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    The Um Game

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    This activity involves sitting in a circle and taking turns describing random objects from a bag within one minute without saying "um" or pausing for more than five seconds. If a rule is broken, the participant sits down until the next round. Peers count violations and the goal is to describe the most items without errors to earn points. For those with disabilities, the leader asks questions to help focus and non-visual items of different textures or sounds are used with a longer pause allowed. The activity aims to improve communication, concentration, vocabulary, and listening skills.

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    This activity involves sitting in a circle and taking turns describing random objects from a bag within one minute without saying "um" or pausing for more than five seconds. If a rule is broken, the participant sits down until the next round. Peers count violations and the goal is to describe the most items without errors to earn points. For those with disabilities, the leader asks questions to help focus and non-visual items of different textures or sounds are used with a longer pause allowed. The activity aims to improve communication, concentration, vocabulary, and listening skills.

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    This activity involves sitting in a circle and taking turns describing random objects from a bag within one minute without saying "um" or pausing for more than five seconds. If a rule is broken, the participant sits down until the next round. Peers count violations and the goal is to describe the most items without errors to earn points. For those with disabilities, the leader asks questions to help focus and non-visual items of different textures or sounds are used with a longer pause allowed. The activity aims to improve communication, concentration, vocabulary, and listening skills.

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    The Um Game

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    This activity involves sitting in a circle and taking turns describing random objects from a bag within one minute without saying "um" or pausing for more than five seconds. If a rule is broken, the participant sits down until the next round. Peers count violations and the goal is to describe the most items without errors to earn points. For those with disabilities, the leader asks questions to help focus and non-visual items of different textures or sounds are used with a longer pause allowed. The activity aims to improve communication, concentration, vocabulary, and listening skills.

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    Gabriela Toyos

    LEI 4724
    Title: The Um Game
    Source: CTRS, C. C. (n.d.). Activities for Individuals to Improve
    Communication Skills. Retrieved March 15, 2017, from
    http://www.recreationtherapy.com/tx/communicate.htm
    Equipment needed: A small bag of random familiar objects.

    Activity Description:
    size of group 6-10 people.
    This activity can be done with any age group.
    Sitting in a circle have each participant take turns describing an item given
    to them from the bag. The participant then has one minute to describe the
    item. If the person says the word "Um', pauses for more than five seconds, or
    uses another word such as "and" or "so", they will sit down and wait until
    the next round to participate. If the person is successful at describing the
    item he/she will receive a point. Peers will be encouraged to raise their
    hands if they hear "Um" or count five seconds of silence.

    Leadership Considerations:
    When working with participants with ADHD the facilitator should be near
    the participants to help increase focus level. Ask participant questions like:
    What color is it? What texture does it have? or Does it make any sounds?
    For participants with a visual impairment or blindness, make sure that the
    items in the bag are more sensory oriented. Items should be of different
    textures, sounds, or smell. Also instead of a 5 second pause increase the
    pause so that the participant has time to assess the item. This activity can
    help increase concentration, improve vocabulary, and listening skills.

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