - The participants circulate, dance, responding to the facilitator's code, such as:
foot to foot, arm to arm, etc.

Points for discussion:

a) Sensations captured by contact with the other.

b) People who feel difficulty in getting close to others.

c) Were there pleasant feelings during the interaction with various participants?

Expected results:

Facilitate contact among adolescents in a pleasant and non-prejudiced manner.

MESSAGE ON THE BACK

Objective:

Promote the group's relaxation.

What you will need:

Spacious room, sound system, cassette tape, business cards with messages.

Time: 10 minutes.

What do you do:

1 - The facilitator asks the group to form a circle in the center of the room.

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The facilitator places the message paper on the back of each participant.

3 - At the signal to start, all participants circulate around the room reading the
messages and executing them.

Points for discussion:

a) How do we understand what is expressed by others?

b) What feelings arise when we are unaware of the messages we carry?

Expected results:

Participants perceive each other, beginning the bonds within the group.

STORM

Objective:

Promote the relaxation of the group participants.

What you will need:

Wide room, chips and keywords.

Time: 10 minutes.

What do you do:

1 – The facilitator asks all participants to sit in a circle (no

there should be empty chairs left over.

2 - The facilitator explains the game:

let's take a trip on the sea;

when during the trip a wave occurs to the right, one jumps a seat
to the right - when a wave occurs to the left, one jumps
chair to the left;
At the end of the storm, everyone changes places. At this moment, the facilitator
take the place of a participant. This one should take the facilitator's hand.
profile and talk about it;
then take your place and continue the game.

BALLOON ON THE FOOT

Objective:

Promote the relaxation of the group.

What you will need:

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Spacious room, 1 balloon for each participant, pieces of string. Sound system and
cheerful music.

Time: 10 minutes.

What do you do:

1 – The facilitator asks the group to stand in the center of the room.

A balloon and a piece of string are distributed to each participant.

3 - Each participant inflates the balloon, ties it, and attaches it to the right ankle.

4 - A song begins and everyone dances.

5 – At the code of the facilitator or during a pause in the music, the balloons may burst.
others.

The game ends at the end of the song.

Points for discussion:

a) How many balloons are left?

b) How did each one defend themselves to protect their balloon?

Expected results:

To provide warming up and relaxation for the next activities.

Dancing with Balloons

Objective:

Allow young participants to have a moment of relaxation.

What you will need:

Spacious room, balloons, sound system, modern music.

What do you do:

1 - Distribute a balloon for each pair. These should be inflated.

2 - The facilitator asks the participants to pay attention to the codes:

balloon between the duo's backs;

double switch;
balloon between the pair (in front);
switching partners, without touching the balloon and without dropping it (switching partners
without losing the balloon.)

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CHANGE OF CODE

Objective:

Relax, start the work free of tension, stimulate attention.

What you will need:

Spacious room, cheerful music in the background (forró).

What do you do:

1 – The facilitator asks the group to pay close attention to the given codes:

walk in line through the room;

forward, backward;
to form a moving circle;
form a circle of girls in motion;
form a line by height;
line with a boy and a girl alternately, etc.

NEWSPAPER GAME

Objective:

Unwind/reflect on the division of spaces.

What you will need:

Spacious room, newspapers, cheerful/busy music.

What do you do:

1 – The facilitator hands out a newspaper sheet to each pair of teenagers.

2 - Explain the game code:

each pair is placed on the newspaper;

to the rhythm of the music, they dance without leaving the newspaper, at the signal of the facilitator,
They should change newspapers, without losing the partner and continue dancing.

3 - The facilitator is making the dynamics more difficult by folding the newspapers.

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