Adult Ice Breaker Games for Classrooms, Meetings, and Conferences Adults learn best and are most receptive when they are comfortable with the people around them. Whether in a classroom or at a conference, semina
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...
Gather the class together and allow each student to share who has their same interests with the classroom.Deserted IslandGo around the classroom and ask each of the students to list three items they would need to have with them on a deserted island and why. Encourage other students in the ...
Name Games for Online Meetings or Virtual Classroom Time Charade Introductions This is a virtual name game for groups who are meeting online. Choose one participant to act out three things that are true about themselves without using their voice. The rest of the group will guess the actions t...
The beauty of this game is you can decide how long to play for. If you want to use it as a quick mini-game during a work meeting, or maybe you want it to last as a longer starter activity in the classroom, then Ice Breaker Bingo can easily be adapted for this. ...
All it takes is a few people to smooth the process, however, which is why it’s so important to pull aside some team members to guarantee their participation in your ice breaker. Keep an eye out for and reach out to “culture leaders”—they may not be managers or supervisors, but ...
Thanks for these!! One ice breaker I really love that helps you get to know one another and isn’t terribly embarassing or risky is Over the Mountain. You form a circle with marked spots (chairs, colored dots on the floor, each player removes one shoe, etc.) and one person starts in...
5 More Ice Breaker Activities 1. Would You Rather: How to Play:Make a thumbs-up sign for each student and have them hold it up for the option they would choose when you say it out loud. If there’s a particularly divisive opinion, encourage students to defend their point of view. You...
It can be frustrating for college professors when their students do not interact with each other or actively participate in class. One way in improve this is to do an “ice-breaker” activity on the first day of class. “Ice breakers,” according to Virgil E. Varvel Jr. of the ...
The first day of kindergarten can overwhelm many kids as they enter a new classroom with a new teacher and new classmates. Icebreakers can help introduce kids to each other and get them talking about things that matter to them, like their toy collections or their love of hamburgers....