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REMINDER: It's always good to start your match meeting with a quick "how's it going?" Here are some questions that can help you get the conversation started.
- What was your high and low since we last met?
- How has school been going? What are you liking? What's challenging?
- How are things going with your family and friends?
Steps:
1. The Big starts by thinking of a simple object that can be drawn (examples: butterfly, snowman, pizza, tree, etc.) Don’t tell your Little what you have picked!
2. The Big has three minutes to describe how to draw the object while the Little draws it. Don’t show your paper and Littles cannot ask questions or speak; just do your best! Sample instructions: draw a straight line, add a circle on the left side, etc. While explaining, the Big should draw on their own sheet of paper. That way you’ll have the answer when finished.
3. After the three minutes are up, compare drawings. How did you do? Do the drawings look similar at all?
4. Switch roles and try again!
Discussion to follow:
What was challenging about being the person describing the picture?
What was challenging about being the person drawing the picture?
What does the activity tell you about communicating with others?
What did you learn about communicating effectively?
Click here and take the What's Your Learning Style? Quiz.
Have your Little complete the learning styles quiz (feel free to do it yourself too if you want). When finished, discuss the results and brainstorm how you can apply these learning strategies to your everyday life."
Everyone’s path in life looks a little different, and that’s why possibilities are endless! Use this questionnaire to learn a little more about your Big and their professional journey.
Click here to check it out.
Review the PDF "What Motivates Me" detailing this activity. We encourage Bigs to share their screen so that both Bigs and Little can follow along together. Read through the first page together to learn about extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Then, take turns answering the questions on the second page.
Further discussion:
Do you notice any similarities or differences between what motivates you and your Big/Little?
How can you use what you’ve talked about to find motivation in your everyday life?
Describe a time when you didn’t feel motivated at all. What happened? How did you find motivation again?
How can you support each other?
Don’t underestimate the power of a positive mindset! This week take a moment to talk about positivity and perseverance as a Match.
Littles- click here for a short quiz. Answer the questions on page 1 and then transfer them to page 2. Add up each column to find your grand total. Find your grand total on page 3 to see what kind of mindset you have.
Further discussion:
Do you notice any similarities or differences between what motivates you and your Big/Little?
How can you use what you’ve talked about to find motivation in your everyday life?
Describe a time when you didn’t feel motivated at all. What happened? How did you find motivation again?
How can you support each other?
Click here and create a bracket of their careers of interests (we suggest setting the bracket to four teams and focusing on just four possible careers).
After narrowing them down to one (you can help them talk through each career, looking about more information about what that career really is, how much school might be necessary, etc.) ask your Little if they can see themselves pursuing that career in the future and how they could make that happen.
Taking a moment to think about others’ perspective can have a big impact on how you perceive conversations and form opinions. Use the following questions to start a discussion about how to better understand others.
Little:
What do you wish adults remembered about being a young person?
What do you want to remember about being a young person when you’re an adult?
What life experiences have influenced your perception of school?
Big:
What do you know as an adult that would have been helpful for you to know when you were growing up?
What is something that you disliked hearing from adults when you were a young person?
What life experiences have influenced your perception of your career?
Further discussion questions:
What did you learn about each other?
What do you feel like was helpful to hear from the other person?
Who is someone in your life that often has a different perspective than you? Maybe they are a different age, have had different life experiences, are from a different culture, think differently than you, etc.
Where do you think their perspective comes from? Where does yours come from?
Did your different perspectives ever cause conflict between you and ther person? How did you get through it?
Together, brainstorm some ways you can better understand and learn about the perspectives of those around you.
Click here to take the test, read about your results and see how accurately you feel they represent you.
Click here to read more about your results.
Take up to three minutes to individually write down three things you like about yourself and three things you like about your Big/Little. Take turns sharing the things you wrote.
Discussion:
What was it like receiving a compliment from your Big or Little?
What was the best compliment you received during this activity? How about ever in your life? Why do those, “best compliments” stand out to you?
What do you do when you receive a compliment? Do you say, “thank you?” Do you deny it? Do you return it with another compliment?
What is your favorite thing about yourself?
Why are these qualities so important to you?
Extra Time?:
Think of a person you plan to see in the next day or two, either in person or virtually. It could be a parent, a sibling, a coworker, a classmate, a teacher, etc. Write something down that you admire about them. Give that person the compliment the next time you see them!