Using Pictures

There are several ways this activity can be done. The facilitator can have a set of several pictures, or several sets, that represent symbolic emotions (e.g., a rope with a knot tied at the end, a generic image of a person with his/her arms stretched out, a loaf of bread, a shaft of wheat, a ladder, a heart, a generic book, sun, etc.). The facilitator will ask each group member to choose three pictures that represent the way he/she is feeling. After all members have chosen their pictures, the group, in "Go-Round" format, will share the pictures they chose, and how and why these pictures apply to them. The pictures can be given a specific slant (e.g., how group members are feeling about school this year; how they are feeling about their families, how they are feeling this moment, week, or year, etc.). Some game cards also have symbolic pictures that represent moods, items, etc. These can be spread on the table and each group member can choose some that express how they feel, how they are, or what they believe.