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Hands-on activities that help youth practice communication, decision-making, emotional awareness, and resilience—with guidance that helps adults prepare, facilitate, and extend the learning.

Participants sorting labeled cards and counters during Priority Shuffle.
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Values & Priorities

Priority Shuffle

Make competing priorities visible.

A tactile sorting activity that helps participants compare what matters most with where their time and energy actually go, opening conversations about values, choices, and intentional change.

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A facilitator and young person playing Stacks and Storage with numbered cards.
Executive Function

Stacks & Storage

Practice planning ahead when every move affects the next.

A card-based activity that makes planning visible and gives participants a playful way to practice working memory, strategic patience, and adapting when conditions change.

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A young person rebuilding a block structure during Stronghold.
Resilience

Stronghold

Make stress, support, and rebuilding visible.

A building activity that makes stress, support, and recovery visible, helping participants identify coping strategies and practice rebuilding after setbacks.

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Hands arranging a small fence and sheep pieces for Save the Sheep.
Boundaries & Safety

Save the Sheep

Explore what healthy boundaries protect—and why.

A hands-on problem-solving activity that helps participants explore what healthy boundaries protect, recognize risk, and identify supportive people they can turn to.

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Two participants communicating while completing a tabletop puzzle.
Communication

Puzzle Partner

Turn communication breakdowns into a shared problem to solve.

A collaborative puzzle activity that turns communication into a shared problem to solve, creating opportunities to practice clarity, listening, flexibility, and managing frustration.

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A young person turning over a card during the Shock Maze activity.
Decision-Making

Shock Maze

Practice pausing when the path ahead is unclear.

A hidden-path activity that helps participants practice slowing down when information is limited, considering consequences before acting, and recovering after setbacks.

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Emotional Awareness

Snapshot

Find the one word that best captures this moment.

A one-word reflection activity that makes emotional check-ins easier to begin, helping participants pause, notice what they are experiencing, and build a more precise emotional vocabulary.

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