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Learning as a team often requires a different set of skills than learning independently. A team needs to have clear interpersonal communication and patience. Its members also should have a desire to help one another. Members should understand that everyone has a different learning style and learning speed. If a team member does not comprehend something, she should be encouraged to ask other team members. Learning games will help the team to develop these qualities so they work together better.

Road Map
- In this game, team members work together to plan a trip, as the Team Building Portal website explains. Divide everyone into small groups, and give each team member a road map. Then, give each group a list of its supplies, money, type of car, amount of time it has to take the trip and any other variables, says the Team Building Portal website website. At the end, discuss what did or didn't work about the planning process, and why each group made the choices it did.
Lighthouse
- In this game, also described on the Team Building Portal website, a blindfolded player stands at one end of a large room strewn with obstacles. Three people, the "lighthouses," stand to the sides of the room and guide the blindfolded person across by telling her how to move. The closest lighthouse guides her first, and after she passes him, the next takes over, as explained on the website. If time allows, give everyone a chance to be blindfolded. At the end, discuss whether the blindfolded people felt safe, and whether the lighthouses felt they were all communicating well, suggests the website.
Solve the Crime
- Give everyone a series of clues related to an imaginary crime scene, and tell them to ask you questions until they figure out how it happened, as the Youth Work website suggests. Give only "yes" or "no" answers.
Emergency Rescue
- To practice CPR and first aid, as well as teamwork skills, create an imaginary disaster scenario, like an earthquake or tornado. Have some team members work to save the others and themselves. Then, switch roles so everyone gets a chance to rescue the others, using a different disaster scenario the second time.
Listening Skills Drawing
- In this activity, described by the Resident Assistant website, the listener draws a picture that the speaker describes and may not ask any questions. Then, the listener draws another picture described by the speaker, but this time she can ask questions. They compare the two pictures at the end and talk about why the results were different.

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