Near – Away

Material

• Image that represents God

Steps

1. A child walks out of the room or walks away while other players hide an image that represents God.
2. Ask the child to come back to the group and tell them that they need to find the image.
3. Depending on whether it moves away or nears the hideout, the other players shout “near” or “Away” until the player finds the object.

Optional

• Instead of guiding the search with words, the players all clap their hands, more or less loud, more or less fast, at a given pace, depending on whether the child researcher approaches or moves away from the hidden object.
• You can also choose a song that is very well known to children and that you also sing as you do: fast and strong, or slowly and slowly.