Activity Ideas
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Archived here are tons of activities, icebreakers, and similar to resources that may help you build rapport with and engage your students. To read the following files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Don’t have it? Download it here.
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AC/DC Icebreaker, participants compare themselves with each other Acknowledging Myself An exercise in self-worth Affirmations An exercise in self-worth Amnesia Game, an exercise in verbal communication Being A Parent Family Planning Birthday Presents Giving and receiving positive feedback Bounce Game Game, to learn names Calendar Celebrating special events and students themselves Collective Collage Community building Common Ground Diversity and community building Completed Thought Icebreaker, community building, idea sharing Coupon Book Community building, positive feedback Creative Contraptions Charades, machine theme Creativity Quotient Visual word ID game Creature Physical activity, participants create creatures using their bodies Descriptive Words Exploring emotions Emotions Collection of activities exploring emotions Energizers/Icebreakers Collection of Icebreakers Factors of Healthy Relationships Exercise to explore what constitutes healthy relationships Areas for Making Goals Exercise for goal planning -
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Family Chart exercise to share family stories Feedback exploring how certain feedback makes us feel Feelings exploring feeling words and connotations First Impressions exploring first impressions Gift Of Celebration exercise to discover what students value and want to celebrate Group Poetry for established group, working together to create poetry How I’m Going To Make STRESS Work For Me exercise in stress managment If I were a Parent family planning -
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Keys To Cooperation exercise that facilitates students making their own rules to follow Know Your Neighbor learning about others’ perspectives Life Events becoming better acquainted Looking at Myself as a Parent family planning Making Decisions decision making and prioritizing Making My Dreams Come True goals and strategies Masks exploring identity issues Measuring my Competence self-assessing Mind Talk conclusions and false conclusions Mixed Wedding mystery game My Flag self-identity My Life: An Awareness of Self an exercise in self-awareness Name Poem creating a poem using one’s name One In a Million You celebrating individuals Opt for Optimism positive attitudes and stress management -
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Parental Expectations exploring expectations The Party stereotyping and identity Patchwork Fiction creating a group story and experience Picassos students draw abstracts of each other and give/receive feedback Public Speaking Feedback Form exactly what it sounds like 
Reactive Vs Proactive Language thinking about how we speak and how it can effect events Relationships Circle Exercise exploring relationships Self Talk Worksheet turning negatives into positives Sherpa Walk trust walk Significant Relationships exploring relationships Stereotypes studying stereotypes Thanks For the Memories: self-confidence The Three Rs of Change dealing with change Things I Cherish recognizing what we appreciate Traditions exploring traditions Traveling Conversations trust building Trust trust building -
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Ugly Sisters energizer, switching shoes Validation Flood validating strengths Wall of Fame To identify and share positive influences in each others’ lives. What’ll Be My Line? One participant guesses for what job s/he is being interviewed. What’s Up Doc? getting acquainted Where Am I? trust builder Wind in the Willows trust builder Word Associations matching pairs, becoming acquainted Write My Biography feedback
