Spatial Requirements: Regular classroom setup: little or no space required
Activity Type: Movement/group
Grades: K-12
Group Size: 2 or more
Time: 5 minutes

Introduction: This activity teaches students that our worthwhile goals in life often require desire, time, and effort.  

Materials:

• None
  
  

Activity:

Have the members of the group stand up.  Ask them to stretch their arms into the air as high as they can.  When they have done this, tell them that they can put their hands back down to their sides.  Once again, ask them to put their hands into the air and try to stretch higher than they did the time before. Generally, the students will stretch higher the second time. 

Processing the Experience: 

• How many of you stretched higher/solved more problems the second time?
• Why did you stretch higher/solve more problems the second time when I asked you to stretch as high as you as you could the first time/solve as many problems as you can the first time?
• Do you have goals, responsibilities, or dreams in life that you feel are difficult to accomplish?  Do you think they are possible if you “stretch higher” through desire, time, and effort? Why or why not?