Activity Name

Coloured Candy Go Around

Participants

Group or family

Goals

• Encourage open communication
• Identify issues within the family unit
• Get to know the family and its dynamics

Materials

Any pack of candies that are of different colours such as Skittles or MnMs or colored Legos or colored beads

Instructions

1. Each family member randomly gets at least 10 candies
2. Give them time to sort their candies according to colours.
3. Ask each family member to share how many of each colour they have
4. Tell them each colour corresponds to a question or topic. The number of candies they have of that specific colour represents the number of responses they have to give.

For e.g

 Green: What would you like to change about your family?

  Blue: How do you react when you are angry at home?

Choose the questions and topics depending what needs to be probed about the issues in the family

5. Go around each family member in the circle. If someone does not have that particular colour they have to respond according to the number of responses of the member before them.
6. Make sure everyone gets the chance to speak without getting interrupted in any way
7. Once the activity is over - use the responses to ask further questions that can help identify issues/family dynamics or allow the family member to open up about their thoughts and feelings.