Duration: Around 20 min.

Group size: Any

Materials: Long sheet of paper, markers, pens, notebooks, electronic devices with internet access, infographic 1 (Appendix 1) as a summary

The Facilitator places long and quite wide piece of paper on the floor and asks 1 volunteer to lay down on the sheet, so the whole body fits. Another person outlines the body shape. When the drawing is ready, the Facilitator divides the group into 3 smaller groups and asks each group to discuss and come up with as many as possible different benefits of laughter. The first group brainstorms on physical benefits of laughter, the second group brainstorms on mental benefits of laughter and the last one brainstorms on social benefits of laughter. At the beginning, it is important for the groups to reach conclusions, using only their knowledge, for about 10 minutes. The Facilitator informs the groups that they can also search for information on the internet during this group session. When all groups are ready, they are asked to write down the conclusions/benefits they came up on the paper with the „human shape”. The group which worked on the physical benefits will write their conclusions in the upper parts of body, the group with mental benefits will focus on the area in the head and the participants who discussed the social benefits will write their conclusions on in the hands, arms and legs. After work is done, the Facilitator presents the drawing and reads out all the benefits, asking participants to give exact examples to some of them, which can create a further discussion (ex. Students wrote that laughter can help unload stress. Q: In which precise situation did it help? Was it a „nervous” laughter? What happened and you started laughing? Who had similar experience?). At the end, the Facilitator can show Form 1 and read out the missing benefits (if they are any).