Mental Health 7 of 10 Teaching Steps 1. Ask students to define communication. Discuss types of communication, both verbal and nonverbal. Verbal and nonverbal messages communicate what we think and feel. People understand us better when our verbal and nonverbal messages agree.
Students play charades.
Ask for volunteers to act out the charades and give each volunteer a card. As volunteer act, ask students to guess the message that is being communicated nonverbally. Introduce talking skills. Skills Discuss the importance of good talking skills. Students practice writing I-messages.