Temple Run 

Instructions:

• Grab a seat! You’re the protagonist.. act out the story while the facilitator narrates a story.

Modifications:

Combine Never Ending Story with Temple Run: participants take turns telling a portion of the story while everyone is simultaneously acting out the storyline. 

Praxis (why + theory):

Extending the praxis outlined in the Never Ending Story, Temple Run promotes individual bodily exploration while participants personalize the information that is being spoken. Essentially, each person is actively involved in creatively enacting and expressing aspects of the story with their own bodies. 

As I explained in the praxis portion of Speed Meeting (page 13), “the capacity for silliness–a distinct type of joy grounded in a mutual vulnerability–is schooled out of us (Benjamin 5). Shame festers instead. Without shared silliness, we can never fully test our belonging, and therefore, know true safety.” Temple Run can reintroduce that expansive sort-of silliness into the space while maintaining a direct connection to the curricular content of the day (e.g. invite students to act out the storyline as the children’s book is read aloud to them).