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Icebreaking activities and ideas book for teachers and trainers

Icebreaking activities and ideas book for teachers and trainers



How can you get paid attention from your students? Do you usually talk loudly or shout angrily? I don’t think so. You should have smart tricks and ideas. You will see amazing effect when you practice icebreaking games before the class. You will wonder why your students so nice today. Supply yourself with plenty of ideas to ice-break the freezing situation.


Icebreaking games and activities are the answer. You should apply to your class. How old your students are. You should use icebreakers to get close to your students. It is easy and fun to practice. You will enjoy the activities. You do not have to cry out and shout at your students. You play a trick and you will see the result.


Why is icebreaking important? You do not need to answer but you must do before you start a class. Icebreaking activities are very important because they will lead your students to the state of readiness. Within first two minutes, you will find difficulties to attract your student’s attention.


I have a collection of icebreaking activities that I have practiced in my classroom. I wrote all the ideas to ice-break and I want to share with you. There are 50 icebreakers in my e book. All activities are applicable to my students. I have got amazing result since I used those 50 icebreakers. You can also develop ideas from 50 icebreakers. You can add your ideas so 50 icebreakers can be 100 icebreakers.


This e book is worth $10. It is printed in pdf format so it looks nice. Should you spend $10 for it? No, I am a teacher and I know you are too. I like to share the book free for you because you and I are the same. We are facing the same problems everyday. Troublemaker students, lazy boys, and overacting girls are our breakfast and lunch. I think we need to relax and have a cup of coffee. Yes, I know I will give the e book free. Ouch, I forget my wallet, would you treat me a cup of coffee for my e book. Ok I think you agree. This e book is worth a cup of coffee for you. How much is a cup of coffee in your country? It is only $0.57 in my country. I ‘ll give the e book for you for a cup of coffee.

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small group icebreakers for student

These are icebreakers games for student. student will feel comfortable and be ready to study.
1. Find the match

This is good for young students. Name your students with the names of vegetables and fruits. Each student must remember the name that you give. Check by asking “ what is your name?”. How to play the game? Locate the chairs aside in your classroom so you have large space in the center. Ask all students to stand up. Ask them to make a group by matching category of color. You can give instruction. When you say “ Green” all students who have alias name green must hold on and make a group. The other students who are not green also make one group. There will be only two groups. They are green and other colors. Check the group! If you find students who are in the wrong group take them out of the group. Repeat giving instruction to make a group by different colors. When you have enough students who make mistake you must stop. All students who are taken out from their group must get funny punishment.

2. Make a line.

Ask students to stand up in the center of the class. Give instruction to make a line. They must make a line based on their first alphabet name. For example; students whose name “ Albert should stand at the front of the line”. Limit the time! all students will be crowded when they have this game at the first time because they will need time to adjust their name in alphabetical order. You can also change the line in order of Height, and birthday. Stop the game while they feel fun and start the lesson.

3. Yell

You might be a scout member when you were at school. You can remember yells that you learn. You can also create a yell on your own. You can also combine the yell with clap hand and step on foot. The yell will wake your students up.

4. Forehead label

You need and adhesive label. Each student write a famous name on the label but please don’t tell the name to others. Stick the label on each student forehead. All students must exchange their label. Remember not to tell the name to the student whose forehead got the label attached. Now ask your students to get the name of the label. They must ask with yes no questions “ Am I an artist?, Am I a doctor? Am I a female? And other questions! Let them ask until they know the answer or can guess the answer. First five students who can guess the label name they win the game.

5. What are you?

First, you must draw three or four circles with a chalk on the floor. Locate all tables and chairs. Then, each circle has different name you can choose animal, fruit, vegetable, and artist. Next, ask all students to stand up. They are out of the circles. After that, give instruction to enter the circles. All students are free to choose a circle they like. Finally ask “ What are you? To each student in the circles. Each student must answer correctly. When he or she in circle of animal, he or she must answer “ I am a lion” if he or she answers “ I am a banana” he or she has made a mistake. Take him / her out of the circle. Continue asking to all students if you have enough time. Give funny punishment to student who gives wrong answer.

