Duration: This depends on the possibilities of the given community (10 to 30 minutes).
Primary SPIRIT Skill(s) focus: flexibility
The activities can already be done during the travel. During the journey, children could have tasks.
If traveling on foot:
- Say when you see something that starts with the letter R.
- Word chain (with possible restrictions, e.g., only animals, only names)
- Which traffic signs do you know? Do you see any that you don’t understand?
If using public transport:
- Count how many stops the vehicle has.
- Is there a stop named after a famous person?
- Does anyone know who they are? (It’s helpful if the teacher prepares in advance.)
- “How many fingers am I holding, and how many not?” game.
If possible, the program can be combined with a hike, during which stops can be made and tasks assigned to the students. For example:
- During a rest break, observe 1 minute of silence. During this time, listen carefully and list the sounds you hear. Were any of the sounds coming from the built environment?
- During the break, observe how many different shades of a single color you can see, for example, green. First, everyone quietly collects observations, then together, by pointing and naming, identify the different shades.
- During the hike, count the trail markers (touch them if possible). With older students, you can also ask them to estimate beforehand how many markers they will see on a given section of the trail. During the hike, count how many birds you hear rustling in the leaves or singing in the trees. (Extra task: try to identify the species.)