Below are a variety of icebreakers and ‘Getting to Know You” games that will help your students meet new friends as they return to school.
Included is a free download that you can use in your classroom today!
Roll the Dice and Break the Ice Game
Players take turns rolling 2 dice. The student will then answer the question that corresponds to the sum of the roll. Each group member should roll at least 6 times. A fun way for students to get to know their peers in class.
33+ Awesome Team-Building Games and Activities for Kids
https://www.weareteachers.com/team-building-games-and-activities/
Team-building games and activities are a fun way to help students learn to work together, listen carefully, communicate clearly, and think creatively. They also give your students the chance to get to know each other, build trust as a community and, best of all, have fun! This website has a great selection of team-building games and activities for the classroom.
A creative and fun example of a team building activity is below.
Art Reproduction Puzzle
Divide students into groups of six or eight (or larger if you want to make the task more difficult). Provide each team with an image (Google and copy “artwork for kids” for a wide variety of images) and blank pieces of white card stock, one per team member. First, each team must cut up the image into the same number of pieces as there are group members. Then, each player will take one of the pieces of the image and reproduce it onto their blank piece of card stock with pencils, coloured pencils, or markers. (If the team cuts the image into irregularly shaped pieces, each team member must then cut their blank paper into the same shape.) Younger students can simply colour and glue a copy of an interesting image to cardstock and cut this into puzzle pieces. When every team has created the pieces of their puzzle, they will switch pieces with another team. The team will work together to solve the puzzle.