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.

education system in indonesia

This is education system in Indonesia. Indonesia is a large country. It has thousand islands from Sabang to Merauke. There are hundreds of tribes and languages. Indonesia is a developing country. It has many natural resources. The population is about 250,000,000 people. It is a large number of human resources. To educate those people Indonesia is applying educational system organization, which is slightly different from other countries.

                  In Indonesia, children attend kindergarten at the age 4 to 6 years old. They usually spend their first education at kindergarten for two years. Kindergarten schools are not public state supported schools. Parents must pay the fee. All children who graduate from kindergarten must enroll the elementary school.

                  The elementary school is a public state supported school. The fee is free but there are some private schools that run in Indonesia. Since the government issued regulation of nine years compulsory education, the public elementary schools and the public junior schools have been full of students. The length of primary education is 6 years old, beginning late in July and ending in early June. The period of the study is divided into two semesters. The first semester starts from late July and ends in December.  The age of the children is from 5 to 12 years old.

                  The junior high school is not different from the elementary school. The difference is only the material of the study. The period of the study is three years. Children who attend the junior school are about 11 to 15 years old. There are two semesters too.

                  The senior high school is nearly the same as the junior school. There are no considerable differences. Children who attend the senior school is from 14 to 19 years old. They spend three years in senior school.

                  After students, pass the junior school they have two choices. They can enroll the senior high school or the vocational school. The vocational school prepares the students to enter job markets. The students will have life skill to get a job. There are some life skills taught in the vocational schools. They are engineering, automotive, printing, hospitality and many other skills that most industries need. The graduates can continue to academy or university too but they will find it difficult to enroll to State Universities because they have to compete with the senior school graduates. Most graduates prefer getting a job to continuing their study. The length of the study is three years.

                  The academy is a higher education. The length of the study is about 2 or 3 years. The graduates get Diploma degree ( D III). They can continue to universities. Most graduates like to get a job better than continue their study. The academy has many majors of study. They are languages, engineering, chemistry, hospitality, pedagogy, and many others.

                  The university is a higher education which gives Strata I ( S I) degree or undergraduate degree to it’s graduates. The majors are wide. They are law, politic, economy accounting, psychology, chemistry, medical study and many others. S I degree graduates are prepared to be professionals and they are set to enter as skilled position in their job market. The senior school graduates usually enroll higher education in July to September. The school year starts from early September and ends in July.

                  Nine-year compulsory school from the elementary school to the junior school is free or charge. Parents must not pay monthly fee but they must pay for the books, uniforms, and school activities or outing class projects. Starting from the senior school parents must pay the school fee. Indonesian government has tried to free the school fee but practically some schools still charge their students.

                  Here is the picture educational system organization in Indonesia.