SHARPEN THE SAWRE-NEW YOURSELF

SHARPEN THE SAW

•Have a balanced program for self-renewal in four areas: Physical, Social-Emotional, Mental and Spiritual.•How?

PHYSICAL AREA

•Eating healthy, sleeping well, exercising and relaxing

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AREA

•Feeling secure and safe, building relationships, repairing relationships, maintaining relationships, serving others, and laughter

MENTAL AREA

•Learning new skills, reading and writing

SPIRITUAL AREA

•Spending time in nature, expanding spiritual self through meditation, music, art, prayer or service, keeping a journal

SHARPEN THE SAW

•Divide into four groups (no more than six in each group)•Physical•Social Emotional•Mental•Spiritual

SHARPEN THE SAW

•Combine groups•Physical and Mental•Social Emotional and Spiritual

SHARPEN THE SAW

•Each group will be a team•Teams will play charades against the other team

CHARADES

•Physical and Mental will play Charades•Social Emotional and Spiritual will play Charades

CHARADES

•One team (Physical) will choose an activity representative of its group•For example, Physical might choose baseball

CHARADES

•The other team (Mental) will choose one person to be the actor•Team Physical will write the activity on a small piece of paper and give it to the actor in Team Mental.

CHARADES•The actor in Team Mental will act out the activity without speaking or moving his/her lips.•Team Mental will try to guess what the activity is.

CHARADES

•Team Mental may ask questions and the actor may respond by shaking or nodding his/her head.•The actor has three minutes for Team Mental to try to guess the correct answer

CHARADES

•If Team Mental guesses correctly, they win a point.•The game repeats with Team Mental selecting an activity and Team Physical acting it.

CHARADES

•Continue playing until everyone has had the opportunity to be the actor.•Add up the team points

SHARPEN THE SAW

•Each student will write one goal in each area to create a balanced program to Sharpen the Saw

SHARPEN THE SAW

Physical Walk two miles three times a week

Social Emotional Spend time talking with a friend you haven’t seen for a while

Mental

Read one book this marking period

Spiritual

Attend a worship service