Soul Words Scattgerories

What you need:

Papers (One per girl)
Pens (One per girl)
Light bulb
Clock or watch
Spa-themed prize like face masks

Discussion:

[PRINT DISCUSSION QUESTIONS]

Ask: What does a person need to be alive? Allow the girls to answer. Some common answers might include a brain, a heart, water, food, air, etc.

Ask: Now, what makes each person special? If you were to describe yourself, would you say that she has a brain and eats food and breathes air? Everybody does that! What makes your mother who she is? Allow the girls to answer. They might discuss her personality or how nice she is, etc.

Say: “For a person to be who she is, she needs more than blood pumping through her heart and air going in and out of her lungs. She also needs to have a special energy within her that helps make her the person she is and not just a bunch of body parts.”

Hold up the light bulb. Ask the girls if they know what it is.

Explain: Even when it’s not plugged in, this is still a light bulb – but it’s when energy is running through it – that a light bulb becomes something unique and gives off a light.

Ask: Those things that make your mother unique – that’s kind of like her light – or as many call it – her soul. Have any of you ever heard of the word “soul?”

Say: “There are a lot of other words that people use to describe the soul. Today, we will try to think of as many words as possible.”

Think about it:

What would a person be like if she didn’t have a soul?
Why do you think souls are often compared to lights?
Bodies can get sick. Do you believe souls can get sick, too?

How to play:

Set a timer for 2 minutes. Every girl needs to write down as many words to describe the soul as possible.
When time is up, ask each girl to read their list of words. If a girl thought of something no one else wrote, she gets a point.
See who can get the most points. They get a spa-themed prize.

Extra Essential

Use a free online world cloud generator to put all the words together. Have a volunteer print it out during the event so you can send it home with each girl, or follow up with an email or text to parents after the event.