Do You Dare To Dream?
Since our childhood we all know how to dream. Asleep and awake. Thanks to the power of our imagination we believe we are capable of achieving anything we can dream of. However, as we grow older we lose...
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Thoughts Become Things…
I’ve been a big believer in the principle of ‘I become what I think.’ This is just another way of saying BE – DO – HAVE. Who I am BE-ing in the moment, informs my DO-ing and this results in the getting...
View ArticleWhat We Know Often Gets In The Way of Possibility
To end the week, take a few minutes out of your day to explore what is possible, because this fun TED Talk by Jay Silver will just about blow your mind. For example, Jay asks the question – Why can’t...
View ArticleThree Principles Crucial For The Human Mind To Flourish
In his latest TED Talk, Sir Ken Robinson outlines three key elements which must exist for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. This is what I got from his...
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Things I’ve Learned Along The Way: Tip #3
Inject Tons of Humour Into Your Program This is such a critical element of my delivery, and to be honest, the trick to opening up my group. Observe the crazy, menial little things people do, and serve...
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What Is An Ice-Breaker?
or, What Makes An Ice-Breaker An Ice-Breaker? Sometimes, this is simply asking the question some program leaders are not willing to ask themselves – Why didn’t my opening exercise work? Many leaders...
View ArticleRock, Paper, Scissors & Tag Combined
A playmeo subscriber from Israel (Eitan) shared a wonderful variation of Head-Butt Tag with me today. I figured every PE teacher, outdoor educator and youth worker out there should know about it… At a...
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Things I’ve Learned Along The Way: Tip #4
Always Ask For A Volunteer There is always, no matter how long you wait, always someone willing to step into the ring of fire, and help you do whatever you need. Perhaps you need help to demonstrate...
View ArticleWhich Is Harder – To Say or to Do?
A subscriber to the playmeo YouTube channel has suggested that is much easier to repeat what is said and do the opposite, than is it to imitate the task and say the opposite. Confused? Check out the...
View ArticleProfessional Development Training Workshop – UNH Browne Center, 26 July
‘More Than Just Fun’ PD Workshop Come join me, Mark Collard, in a one-day, outrageously fun PD workshop for teachers, outdoor educators & recreation staff at UNH Browne Center, Durham, New...
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Team Puzzle Metaphors
If you use team puzzles as part of your adventure-based programs, have you considered building a metaphor around the activity? Metaphors are brilliant teaching tools, because they connect the learner...
View ArticleTEDx Sydney – Tom Thum Beat-Boxing Extroadinaire
Check out this extraordinary Aussie guy Tom Thum beat-boxing at TEDx Sydney. Reminds me of so many people I have met on professional development trainings who, you discover, possess such unique, often...
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Question: What Activities Are Suitable For People with Physical Disabilities?
This question comes from Phil in NY, USA: “…I am soon to work with a group who have a wheelchair bound guy in it and I’m trying to come up with an hour’s worth of activities that will allow him to take...
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Things I’ve Learned Along The Way: Tip #4
Always Ask For A Volunteer There is always, no matter how long you wait, always someone willing to step into the ring of fire, and help you do whatever you need. Perhaps you need help to demonstrate...
View ArticleWhich Is Harder – To Say or to Do?
A subscriber to the playmeo YouTube channel has suggested that is much easier to repeat what is said and do the opposite, than is it to imitate the task and say the opposite. Confused? Check out the...
View ArticleProfessional Development Training Workshop – UNH Browne Center, 26 July
‘More Than Just Fun’ PD Workshop Come join me, Mark Collard, in a one-day, outrageously fun PD workshop for teachers, outdoor educators & recreation staff at UNH Browne Center, Durham, New...
View ArticleThree Principles Crucial For The Human Mind To Flourish
In his latest TED Talk, Sir Ken Robinson outlines three key elements which must exist for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. This is what I got from his...
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Things I’ve Learned Along The Way: Tip #3
Inject Tons of Humour Into Your Program This is such a critical element of my delivery, and to be honest, the trick to opening up my group. Observe the crazy, menial little things people do, and serve...
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What Is An Ice-Breaker?
or, What Makes An Ice-Breaker An Ice-Breaker? Sometimes, this is simply asking the question some program leaders are not willing to ask themselves – Why didn’t my opening exercise work? Many leaders...
View ArticleRock, Paper, Scissors & Tag Combined
A playmeo subscriber from Israel (Eitan) shared a wonderful variation of Head-Butt Tag with me today. I figured every PE teacher, outdoor educator and youth worker out there should know about it… At a...
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