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                                                                                                        Icebreaker Videos

                                                                                                        Icebreakers are a great way to start off a year with new students. The small investment of time that these activities take is returned exponentially. Benefits of Icebreakers include:
                                                                                                        • Creation of a warm social climate
                                                                                                        • Students and teachers learn each other's names quicker
                                                                                                        • Less off task behaviors
                                                                                                        • Improved social skills
                                                                                                        • Higher participation levels
                                                                                                        • Greater student enjoyment

                                                                                                        All of these activities come from the Ice Breakers & Openers CD-ROM of The Inspire! Youth Series from LearningChange, LLC. Learning  Change graciously allowed this site to use some of their content free of charge. For more activities and content see their website Learning Change. Modify the activities to fit your class and students.
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                                                                                                        Icebreakers - Learning Names


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                                                                                                        1. Finding Differences
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                        2. Look at Me
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                        3. Name Tag
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                        4. Nickname Nugget
                                                                                                        5. Spellin Melon
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                        6. What if I Told You

                                                                                                         
                                                                                                        7. Wheel of Color of Fate

                                                                                                          Icebreakers - General


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                                                                                                          1. Dollar Jump
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          2. Mixed-Up Directions
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          3. Morph
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          4. People, Traps, and Tigers
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          5. Rhythm Hunter

                                                                                                          6. Similarities
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          7. Ten Count
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          8. Work of Art
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                          9. Yin-Yang-You


                                                                                                          Tool for Learning Names

                                                                                                          Another tool to learn names is your roll sheet. Using pictures provided by your school, create a roll call sheet with your students' names and an interesting fact about them.We also have links to online flash card sites that use photos and can be downloaded.

                                                                                                          Click Here to Download Tool for Learning Names
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                                                                                                          Last updated May 30, 2011

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