Team Building/ Icebreakers

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Last month I was looking for a getting to know you game that I could do with a large group of women for Relief Society. After searching for something we could play I came up with my own game. It is called: It is a spin off of the "This or That" game. Here is how it works: We started by having everyone stand on whatever side of the line they wanted. Then I asked everyone to “switch sides if” the statement applied to them. After some of the statements they were asked to tell someone next to…

I am loving my new group of seventh graders. We have had an exciting two days so far. Yesterday, my team and I started our year off by hav...

I facilitated a lesson with 4th graders that involved spaghetti, marshmallows, and cooperation! I divided the class into groups of three or ...

Team Building Game with Balloons － 10 Team Building Activities for Adults and Kids

Cooperative games - some great games that foster communication and teamwork.

In these early weeks of school, it's so important to enforce the idea of teamwork among your classroom. I feel that if you have a classroom that functions as a community, everything runs more smoothly. My teacher and I discussed the importance of team-building exercises among the students this week. She told me that she loves to incorporate them into the classroom and that they usually produce wonderful results! I was more than excited to see it with my own eyes. For our team-building…

The book "Duct Tape Teambuilding Games" by Tom Heck contains complete lead-it-yourself instructions for this game and 49 other duct tape teambuilding games. ...

A list of activities for teachers to do the first day, include data collection, group quiz, name game and other things to help get to know the class. This is designed for a middle or high school class.

The team travels from one imaginary space ship to another through the "Air Lock" (hoola hoops). Get the complete lead-it-yourself directions at the Internati...

With an emphasis on teamwork and cooperation, these fun group activities will have kids working and playing together for hours!

These are games and activities that are great for team building and for anyone or any group wanting to improve social skills and communication

Have you heard of the review game Scoot? It's a whole class activity that gets kids up and moving from one seat to another as they solve problems. Team Scoot is a fun variation that allows students to work in cooperative learning teams which gives them an opportunity to discuss their answers and stretch their thinking.

Spy kids must be able to secretly exchange messages. Easily create secret codes for kids with this build-your-own cypher wheel.

Here is one of my favorite all time team builders. I have personally facilitated this activity many times and it has never failed to create what I intended it to create (see purpose below). Let us know how it goes.