They can provide positive momentum for small group study and discussion by:
• Helping a new group get to know one another.
• Helping new members to integrate into a group.
• Helping young people feel comfortable together.
• Encouraging cooperation.
• Encouraging listening to others.
• Encouraging working together.
• Encouraging young people to break out of their cliques.
• Developing social skills.
• Building a rapport with leaders.
• Creating a good atmosphere for learning and participation.
- 2-minute Square Dance
- A Strange New World
- ABC Jazz Chant
- Acting Adjectives
- Advise
- Alphabet Soup
- Animal Nicknames
- Astounding Associations
- Bananas----a quickie!
- BASKET-CASE TEACHER
- beyond introductions
- Birth Order Icebreaker
- breakdown first day barriers
- BRILLIANT first class warmer
- Butcher Block Bios
- Call my Bluff
- Cards and Crossword--Two Day Icebreaker
- Celebrity 20 Questions
- Celebrity Info
- Change Identity Game
- Class Heart Throb
- Coats of Arms of Yourselves
- Common Ground
- Crazy Basketball Madness
- Crystal Ball Prediction
- draw conclusions
- Draw Your Name
- Draw Your Name!
- Everybody Has Secrets
- Facts and Lies
- Famous people from !!!!
- Fictional Language
- Find Someone: an Alternative Version
- Food names.
- Fortune Cookies
- Free Speaking
- Frivolous Fun with Find Out Cards
- Fruit Bowl
- Fun Method of Learning Student Names
- Getting older students interested
- Getting Students to Speak Up
- Getting To Know You Game
- gimme, gimme
- Globe Ball
- Going on a Picnic
- Guess Who
- Hangless Hangman
- How well do you "know" the teacher?
- I Hate Sex because.....
- Imagining a Photo
- International Language Exchange
- Kindergarden Ice Breaker - Physical Humour
- Learning Student Names
- Lie Detector
- Lining up in Alphabetical Order
- M & M's to speak
- Map of the World
- Marco...Steven!
- Maze Craze
- Me Bag
- Meaningful Musical Chairs
- My name on an apple (Tell me your name!)
- My teacher Isn't a Robot!
- Names Out of a Hat
- Nazo's musical chairs
- Nazo's World
- New in Town
- Ouestioning the Teacher
- people bingo
- Perfect ice breaker
- Picking Pictures
- Portrait Gallery in class
- Poster for Small Talk
- Prediction
- Psychiatrist
- Putting Pieces Together
- Quiz Program
- Reflecting
- Say goodbye
- Show my name
- Snowballs!
- Stars in Your Classroom
- Student Interviews
- Stuffed Globe
- Talk to me... this way
- Teacher Photos
- Team Maping
- The Appointment Discussion Game
- The Hokey Pokey
- The loudest mooer game
- The Talking Zone
- The Twister Game (Great for big groups of people)
- This gets everyone laughing!!
- three things in common
- Toilet Paper Alternative
- Toilet Paper Fiasco
- True or False
- VAN GOGH IN ALL OF US
- Ventriloquism Volovon!
- What made you smile. ?
- What's in a name?
- What's in a name?
- Who wrote what?
- You're such a gossip!
- You’ll Have to Draw Me a Picture
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