Classroom resources
Support your students' social development with games that promote communication, empathy, and teamwork. This collection includes role-playing, group challenges, and trust-building activities. By integrating these social skills games into your lessons, you can create a positive classroom environment.
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These high interest "WH" questions activity boards are a fun way to improve conversations with others. Help students engage in more dynamic conversations by improving their ability to ask meaningful questions.
These "Wh" questions board games are a fun way to work on asking questions. Students must ask a given "wh" question that makes sense to go along with a chosen topic card. Make it from START to FINISH by asking great questions!
A collection of social-emotional-learning (SEL) games and icebreakers for morning meetings, advisories, and community-building.
A published activity book of icebreaker games/activities for group settings (classrooms, clubs, extracurricular activities, workshops) to help participants get comfortable and build group unity.
Help students get to know classmates and build classroom community through a friendship-themed scavenger-hunt bingo activity, provided in two grade-band versions.
low-prep SEL advisory and icebreaker activities for self-reflection and group community-building
A lesson-plan worksheet for a PE tag game that builds agility, fleeing, and dodging skills.
Abandon Ship! Titanic Social Stratification Game is an immersive role-playing activity where students decide which passengers get a spot in the limited lifeboats as the Titanic sinks.
A grades 1-2 team-building resource ('Adventures in Team Building') of 60 short cooperative games and activities organized by subject area (language arts, math, science, social studies, fine arts) to build classroom community and problem-solving skills.
Provide a set of circle-time activities for K-3 classroom routines or homeschool schedules, focused on art, music, drama, and social-emotional group activities.
A grades 1-2 team-building resource ('Adventures in Team Building') of 60 short cooperative games and activities organized by subject area (language arts, math, science, social studies, fine arts) to build classroom community and problem-solving skills.
A hypothetical Arctic plane crash gives students a shared problem for practicing discussion and consensus. The slides move the class from an individual item ranking into small-group decisions, then a score sheet supports comparison with the guide’s ranking. Use the reflection questions to examine how students shared time, explained priorities, and responded to different views.
provide back-to-school-themed bingo and scavenger hunt games to build classroom-vocabulary and object recognition
A social-emotional learning (SEL) themed back-to-school activity pack from 'Socially Skilled Kids' that helps students get to know each other, learn classroom/school rules, and build community at the start of the school year, plus an end-of-year closure/memories component.
A get-to-know-you bingo/memory icebreaker game themed around the first day of school and classroom vocabulary.
This activity is a fun way for your students to get to know their classmates. Just roll the dice twice and discuss the selected subject!
A getting-to-know-you SCOOT game and related activities for the start of the school year, designed to help teacher and grades 5-6 students learn about each other through icebreaker questions, writing prompts, and a song.
A one-page foldable dice/cube template for a getting-to-know-you game where students share preferences from six categories.
A back-to-school themed sorting/classifying game where students sort picture cards into categories such as school vs. home items, daily-use vs. sometimes-used supplies, good vs. not-good behavior, and feelings, by 'feeding' cards to a monster.
A complete 90-minute SEL (social-emotional learning) lesson plan to help elementary students reconnect after winter break, covering learning objectives, CASEL-framework standards alignment, materials list, preparation steps, and a full lesson procedure including a Winter Break BINGO icebreaker activity, differentiation notes, teacher reflection prompts,…
Build classroom community and social-emotional/communication skills at the start of the school year through a 'Boom Cube' get-to-know-you game.
A growth-mindset-themed escape room activity for the start of the school year, combining puzzle-solving with lessons on reframing negative self-talk.
Birthday Party Songs: A Versatile Teaching Resource The Birthday Party Songs teaching resource is a highly adaptable learning tool designed for various educational needs, from regular classroom teachers to homeschooling parents.
A printable bingo game teaching anti-bullying and kindness vocabulary/concepts (e.g. "Be Honest", "Respect Others", "No Bullying").