Welcome Back to School Sale and New Thumballs
Introducing our latest product...
Climer Cards
This simple deck of cards has an amazing potential to transform conversations in groups. Using the power of metaphors, with the cards people tend to share more leading to more sincere, meaningful dialogue.
They can also be used to generate creative ideas. Each deck includes
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52 images based on watercolour paintings by Amy Climer
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Grouping tool to mix large groups into smaller groups
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Directions for how to use – get creative with endless variations
Have you checked out the Peace Walk yet?
The Peace Walk is an experiential tool that helps engage participants in the process of conflict resolution
Peace Walk
The Peace Walk® Conflict Resolution Mat is an innovative tool that focuses on conflict resolution, coping, communication skills and working together. Students learn how to make and accept an apology, forgive and move on. Students will recognize that feelings do matter and the importance of using their words to solve problems.
The Peace Walk® Conflict Resolution Mat includes 7 steps to resolving a conflict beginning with recognizing how each student is feeling in the moment and ending with a handshake.
Peace Walk® is printed in full-colour on 12 ft x 1 ft durable vinyl, packaged in a rigid cylinder and can be easily rolled out anywhere on campus, including outside where the majority of conflicts occur.
Keep Peace Walk® close at hand in the counselling office, principal's office and in the classroom
Team Building and Social Emotional Learning Through Active Learning
Social Emotional Learning and Team Building Thumballs, Cards and Books
Thumballs
We have the largest selection of thumballs! A thumball is an experiential tool used in perfect for any group game or team building activity. Thumballs support active engagement or conversation in a specific topic. Throw or rolls the thumball, where one’s thumb land, respond to the content. The thumball topics range from ones with icebreaker conversation starter type questions to more complex topics such as attitude and mindfulness.
ULead Cards and Other Games
We are big fans on ULead cards. This is a multi-purpose facilitation tool for group games or teambuilding activity. It includes conversation starters, inspirational quotes, feelings, actions, methods to group people, and pictures for processing, just to name a few. We also retail other great products such as Spot It!, Bull Rings, and much more.
Experiential Learning Books
We carry a range of wonderful books that incorporate experiential learning and group games and team building activities to strengthen engagement in social emotional learning, the group and individual therapeutic processes, and team building.
We provide active and experiential products & books and facilitation services to support:
Professional Development Workshops
Team Building - We incorporate a client-centred approach using a unique blend of icebreakers, conversation starters, group games and team building activities to promote self and social awareness. We will develop and implement a team building experience to support your team in moving forward to meet specific collaborative goals.
Inquiry Adventures’ also offers Play-Note services. A Play-Note is when we facilitate an activity or a series of team building games to help bring people together and foster a spirit or collaboration. A Play-Note is a great option to initiate or maintain a sense of belonging and community amongst attendees at a larger gathering such as conferences or workshops.
Personal and Mental Wellness Workshops
We know well that taking that first step of self-and social awareness and self and social reflection to improve personal and mental wellness can be quite challenging and intimidating. At Inquiry Adventures, we believe and have seen first-hand that this process can actually be fun and meaningful at the same time.
Using our counselling experience and our expertise in facilitating group games and team building activities, our workshops will provide new ideas and activities that incorporate play as a means to foster engagement in personal and mental wellness. This would be appropriate for any age group - Yes, Adults still like to Play!
Social Emotional Learning Focused Workshops - Including our new workshop titled: "The Beauty of Coping"
Workshop Tools Thumballs Contact me for more information
Inquiry Adventures presents to workshops that will increase the tools box of games and activities to support engagement in the Collaborative for Social Emotional Learning (CASEL) objectives of coping, social awareness, relationship skills, self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision making. The research in social-emotional learning is clear, strong social and emotional skills is directly related to high overall wellness and success.
In our Social Emotional Learning Professional Development Workshops, not only can we help foster your own social and emotional development, we will also provide you with new ideas and activities to, in-turn, engage your clients, students, or colleagues in their social and emotional development.