Game of Life: Le Moyne Edition - Instructor Resources
The Game of Life: Le Moyne Edition is a Manresa inspired "game" that takes participants through 9 dimensions of wellness by visiting stations in the Library and participating in an activity at each station.
This page provides instructional materials that can be used with your students if you'd like them to experience one or more of these station activities.
Group/Class Instruction
If you'd like to your group or class to go through the wellness station activites as a group please contact us to schedule a Librarian & Wellness Center led guided experience. We can accomodate a group of 21 or less. We also need a minimum of 45 minutes to allow for groups/classes to complete all activities.
If you're interested in having your class or group participate in activities related to only one aspect of wellness please contact us so we can discuss creating a custom experience.
Individual Assignment Instructional Materials
Wellness Station Activity Descriptions & Reflection Question Ideas
- This station starts and ends on the first floor.
- Participants walk to 2 sub-stations to do a mini-activity and find clues.
- The mini-activities are: visual meditation (look at outdoor environment) & book nook exploration (indoor environment scene).
Physical & Environmental Reflection Question Ideas
- What did you observe or learn about the environment and your connection to it during your walk?
- How might this new awareness connect to your daily choices?
- What is one small step you could take to be more environmentally conscious?
- This station starts with a 2 minute video about “Human: Circle of Compassion”
- Participants are given a word at the end of the video to say at the Library Service Counter. This word opens the lock on the Letter Writing kit.
- OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Participants write a letter of gratitude (gratitude letter activity directions) to give to a person in-person or via mail.
- What did you observe or learn about compassion and its role in your life from the video?
- How might the "Circle of Compassion" connect to your interactions with others?
- What is one small step you could take to practice more compassion?
- This is a virtual station where participants are taken to the O*Net Interest Profiler.
- Upon completing the interest profiler they receive a Holland Code
- There are career books and Holland Code finding aids at this station for these books so participants can read about careers that match their code. These books are also available online.
Vocational Reflection Question Ideas
- What did you observe or learn about your interests or potential career paths from the O*Net survey?
- How might this new understanding of your interests connect to your current or future work?
- What is one small step you could take to further explore a new interest from this survey?
Station Activity
- This is a virtual station where participants are taken to Le Moyne’s iGrad tool.
- They complete the financial wellness check on this website.
- OPTIONAL: Financial wellness books are available to read more about a financial topic.
- NOTE: Additional financial wellness tools can be completed in this online tool.
Financial Reflection Question Ideas
- What did you observe or learn about your financial habits or goals from the iGrad questionnaire?
- How might this new understanding connect to your spending or saving habits?
- What is one small step you could take to improve your financial wellness?
- Participants are shown several emojis and asked to pick one that represents how they are feeling today.
- They read the poem “The Guest House” by Rumi
- They complete a mindfulness exercise titled “RAIN”
Emotional Reflection Question Ideas
- What did you observe or learn about your emotions from doing the RAIN activity?
- How might this practice of emotional awareness connect to your daily reactions?
- What is one small step you could take to be more present with your emotions?
- Participants are given a random call number to find a book at or near that call number.
- They open to a random page and write down the fifth, tenth, fifteenth and twentieth words.
- They create a short story, drawing, or poem inspired by this random choice. They are prompted to take a photo of their masterpiece. The library receives this photo.
Intellectual Reflection Question Ideas
- What did you observe or learn about your own creativity from creating the poem/drawing?
- How might this creative process connect to your daily problem-solving or thinking?
- What is one small step you could take to tap into your creativity more often?
- Participants listen to an audio meditation (there are nine choices).
- The station is a carrel decorated with serene images, scented bookmarks and spirituality books.
Spiritual Reflection Question Ideas
- What did you observe or learn about your inner self during this meditation?
- How might this sense of calm or focus connect to your daily life?
- What is one small step you could take to incorporate a moment of stillness into your day?
Library Wellness Station Floor Maps