Collection of ice breaking activities for classroom use 3

Icebreakers are easy and short games to lead students concentrate in the classroom. You can start a lesson with ice breaking activities. This is useful to make students ready to receive lesson.

1. Hand pistol

This is suitable to young children. First, you point your hand with fore finger pointed like holding a pistol. Walk around the classroom. Shoot “ DOOR” to a student that does not concentrate. Ask a funny question to him/ her. You can ask “ how many legs does a goat have?” Find other students! When class becomes crowded and entertained stop and start to open today’s lesson.

2. Meditation

It is good for teen or adult students. You can set the meditation affirmation “ close your eyes, sit straightly, take a deep breath, breath in, breath out, feel the wind blows, relax!” you have any ideas to lead a meditation. This is very comforting when you want to start a class at the end of the school day.

3. Write words

Write on the white board a sentence for example” My mom is cooking chicken soup” ask all student to write down how many words they can write from the alphabets available in the sentence. They may will write “ nine, pass, go, sing, etc” give compliment or reward to students who can write the most words. Don’t forget to use stop watch to limit the time!

4. If I have one billion dollars\

This is an interesting game. Ask your students to take a note and write five things they will do if they win a prize one billion dollars. Check the answers of each student. Give reward or appreciation to students who will spend the money wisely. Most my students spend the money for shopping and buying they need but only few of them who save the money in a bank and give a charity. You can see various lists and it is fun to know your students lists.

5. Linking sentence

You must say a sentence. Then your students continue to make a sentence from the last word. For example ; you say “ My friend is from Italy” choose one student randomly to go on with the word “Italy” he my say “ Italy is a big country” then choose another student to make a sentence from the word “ country”. You must use time to create spontaneous response. You sometime will find funny sentence from your student.

6. Solving problem

This is a group task. Make a group of four students. Ask the entire group to find solution to a problem. Give one problem to all groups then match the answers of each group. For example “ you can ask your students to solve the problem what to do if they are flying a plane. Suddenly the plane lands on a desert island where there is no electricity, telephone or communication service. Give 15 minutes to write down in a note and read all the group solution in front of the class.

7. Write some words

Students must write some words from a certain letter to start. You decide the first letter, for example; you write a word “ B”. All students must write words that start with letter “B” They may write “ BOOK, BALL, BANANA, BED, BAD and other words. They will explore their memory. You must limit the time so the children will focus and try to do the task as quick as possible. After the time is up, you must check your students’ work. Give reword to the students who can write the most words. You also must check the spelling.

8. Blind painter

Children must draw a face. They must follow the rules to draw the face. Here are the rules. You must make sure that all children close their eyes. All children must follow your instruction. You give instruction to draw parts of the face randomly for example ; first you ask “ draw the left ear, draw the nose, draw the mouth, until children draw all parts of the face. You will see the result. There will be children who draw nose on the forehead and mouth on the hair. That could be fun but remember to make sure all children eyes closed.

9. No yes or no

Children must answer your questions but they are not allowed to answer with “yes or no”. This is the illustration. You ask :” Do you have brother?” ask a student to answer. He / she may respond quickly “ yes/ no” but the answer is wrong in this game. He/ she must answer “ I have no brother”. You can ask another question like “ Do you like cats?” the correct answer is “ I like them or I don’t like them” choose the students randomly to answer the question. One of them will be slipped, they will answer “ yes/ no” a student who answer “ yes/ no” will get a funny punishment. You can ask him/ her to sing or act out in front of the class. Remember to write list of questions you want to ask.

10. Massage

Line up in a circle. You can divide the class into groups. Each group lines up in a circle. Put each of the children’s hand on their shoulders. You give instruction to massage gently. This is good for relaxing. This can be practiced for adult students. Let the students massage their friends for one or two minutes. You can also join in this game.

