Getting to know activities

Whatever you call it: morning meeting, advisory time, or homeroom, as educators we know that it’s an important start to our students' day. In the middle school classroom, it can be particularly important as it’s a time that can be used to teach necessary life skills like relationship building, self-esteem, grit, etc. Below are 33 of our favorite homeroom ideas that include simple and fun activities that’ll not only get your students excited for the day ahead, but will also foster a strong…

We recently went to a swimming pool party for my niece, and took her this beach ball game! I bought a cheap beach ball and wrote questions all over it. You toss the ball and whoever catches it, has to answer the question that's under (or near) their right hand pointer finger. We played the question game, then after that we played beach volleyball! Hey! Two games in one, win-win! This was simple and loads of laughs! My sister wanted a list of all of the questions I wrote all over the ball…

After studying the thirteenth article of faith, we can make a list of things that are uplifting and virtuous. Discuss with a parent or leader how you can seek after these things. This is a SUPER easy activity with set up in less than 20 minutes. All you should need is scissors and these printables (obviously the attendees might appreciate a treat to or two though :) and if you choose to use envelopes (but you don't need to) PART ONE: hide the clues PART TWO: make two teams, race to find the…

Get to know you dice is a unique icebreaker activity that's perfect for back to school! The set of four dice contains 47 unique get to know you questions!

This is a fun board game with 'All About Me' related questions for intermediate and advanced students. This is a great way to get to know them at the beginning of a course.

1. Make pair or groups of 3 or 4.2. Each player must have six markers to be placed in each starting point. (dice boxes on the very top of the board game)3. Each player rolls a die. 4. The player will answer a question according to the number of dots on the die.5. The first player who reaches all the finish boxes will be declared as the winner.Edit : I am teaching Japanese students that is why there are some Japanese related questions and words. You can edit these parts for your students…

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A great Getting to Know You activity for your classroom takes a group of students who have just met and builds a sense of community. I remember sitting in

When it comes to some fun get to know you games for breaking the ice and enjoying each other’s company, there are 17 classic get to know you games you can try

Fun activities to teach the character quality of Generosity that include processing questions to make the game into a lesson.