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My
> computer refused to send mail for a couple of weeks.... then I decided
to
> wait til spring break, but here it is!
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> I've been involved in this game several times even with people I thought
> I "knew" and found there is always new information out there! The
> icebreaker is very simple. You make out a list of 10-15 things, depending
> on how
> much time you want to use, that the people have to approach others about.
> for
> example, if the list was find someone who: was born in March
> is the oldest in the family
> has two children
> favorite food is ice cream
> runs marathons
> works in a medical field
> drives a foreign car
> etc. I hope you get the idea... behind each thing listed is a space.
> People have to wander around and ask others if they can fill in any of
> the lines and then offer to fill in on their sheet--depending on the
number
>
> of people and things to look for, they shouldn't use anyone's name more
> than once on any list. It gets pretty noisy and chaotic with everyone
> talking
> to everyone else, but it gets people moving and laughing usually.
> Sometimes you get to the point where people are just yelling, "I need a
> "youngest child!" Someone usually waves and says "I'm one of those."
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> I played this recently on the first night of a grad class--have everyone
> think of a word to describe themselves that begins with the first letter
of
> their first name. They
> should also figure out a motion which illustrates the word. (I did
> "Caring Carolyn" and put my hand over my heart. As each person
> introduces himself/herself, you can say as a group, "Hello, caring
> Carolyn" and then go back over all the others who have already
> introduced themselves. We did this also at a meeting recently, without
> the motions and without the Hello part--just the descriptive words. It
> does help people remember names and reveals a little about personality.
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> Write a series of questions or statements about people in the group
and/or
> about Bible characters for stories. Each participant then asks others in
> the group to sign his/her paper if s/he fits the description or can
answer
> the question. Thus you could include such items as "Find a person with
red
> hair. Find a person who likes lasagna. Find a person who can tell you the
> first five books of the Old Testament."
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> Write the names of Bible characters on name tags; then
> stick a name tag on each participants back. Each person would then ask
> questions of others in the group to try to figure out who his/her Bible
> character is.
> ----------------------------------------
> Everyone has name of famous person pinned on their back. One tries
> to determine who the person is with only yes/no questions.
> --------------------------------------
> Bring 6-8 things - puppets, dish, sports item,decorative item - place
> on table. person has to hold one up and tell how it relates to a book
> recently read. (You get real creative answers!)
> -----------------------------------
> At our S.S. Christmas party, I asked everyone present, in order to learn
> each
> others' names (our class is pretty big) to think of a vegetable or a
fruit
> that starts with their first name, and when we go around in a circle
> introducting our selves say your first name followed by the name of the
> vegetable of the fruit (for example, Rosie Radish). Because the group
was
> so
> large, we went around the circle twice. Then, it was asked, "Who will be
> the
> first to try going around the room naming everyone?" If the person
> succeeded,
> he/she received a little inexpensive gift (because it was Christmas, I
had
> bought 2 Christmas ornaments). The first 2 people to succeed got the
> gifts.
> So many people commented that this really helped them to not only
remember
> names to know who people are. Names of animals can also be used. When I
> was teaching in the classroom, I also used to get to know my new
students.
> ---------------------------------------
> One that I have used often is to make up a grid for each person. In
> each square write a statement such owns a dog, has gone on a cruise,
> birthday in April, favorite color pink, etc. Person have to mingle and
> find someone in the group who can agree with the statement in one box
> (only one on a paper) and then signs that box. When they are done or
> alloted time is up, each person will know something about the others in
> the group and also will have a chart with everyone's name on it.
> -------------------------------------------
> Another one is to give everyone a 5x8 card divided into 4 parts with an
> oval in the middle. First they write their first name (what they want
> to be called) in the oval. Then in the top left corner they draw a
> picture of their favorite food, the top right their favorite book,
> bottom right favorite thing to do after school, recreation and bottom
> left favorite vacation spot or whatever you want. Then everyone goes
> around and either explains their nametag or the nametag of the person
> next to them.
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> I am assuming these folks don't know each other very well. If you know
> them a little bit, you can make a list of questions for them to ask one
> another which will help them get to know others in the group. (As I read
> that statement, I realize it doesn't make much sense. Let me try again.)