Collection of ice breaking activities for classroom use 2

1. Grid words

 Each student makes a grid and writes words. The grid contains maximal 5 square boxes. Use stopwatch to count the time. Each student must fill words on his/ her own. 3 words score 1, 4 words score 2, 5 word score 3, and 1or 2 word score 0

This is the grid.

2. Where is my shoe

This game is appropriate for young or adult learners. First, ask students to put off one of their shoes. Put the shoe in front of the class. Make a pile of shoes in random. Make a line and count for 20 second. Ask the student to put on their shoe. One who is able to wear the shoe first he/ she wins. Don’t worry about the crowd.

3. Paper airplane

Each must make a paper airplane. Write a hobby on the paper plane. Then fly it for 1 minute in the classroom randomly until not everyone knows his / her paper plane. Everyone must hold on a paper plane. Ask each student to find the owner of the plane “ Whose paper plane is this?” “the hobby is swimming” one who possesses the plane will raise his/ her hand. Then, make a group of students whose the same hobby. This is good to create classroom work group at a certain situation.


4. Linking word

This is very easy but needs spontaneous answer. As a teacher you post a word like “ Banana” then you choose a student randomly to continue the last letter of the word “ banana”. The chosen student may response “ ant” . next you choose another student to continue the word “ ant”. He/ she has to start from the letter “t”. you can do this to all your student. One who takes too long time to response should get a silly and fun punishment. You can get what suitable punishment.

5. Shopping list

Children or students must say their shopping lists. Each student must mention a product to buy. For example, a student say “ I am going to supermarket, I want to buy apples” The first student wants to buy apples. The word “apples” start with letter “A”, next student must mention a product that starts with letter “ B” for example the second student says “ I am going to supermarket, I want to buy “Beef”. Continue the shopping list statement until the end of the student. You will find some weird shopping lists in the games. This is fun for young children even for adult students.

6. Completing sentence

You must prepare at least 20 sentences. Then you omit the phrase at the end of the sentence. You must recognize your class. If you have young children, you must put easy and familiar phrases at the end of the sentences. For example; you say “ yesterday, I went to a super_________. Choose a student to complete the phrase, give appreciation to students who can complete the phrase correctly.

7. Is it big?

This is also good to reinforce young children to participate actively in the classroom. First, you prepare a picture or a note. The picture or note can be an animal, a fruit, a person, or anything. Fold the picture, then say “ what is this?” ask your student to post questions that need answers “ yes or no” for example your student will ask” Is this an animal”, if it is correct you say “ yes, it is” then another student may say “ is it big?” it is incorrect you say “ no”. Search students until someone can guess the answer, at the end show the picture or the note to all students. Give appreciation to the student who can guess the correct answer!

8. Alphabet game

Ask one student to spell alphabet from A to Z. at a certain letter you stop the student. Then ask another student to say a word, which begins with the alphabet that you have stopped from the first student. For example a student spell alphabet “ A B C D E F G H I J K L STOP” another student that you choose randomly must make a word begins with the letter “L” like “lamp”. Limit the time to train your students’ spontaneous response, repeat few times and stop when your students feel entertained before they got bored.

9. Arms linked

Two students sit on the floor facing their backs. Their feet are at the front and their arms linked. Ask them to stand up together. When they are successful to stand up add two more students so there are four students facing their backs with their arms linked. Ask them to stand up! If there are more than three or four groups, give applause to the group or 4 students who can stand up first.

10. Tell a story

Cut some pictures! The size is about 6x8 cm. Put all the pictures in a bag. Pass the bag to each student. Ask each student to pick up a picture then tell a story about the picture. The length of the story is only one minute. Make sure each student give contribution to the story. You can choose various picture so that the story will be various too.

