What is U Shape Us ?
- A creative card-based game for all ages.
- Dream up fun ways to bring people together.
- Designed with children in mind, tested for kids as young as five.
- Ideal for families and professionals who work with children and aim to create inclusive environments.
- Up to six players per game for optimal experience.
U Shape Us is an experience that transforms disconnection into connection.
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When to Play U Shape Us?
For Families: U Shape Us is a screen free, fun and creative game for school holidays, playdates, camping, family get-togethers, or even a regular family game night. It's a game that both kids and adults will find fulfilling. It helps meet your child's emotional and social needs in a positive, enjoyable way. And if your child is struggling with making connections at school, this game provides a relaxed setting to think about how they can approach others to initiate play.
For Professionals and Groups: If you work with kids or run events that bring people together, U Shape Us is like a "friendship club starter kit" in a box. It sparks creativity and helps everyone feel welcome, whether you're in a classroom, after-school program, or community gathering.
Check out our free Asset Based Community Development-based guide to bring imaginative ideas to life (available December).
For Professionals and Groups: If you work with kids or run events that bring people together, U Shape Us is like a "friendship club starter kit" in a box. It sparks creativity and helps everyone feel welcome, whether you're in a classroom, after-school program, or community gathering.
Check out our free Asset Based Community Development-based guide to bring imaginative ideas to life (available December).
Why Choose U Shape Us? Here’s how the game benefits players:
Ignites Creativity: Our game encourages players to imagine new possibilities, address the real-world problem of isolation, and celebrate unique creativity.
Builds Empathy: Through game play, players enhance mind perception thus reducing bias, value diverse perspectives and build strong interpersonal skills and a sense of community.
Promotes Participation: U Shape Us is a safe space for players to openly express thoughts and feelings, feel valued, heard & free from judgement and make decisions about play and recreation, especially when helped to create their ideas..
Take a journey with U Shape Us and discover the joy in creativity, the value in empathy, and the power of genuine participation.
Builds Empathy: Through game play, players enhance mind perception thus reducing bias, value diverse perspectives and build strong interpersonal skills and a sense of community.
Promotes Participation: U Shape Us is a safe space for players to openly express thoughts and feelings, feel valued, heard & free from judgement and make decisions about play and recreation, especially when helped to create their ideas..
Take a journey with U Shape Us and discover the joy in creativity, the value in empathy, and the power of genuine participation.
Join us in shaping a world where everyone belongs, one idea at a time.
Free Idea Creation Kit
Free Idea Creation Kit (Coming February 2024)
Unleashing a child's potential to create and belong doesn't stop with our U Shape Us game. We're excited to introduce our Free Idea Creation Kit, designed to help adults create those crucial enabling environments that make our mission possible.
Unleashing a child's potential to create and belong doesn't stop with our U Shape Us game. We're excited to introduce our Free Idea Creation Kit, designed to help adults create those crucial enabling environments that make our mission possible.
What's Inside the Kit:
- Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Guidance: Help kids to identify and tap into to their existing community strengths and resources, following ABCD principles.
- Children's Reflections on Belonging: Real insights from kids on what belonging means to them, and their practical tips on what both children and adults can do to foster a stronger sense of belonging.
- Hart's Ladder of Participation: Understand the different levels of child participation as identified by Roger Hart, with examples of projects that reach the highest levels.
- Planning & Feedback Tools: Practical worksheets based on ABCD principles, encouraging you to think about your existing assets and how to mobilise them to create your idea.
Why It Matters:
The Idea Creation Kit isn't just a one-time resource; it's a tool for fostering life-long skills in Asset-Based Community Development.
By helping kids to recognise their existing strengths through play, we're setting them up to be future leaders in creating inclusive, respectful environments.
The Idea Creation Kit isn't just a one-time resource; it's a tool for fostering life-long skills in Asset-Based Community Development.
By helping kids to recognise their existing strengths through play, we're setting them up to be future leaders in creating inclusive, respectful environments.
Join Our Mission: Nurturing the Creative Spark in Children to Reimagine 'Us'
The Idea Creation Kit is an essential part of our broader mission to nurture the creative spark in children, empowering them to reimagine 'us' in a world where everyone belongs.
Remember, the best way to encourage children to be empowered creators and thinkers is to offer them opportunities to participate actively. With the Free Idea Creation Kit, you'll have the resources to make this happen.
Through enabling participation, we're cultivating a generation that's creative, inclusive, and empathetic.
The Idea Creation Kit is an essential part of our broader mission to nurture the creative spark in children, empowering them to reimagine 'us' in a world where everyone belongs.
Remember, the best way to encourage children to be empowered creators and thinkers is to offer them opportunities to participate actively. With the Free Idea Creation Kit, you'll have the resources to make this happen.
Through enabling participation, we're cultivating a generation that's creative, inclusive, and empathetic.
Start with our game, but don't stop there—always remember, you shape us!
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