Some of the exercises I love the most only work one time with any
one group. Once you do them, the secret is out, and you can't use
them again for, oh, four years or so, until the new generation comes through the doors and all your old stuff is new again.
Over the years, I've discovered many ways to reuse and recycle
great games and meetings, making them more challenging and
different and thus useful at least every two years, if not every year. One favorite of mine and our group is the Broken Squares Exercise.
Play it once with your group - it's a great one - but if you want to
play it again, try this small change: eliminate one person per group, and eliminate one square. The trick? tell the group they still have to create 5 squares. The answer: they will need to build 4 individual squares which together create one larger, 5th square.
For the youth who think they know this game, it becomes extra tricky as they are forced to think outside the box (square!). Some will insist you did it wrong; others will figure it out eventually. Change your follow-up questions to suit your particular group situation, or have them create their own questions based on their
experiences.
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