Rainstorm
Card 28 of 52
Put it on the board and read it out. Nothing to prepare.
Let's make the sound of a rainstorm together. It gets loud: if that is hard today, rub your palms only or just watch. Follow my hands and rub your palms as the wind rises.
Click your fingers to add the first drops, and listen as the sound travels around the room.
Move into steady rain by clapping, then drum your palms gently on the desks as the storm reaches its peak.
Follow me back through clapping, clicking and rubbing until the room is quiet again. Notice what we made together without a word.
That’s the practice.
Listen for Watch whether students can follow the pace and each other. Perfect timing is not the aim.
The skill of hosting conversations. Facilitating inclusive, participatory, heart-centred dialogue.
When has a conversation felt genuinely inclusive and collaborative? What is your growing edge in helping people think and work together?
The skill of hosting conversations
Facilitating inclusive, participatory, heart-centred dialogue.
Try it yourself first
“The Silence You Don't Fill” takes a few quiet minutes, just for you, before you teach it. Nothing you write in it is saved or sent.
Adapting it
If you have longer
There is a full lesson on this skill, about 41 minutes.
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