Ice breaker games primary children

Next, have your class sit in a circle. Each person gets a chance to share their three sentences. Then the rest of the class takes turns guessing which one is the lie. Obviously, the more realistic your lie or mundane your truths , the harder time people will have figuring out the truth. Organize your class into small groups of approximately 4 or 5. Give each group two pieces of paper and a pencil. On the first sheet of paper, the students write "Same" or "Shared" at the top and then proceed to find qualities that are shared by the group as a whole.

Make sure to point out that these should not be silly or trite qualities, such as "We all have toes. On the second paper, label it "Different" or "Unique" and give the students time to determine some aspects that are unique to only one member of their group. Then, set aside time for each group to share and present their findings. Not only is this a great activity for getting to know each other, but it also emphasizes how the class has shared commonalities as well as unique differences that make up an interesting and completely human whole.

First, come up with a predetermined set of questions about your students. Write them on the board for all to see. These questions can be about anything, ranging from "What is your favorite food?

Give each student an index card numbered or however many questions you are asking and have them write their answers to the questions on it, in order.

You should also fill out a card about yourself. After a few minutes, collect the cards and redistribute them to the students, making sure no one gets their own card. From here, there are two ways that you can finish out this Ice Breaker. The first option is to have the students get up and mingle as they chat and try to figure out who wrote the cards they are holding.

The second method is to begin the sharing process by modeling for the students how to use the card to introduce a classmate. Split your students into groups of 5. Give each group a piece of sentence strip paper and a pencil.

On your signal, the first person in the group writes one word on the strip and then passes it to the left. Pass around a sheet of paper and some pens. Ask the students to write their name and their favorite TV shows you can come up with your own topic for favorite things. Collect the papers and pens. Begin reading the answers, but have the class guess who wrote the response. Call out any month of the year and have all students born in that month come up to the front of the room.

It is up to the students to decide who stands first, second, etc. Now call out another month don't call the months in order , and have those students try to position themselves correctly by day and by where they should stand as an entire month. This is a great way to get kids working together and knowing each other. Once all of the kids have lined up, test them to see if they are correct. Have students write three things about themselves on a piece of paper.

Then have them crumble up the paper to resemble a snowball. Let the students have a snowball fight for about one minute. Now everyone grabs one of the snowballs and has to try and find the person who wrote on it. Once they find their partner, they have to bring that person up in front of the class and explain what they learned about their new friend with the three facts written on the piece of paper. Line up the students in two lines facing each other.

If there is an odd number of students, you can play the game, too. Give students 30 seconds to look each other over really good, paying attention to all details about their partner. The students in one line now turn facing the other way while the other line of students changes something about themselves. For example, a girl might take off a hair bow, or a boy might un-tuck his shirt. When the kids in the first line turn back around, they have to guess what their partner changed.

Now switch and let the first line make the change and the second line guess the difference. If you want more of a challenge you can eliminate each person who gets it wrong and the last person to say them all without making a mistake will win the game.

Check out our other circle games. Set Up: Everyone should stand in a circle facing each other. One person will start with holding the ball. How to Play: The person holding the ball will say a name of someone in the group and toss the ball to that person.

That person must catch the ball without dropping it. The play will continue with each person receiving and tossing the ball once. You can play until each person has a turn without the worry of dropping the ball to make it easier when there are smaller children involved.

What You Will Need: This game can be purchased from Amazon and it provides a box full of cards with great topics that can be used as conversation starters around the table. Set Up: Everyone can sit on the floor in a circle or around the table. Place the box of cards in the middle for everyone to reach. How to Play: You can play this game in many different ways, but one way you could play is to pass the box around allowing each person to take out a card on their turn and answer the question.

You could also deal five cards to each person and take turns around the table answering one question at a time. When the turn is over they can discard and draw a new card so they always have five. You might also consider incorporating these topics into some of the other games on our list.

Set Up: Split the group up into small teams and supply them with the materials they will need to build their creations. How to Play: Each team will be allotted an amount of time to work together in constructing a certain creation with a limited amount of unusual materials.

For an example, you might provide each team with a box of spaghetti and a bag of marshmallows and ask them to build the tallest tower. You might want to provide each team with paper and string to make an egg support. Maybe you want them to build a bridge using duct tape and popsicle sticks that will hold a heavy book without breaking. Set Up: Everyone can sit around in a circle, at a table, or on living room furniture.

This game can be played anyplace you choose, even around the campfire or on a bus. How to Play: This game is simple, yet creative.

You can choose to add more words or less, depending on the age of children in the group. This is a great way to pair up small children with the older ones for help. Set Up: Form the groups into teams or play as individuals.

Each person should prepare a set of statements about themselves, possibly 5 different sets. With each set of statements, one should be the truth and the other two should be a lie.

How to Play: Take turns going around the room allowing each person to read from a set of statements. A set of statements should be one truth and two lies. Everyone working in teams or as individuals should decide which one of the three is the truth. The group would need to decide which of those three is a true statement. The participants can make up silly questions if they want to as long as one is always true.

What You Will Need: A large tray for each team, a piece of clothing for each tray, ice, and a pair of heavy gloves for each participant. Set Up: Using a large tray, place a piece of clothing i. Any piece of clothing can be used, but to make it fair, it should be the same kind for each tray. Pour water over the tray and allow it to completely freeze. You will want to use old pieces of clothing that can be thrown away when the game is over. It will also be helpful to wet the clothing before placing it on the tray.

How to Play: Have each participant put on gloves and place the frozen trays in front of each team. On the count of three give the teams a lot of space to begin breaking the ice. The teams should race to break the ice and thaw out the clothing. The first team to put on the clothing wins the game. Set Up: Everyone can sit in a comfortable place around the table or in a circle on the floor. Place the two decks close by in front of all the players.

How to Play: This game is simple and fun and will be sure to get the room talking and laughing in a matter of minutes. There are two decks of cards, one deck is filled with questions and the other is filled with statements. There is an instruction book that comes with the game, but each person will take turns drawing a card and discussing an answer that matches the question or statement on the card.