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The Character Grid
Choose one image from a monthly grid showing the same object in eight different states.
1–3 min2+ peopleIndividual
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Set the room up for success.
Materials
- A numbered eight-image character grid for the current month
Before you begin
- Build one eight-image grid for the month
- Number every image clearly
- Keep the same response routine each time
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What to say
“Which image is you today? Point, show the number, or pass. Picking is enough—you do not have to explain it.”
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Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Display and read the prompt aloud.
- Allow speaking, writing, pointing, chat, or passing with equal status.
- Never require eye contact, an explanation, or a public follow-up.
Watch out for
- Use each grid for several meetings; changing every week makes everyone a first-time participant forever.
- Follow up privately after the meeting; the check-in identifies where support may be needed but is not the support itself.
- Do not reward upbeat answers or treat a difficult answer as a public discussion prompt.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
- 1
Display the month's numbered grid.
- 2
Give participants ten seconds to choose.
- 3
Collect a silent point, number, card, or chat response.
- 4
Move into the meeting without interpreting or ranking choices.
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Your prompt
August: beach chairs · September: school supplies · October: pumpkins · November: pies · December: lights · January: snowmen · February: groundhogs · March: basketball · April: plants · May: ice cream
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.