Debriefing Tool: Transformation

From Philip, a high school sophomore who leads team building programs for a class at his school. 

My absolute favorite team building prop, or debriefing tool, as it's called in our program, has got to be the caterpillar stuffed animal that you can invert to turn into a butterfly. It is just a very fun prop that gets some great reactions, but it also can symbolize development and change for the better. ​

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Also, when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly it develops new abilities which can be used to symbolize a new skill or lesson a class learns after an activity. This prop can be used to debrief any activity that has to do with growth. For example, using this prop with Charlotte's Web [Spider Web] works well, because after students finish this activity they often feel extremely accomplished - they've grown as a class.

​How do you balance your strengths? How would you (do you) use the Caterpillar prop? Leave us a Comment - we'd love to hear from you!