Minute To Win It

Minute To Win It

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

Children learned the importance of mindfulness and teamwork in a fun way at the Minute To Win It: Five Senses Edition program at the Vegreville Centennial Library recently.

Mental Health Capability Building (MHCB) Vegreville partnered with Vegreville Centennial Library to present this program which had 15 children from the ages of eight to 13 participating in it.

Kirstin McSveen, Program Manager for MHCB said they were doing a version of mindfulness for Minute to Win It where participants used their five senses: sight, hearing, smell, and taste. They did the sense of touch in combination with the other senses. “We did mindfulness because it teaches children about living in the present moment where they had to concentrate on each of their senses. We turned it into a fun game and made it educational. As well, participants practiced working as a team together.”

Participates had a minute to complete each game. Some of the challenges were a sound game where one kid had to guess what the sound the other kid was making was; another challenge was where children had to guess what the smell was in the various cups.

A participant from the Shafanial team tries to toss as many balls as he can into a cup.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

The games didn’t have any prizes except the team who won received bragging rights. At the end, points were also given to the team which did the best team work together.