> At a church social (the people who attended were new to one another), we
> had a list of questions -- like, this person twirled a baton for her high
> school band -- on a sheet of paper. We each had to walk around the group
> and ask them the questions to figure out whose name fit which blank.
Now,
> it starts out kind of slowly, but it really works. However, someone
needs
> to put it together ahead of time -- we had a lady who called parents of
> the people, spouses of the people, close friends of the people in order
to
> get the questions. But she also had some generic types of questions like
> -- this person has never been to Disneyland, or this person has never
> received a speeding ticket.
> ------------------------------
> At one party I went to, we played I UNPACKED MY GRANDMOTHER'S
> TRUNK and we laughed so hard, some of us were crying. Another one we
> played, and you can make it up so it applies to your group . . . Come
> up with a list of items, and all the participants get so many points
> for each item they have with them that is on the list. I've seen it
> done with the contents of a purse, diaper bag, pockets, glove
> compartments, briefcase. Some of the items on the list were--billfold,
> driver's licence, insurance card, postage stamps, change--more than
> $1.00, fingernail clipper, safety pin, lotion, rubberband, paperclip,
> grocery list, coupons, receipts, library card, work ID. Another ice
> breaker is that everyone on arrival gets a sticker and it is explained
> that they cannot say a certain word. At a baby shower, the word was
> BABY. If you say that word, whoever catches you, gets your sticker.
> At an appointed time, you count all the stickers and the one with the
> most wins. This one usually works well with other activities
> simultaneously, and is more of a game not an icebreaker. But this next
> one is good for a beginning activity. To help us remember everyone's
> names. Along the same line as I UNPACKED MY GRANDMOTHER'S TRUNK,
> except each person says his name, what time he woke up, and what he had
> for breakfast. This was done with kids on a field trip. With adults,
> you could do name, hometown, favorite food, color, occupation or
> anything like that. But each person in turn, then has to repeat all
> the others that went before him. This is especially good if everyone
> is newly aquainting. Hope this at least gives you some ideas. HAVE
> FUN!!!!
> ----------------------------------------
> Each person gets a card and must put 2 real things that most people
> might not know about that person and 1 thing they have done which
> could be true, but is really a BIG LIE. Group must guess who the
> person is and which is the lie.
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> Take a bag of individually wrapped candies, jolly ranchers, hersheys
> kisses, whatever... Pass it around and tell people to take some (don't
> specifiy a number)
> Then, when the bag has made it all the way around start at the beginning
> of the group and tell folks:
> "tell us one [thing] (whatever you want) for each piece of candy
> you took." It can be a personal thing, a trouble spot, a kudo, or
whatever
> you want.
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> A good one that was introduced at a beginning-of-the-year meeting
> with our faculty was that we had to form a circle around the room
> in order by birthdate WITHOUT SPEAKING or MAKING A SOUND. The
> gesturing, etc. was a riot!!!
>
> Variations of the above:
>
> At a recent cursillo team training we had the ice breaker of through
> questions we had to arrange ourselves on a continum from high to low
church
> practice/behavior belief. This got
> people focusing on a topic, moving, and making decisions quickly.
>
> Ask people to physically group themselves (standing in different parts of
> the
> room) by whatever divisions make sense in that particular group for a
> number
> of different questions. Let them talk among themselves as they do this
and
> look around to see who else is in their or another group. Example:
> Length of time you've lived in the area: groups for 0-2 years, 3-7
years,
> 7-15, and longer than 15 years.
> Status of children: none, at least one pre-school, all/most in school
full
> day, all/most graduated from high school, etc.
> Length of association with the church
> Opinion about some controversial issue etc.
> Of course, you should choose things to ask that are pertinent to the
group
> you
> are working with.
> Depending on what questions you ask and what categories you give as
> answers,
> you might ask someone in each of the various opinion groups to explain
> his/her
> opinion, or give an example, or elaborate in some way.
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> koontzs@horizon.hit.net (home)
> koontzs@usd286.hit.net (school)
> Sharon Koontz, K-12 LMS
> U.S.D. 286
> Sedan KS 67361
> "Never judge a book by its movie."- J.W. Eagan
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