Collection of ice breaking activities for classroom use

As teachers, you need to make your classroom alive and conducive. You sometimes find difficulties to attract students’ attention. When you are at the first minutes to start a class, students cannot concentrate well. In teaching, there is a trick to get students’ attention. There is a situation that you should create where students’ mind are free from anything. That situation is named alpha zone. Ice breaking activities can send students to this quiet state of mind. Here is some collection of ice breaking activities that I have practiced in my classroom.

1. You can play concentration games. Students must count number from one to twenty but they must replace number four and multiple four with a word “ BUZZ”. There is always a student who makes a mistake. The student who makes mistakes will get a funny punishment. As teachers, you must know what funny thing to do or to say in your classroom.

2. You can show funny pictures. You search photos on the internet and print them. Then, you wrap the photos. Students are not allowed to know the photos. The first photo is a fat boy, the second one is a handsome man, the third one is a funny girl, and the last one is a beautiful girl. You can choose photos of artist or actor in your country. The fat boy or the funny girl can be a comedian so that the students will break into laughter when they see the photo.

What should you do with the photos? Before you start a class after greeting, you ask your students “ Do you know who is the most beautiful or handsome artist in our country?” students will answer “yes” then ask one of the students “ Who is your favorite actor?” the student will answer excitedly. “ Today I have some photos of very beautiful and handsome actors and artists “ Do you want to know who they are? “ “I am afraid you will fall in love with one of them” students will say “ wooooo”

Then you say “ The first picture . is he handsome or is she beautiful? “ students will answer noisily “ beautiful , handsome” Ask the students “ Who will fall in love with the person? raise your hand” some students will raise their hands. You say “ OK, Let’s open the picture, Three , two , one” here it is . You show the fat boy. All students will laugh crowdedly. Then you continue to next pictures.

3. You can use funny videos if you use multimedia to help us deliver your lesson. Many videos you can find in youtube, you can download and save them in your files. At the first minute before you start the lesson, you can turn on the videos; here are some videos you can try.

4. You can post a word then students respond with the related word. For example you say “ banana” the students may respond “ monkey, or yellow” then you can try “ hippo” the students will respond “ big” after few words and few students you choose a student who is provocative and funny. Ask him or her “ a name of the most beautiful actress in your country “ you will see funny and spontaneous response that make class giggle.



5. You can tell funny stories. Some students will enjoy listening a story but you cannot tell funny story very often. You can practice this once a month. You must have many collections of funny stories. Many sites you can search on the internet. You must choose the story that is suitable with the students’ age.



6. You can ask short five questions that can test your students’ knowledge. Questions that do not have correlation to the lesson are ok. For instance; “Who is the president of India? What is the longest river in the world? Who is the star of Harry Potter film? Where is the great wall? What the biggest animal in the world?” you can write down the questions before a class or in your lesson plan.



7. You can ask funny brainteaser. For example “ What is this? It is small, black and get sweated? All students will find the answer as if you are serious. If the students cannot answer now, your turn to answer, “the answer is an ant which is doing exercise” this funny question may have not sense of humor in your country but it has high sense of humor for my children. You can find funny questions that high sense of humor then practice in your classroom.



8. You can make a paper ball from unused papers. This is suitable for elementary school students. Then, you throw the ball to a student to catch it. Ask a question about anything that makes him/ her feel happy. You can also give a puzzle. After the student catches the ball ask him/her to pitch the ball to you. You can repeat to other students. You don’t have to pitch the ball to all students but few students.



9. You can also play a magic trick. If you have a magic trick, you can show in front of the class before the lesson starts. Share the secret to do the trick and ask some students to practice in front of the class. You can also use cards or some tools to practice.



10. Write friends’ names as many as possible. Ask your student to take a piece of paper then ask them to write down their friends’ names as many as possible in one, two or three minutes. Give appreciation to a student who can write more friends. You should count the time before you start. You can use stopwatch or clock on the wall of the class.