Optional Activity: think of an non-formal activity yourself
Now that you know what non-formal education is, think of a non-formal activity and post your idea in the forum.
Non-formal activities can be very different. Right now, you need to think of an activity to start your lesson.
Activities that serve to start a lesson are called ice-breaking activities.
Ice-breaker activities serve to start a lesson with energy and help students get to know each other better.
To search for your ice-breaking activity, you can use the Internet. Google 'non-formal icebreaker activities'.
If you don't want to use Google, you can look at these sites.
- Salto youth - a website full of non-formal activities, trainings and manuals
- https://learningforchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Icebreakers-and-Name-games.pdf
- https://iywt.org/youtrain-mooc/
- or watch this video with some examples of great ice-breakers: