what is icebreaker games

What is icebreaker games for student? All students come to class to get lesson from their teachers. In fact, not all students are ready to receive lesson. They need something to stop their mind. They sometimes still think about their problem or bring their current activities to the classroom. In this occasion, teachers need to stop them and make class quiet and ready to deliver lesson. What they need to do is ice breaking. They need to break the ice of current mental block that all students have. Icebreaker games are short fun activities that can entertain audiences to lead them start a lesson in class. Icebreaker game is good for all ages. It is also help new students to know each other.

The best time to do icebreaker games is when you as a teacher start a lesson. You can also practice icebreaker games in the middle of the class to re energize your students. Icebreakers games only need little time but they are very powerful strategy to get students attention. Most students will turn their attention to what their teacher is going to do. They will feel curious. When you have a crowded classroom, you need to ice – break. I am an elementary school teacher I have much experience in using icebreaker games to make my class quiet and ready to receive my lesson. When you can practice icebreaker games at the right time, you will see the result and the effect of the game.

The basic principle in practicing icebreaker games is simple. You need to be enthusiast. Your enthusiasm will pass on your students. Your students will be entertained and feel fun. All mental blocks will be opened. Another principle to practice icebreaker games, you must prepare what to do. Therefore, you must have many icebreaking ideas. Here you can find 40 icebreaking activities ideas free. Most all the icebreakers, I have practiced in my class.

Good teachers can manage their classroom well. They can lead their students to learning objectives satisfactorily. A teacher needs a tool to make all students focus. At the first minutes, most students usually have mental block that prohibits from getting lesson from their teacher. How to break the mental block becomes very important for a teacher to be accepted in the classroom. A teacher’s instructions at the first minutes to open book or make them quiet are considered as an intimidation for students. You might have this experience. I used to face this kind of problem. Icebreaker games are solution to get students’ attention without bothering students’ comfort.

Icebreaker games are very important. These little activities sometimes have no correlation with the lesson. In fact, they can make students quiet and focus. As a teacher you must be creative to make icebreaking ideas. You can also search on the internet to find ice breaking activities ideas. The more you have icebreaker games the more weapons you have in the classroom. There are no ideas to attract students’ attention besides to ice - break. Giving instruction or strong imperatives will only leave a teacher stressed out and students gone wild.

Let’s practice one of the icebreaking activities collections, you will see the result. The more practice the better you are. You as a good teacher can also develop or make variation from icebreaker games and activities from my collections. I think you can be more creative than I am. I also make some variation from some icebreaking articles on the internet. As a teacher, I feel very happy to share experience with other teachers around the world. I hope you can be my new friend. You can follow me on my twitter @ahmadfz1, I follow you then.