How it works Pricing. Log in Try For Free. How it works Pricing Blog Support. Try For Free Existing customer? Benefits of Breaking The Ice Breaking the ice can be a bit intimitading and a little cheesy.
But it is very beneficial when building a strong work community and these are our top reasons why: It is an awesome activity for introductions and new recruits, while it may be an informal way of getting to know one another it automaticall brings a relaxed and no pressure vibe.
Icebreakers make any weekly meeting more fun and inviting that help mix up your normal agenda. Ice breakers relax teams and help them to get to know each other far more quickly and easily. Ice breaker questions energize, motviate and engage any team no matter what their background is. This icebreaker gets the creative juices flowing and will allow people to unwind. Instructions Give everyone in your team a piece of paper and some coloured markers. After the 6 minutes, participants should cut a hole in the paper and put it over their heads so that it drapes in front of them.
Get everyone to mingle for 6 minutes and ask each other ice breaker questions about their billboards so that they can learn more about each other. Instructions Give group members 3 to 5 minutes to think of an interesting facts that corresponds to the letters of their first name. Have each participant share their acronym. Instructions Get everyone to stand in a circle with one person in the middle. Give your team 3 minutes to memorise the first, middle and last names of their neighbors either side of them.
The person who is pointed at must say the full name of their neighbor. If they get it wrong, then they must trade places with the person in the middle. Continue the game until everyone knows everyone else's name. Ask everyone to introduce themselves with their name, their age and where they come from.
Then, they should share something significant or interesting about themselves on the year the penny was minted. Instructions Get everyone sat in a way so that they can all see eachother - we recommend sitting in a circle. Start by telling everyone else one thing that you like to do e. The person to your left then restates what you said and then says something that they would rather do e. The next team member then restates what was said, and adds on what they would rather do e.
The game continues until every person has said the whole list and added on what they would rather do. Instructions Divide the group in half and organise your team so they are standing in two lines facing each other.
Announce a category e. You can play most of them with your remote teams take that, coronavirus! Two truths and one lie. If so, arrange a team lunch or take a break in the afternoon so that your existing staff can get to know the newbie. Then have each person present what they came up with. Everyone tries to guess the right answer, which leads to stories about past life experiences and facilitates engaging and enjoyable conversation.
Find 10 things in common. To encourage employees to get to know one another better, host a company-wide lunch or a Zoom call. Break everyone off into separate groups, making sure to include employees from all departments in each of them. Task the groups with finding 10 things that all of them share in common besides the obvious, e. You might find out that a bizarre number of employees have all been to Keokuk, Iowa even though your office on in the west coast.
Have each person write down something interesting they've done on a note card e. Put the note cards into a hat, give it a nice shake, and have each person draw a note card they will then read aloud. The scavenger hunt. If you have a little extra time on your hands, you can always opt for a good old-fashioned scavenger hunt.
Depending on where your office is located, such an event can take place on-premises once you start working there again, that is. Or, if you're feeling more adventurous, you can opt to send your team around the block—or even across town though not recommended during the pandemic. For example, you can tell your employees to take pictures of household items that fit one of the following descriptions:. Not only are scavenger hunts fun, they will get each group talking with one another and working together to identify problems and come up with solutions.
Give the first team to gather every item a grand prize. Human rock-paper-scissors. Let each come up with particular body signals for each move. You email the link or post it in your LMS. There are so many ways you can welcome your kids using Padlet. Some ideas:. Learning names is an important first day task for teachers and students.
She recommends that once students finish their tents, you put them together into a Powerpoint presentation. Then, upload it to your LMS or email it so they can learn more about each other. Students copy and paste an emoji this emoji tool is free and easy to use that best fits their personality.
Then, they post it in the Zoom chat! Or you can ask them to choose the emoji that best represents how they feel about distance learning. You can create a strong virtual community where students feel connected to you and each other. This low prep activity helps students see what they have in common. Read each statement. Ask students to raise their hands if the statement is true for them.
This one works especially well with younger kiddos. Your students find items in the room they are in and share them in your first virtual class. Give students five minutes or so to gather everything on the list. Here are some ideas starting with: In the room you are in, find…. Or they might need to adjust to being back in a group setting, figuring out how to interact with other kids again.
These back-to-school activities are helpful for making an easy adjustment to the new school year. Some are back-to-school crafts meant to ignite their creativity and get those bulletin boards filled, possibly with a new set of back-to-school photos.
Others are icebreaking games that help the class learn a little more about each other. And some focus more on setting the tone for the year, with cooperative rule-making and individual goal-setting. Sprinkle some throughout the first day of school or even the first week , and you'll get the year started off on the right foot!
Get them started on their STEM skills right away by challenging them to make a name tag that meets certain criteria.
They'll be measuring, designing and engineering in no time! Get the tutorial at For the Love of Teachers ». Keep their eyes on the prize with a goal-setting activity, which challenges them to write down something they'd like to accomplish this year.
Teacher Linda Kamp has her kids write them in self-portraits that decorate the classroom and, in Olympic years ahem , she gives them gold medals to glue on, too. Get the template at Teachers Pay Teachers ». Students are known to bring an apple to the teacher on the first day of school, but this activity lets them make their own, either for their desks or a bulletin board. Some tissue paper and watered-down glue make for some creative fruit. Get the tutorial at Stay Small Art Club ».
Not only are photo magnets a cute memento of the first day of school, they'll help everyone in the class learn each other's names. Get the tutorial at Mrs. Strawberry ». Get brains and bodies working in tandem with this activity. Whoever catches the ball has to answer the question that their thumbs land on! Get the tutorial at Teaching in Paradise ». Another way for the class to get to know one another is to create a group "portrait" of paper dolls on a bulletin board.
Everyone gets to showcase their style through their dolls' outfit. Get the tutorial at Buggy and Buddy ». Being greeted with a welcoming note is nice. Having to decipher your own welcoming note from a secret code is even more fun!
You can even buy this one if you like it. Get the tutorial at Jewel's School Gems ». If they're in pre-K or kindergarten, give them a class shirt that'll last with them through the ages. They can make a handprint on the first day of every new school year, and see how much bigger they are. In this activity, certain attributes are represented by certain features in a sculpture. Does a student love books?
They can add a green zig-zag. Play sports? Give them a black arch. Every sculpture will be unique — just like every artist. Get the tutorial at Charity Mika ». Tell them to write a letter to a very special pen pal — themselves. They can include private thoughts on their hopes, fears and anxieties for the next year.
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