
TOOL OR TOY
ULEAD JR/CLASSIC ACTIVITY
Tool or Toy?
- April 16, 2021
- , 3:51 pm
- , Card Activities, Engagement, Problem Solving, Responsible Decision Making, SEL
Card Activities, Engagement, Problem Solving, Responsible Decision Making, SEL

ULEAD Deck(s):
ULEAD Classic
ULEAD Junior

Card Element:
Icon

Great For:
Engagement, Problem Solving

SEL Category*:
Responsible Decision-making

Instructions:
Everyone has a card. People mill around the room and find a partner. Holding the card out so their partner can see the icon on the word side of the card, each person share’s whether the icon is a tool or a toy, and the reason why. Trade cards and find a new partner. This time each person must say the opposite of what their last partner said about the icon. Example: If they said a hammer was a tool, now you have to share that a hammer is a toy and the reason why.
*CASEL. “CASEL’S SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted?” 2020. https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CASEL-SEL-Framework-11.2020.pdf