From the article: Top 10 Ice Breakers for Adults
Share the ice breakers you think belong in every teacher's top ten. What has worked for you, or not? Share What Works for You
Beach Ball
- Pick up a beach ball from the dollar store and write all sorts of questions all over the ball ex. what would you do with a million dollars? which famous person have you been told you look like? etc etc. Then throw the ball around the room - wherever their right thumb lands, they answer that question.
- —Guest Kristen
find the answer
- a list of 20 questions that each party goer has to search among other visitors to find..example: who has 3 or more cats in their house, who is going to the ocean for summer vacation. etc.
- —Guest debbie
Candy Game
- I liked the candy game, and my students seemed to open up to it as well. I believe if we give people the opportunity to share, they will.
- —Guest Nichole
Two Truths and a Lie
- This works for all age groups, but especially for adults, because we seem to have perfected the lie! 1. Divide the class into groups of four. 2. On a scrap of paper, have each student compose two truths about themselves along with one lie that could be true (not outlandish) 3. Then, one by one, each group member shares their truths and one lie, and the other members have to guess which one wasn't true. This sparks a lot of chatter among the groups because the students get to find out two miscellaneous tidbits about others in their class.
- —Kelly_Roell
Seinfeld
- This may not work for every age group, but if most of your class is 35 , you can play the Seinfeld game during introductions (name, why you're taking the class, and Seinfeld character that's most like you.) Also, jokes help. I go to About.com's humor site and browse for new jokes, and they are generally PG enough to tell in class. You can also type "jokes" and your specialty into search.
- —Guest Susan
