We've compiled some of the best ice-breaker activities to help your students get to know and connect with each other. Article Four Great Get-to-Know-You Activities for the First Week of School Foster a feeling of community and keep everyone comfortable with these first week of school icebr...
Determine the lesson or event goals you want to achieve through the ice breaker activity. What do you want participants to learn or do as a result of the activity? How can the ice breaker activity set the tone for the rest of the lesson or event? 2 Consider Your Audience Consider the...
Ice Breaker Games for Adult ESL StudentsDan Chruscinski
1. Some teachers often use ice-breakers such as self-introductions to encourage students to get to know each other in the first class.2. A thoughtful introduction will make you feel more like part of the class.3. Share some unique details to make the audience remember you instead of mumbl...
Many students cringe when hearing or reading the term "ice breaker," recalling uncomfortable or awkward exercises in previous courses or situations. As its name suggests, an ice breaker is an activity or event that helps to "break the ice" and get participants mingling, relaxing and feeling com...
As always, feel free to change the rules, and make this ice breaker activity work for you![Back to Top] Bippity, Boppity, Boo! In Bippity Boppity Boo, everyone stands or sits in a circle with one “It” person in the middle. ...
Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants relax and ease into a group meeting or learning situation (Dover, 2004).Teachers can use icebreakers within their classrooms to create a connected and comfortable learning environment for their students. Icebreakers are ...
An easy ice breaker that lets people to share their current mood in a non-threatening and inclusive way. Use this Mood Wall template now.
The activity can provide teachers with important information about students' interests, concerns, and goals; teachers can use the information to determine how best to direct students and provide for their individual needs. I Wish I Were a Butterfly. Students across the grades will enjoy this book...
In my own classrooms, with middle school, high school, and college students, I have played all three of these games with great success. What I like about all of them is that they get students talking, but require very little social risk. Each activity supplies students with real topics to...