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Discover Your Best Selves: An Engaging Activity Booklet
Activity booklet building self-awareness, healthy-habit awareness, and basic first-aid knowledge through hands-on group activities.
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Group icebreakers
Awesome Icebreakers U-Z: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group
A booklet of icebreaker and team-building group activities (alphabetically arranged, titles beginning U through Z), including a multi-game 'Wacky Olympics' field-day style competition, for self-reflection, active fun, and physical teamwork.
Older-student activitiesClassroom welcome packs
Back to School Start Strong Activity Packet
A 5-day back-to-school activity packet for middle school classes covering icebreakers, building class agreements, procedures review, a short-story-based critical thinking activity, and a Socratic seminar.
Group icebreakers
Find Someone Who Groundhog Day Bingo Game February Icebreaker Activity
No-prep icebreaker/bingo game themed around Groundhog Day for use during the winter-to-spring transition in February.
Group icebreakers
56 Virtual and In Person Games and Icebreakers
Give teachers a reference list of virtual and in-person games and icebreakers to build classroom community and student engagement.
Creative self-expression
Back to School Glasses Craft | First Day of School Coloring & Wearable
a wearable paper-glasses craft for the first day of school, used as an icebreaker/classroom-community activity and coloring page
All-about-me pages
All About Me Back To School Craft Activity First Day Of School
A first-day-of-school 'All About Me' backpack craft in which students choose picture cards representing personal details to build a personalized backpack display.
Group icebreakers
Healthy Versus Unhealthy Friendships SEL PowerPoint And Game
Teach students to distinguish healthy from unhealthy friendship behaviors using a stoplight (red/yellow/green) framework.
Group icebreakers
ELA Icebreaker Jenga
Turn a physical JENGA set into a reading-themed icebreaker game where each numbered piece corresponds to a discussion question about students' reading habits and preferences.
Group icebreakers
100 Awesome Icebreakers: Easy, Proven Ways to Bring Out the Best in Your Group
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.
Creative self-expression
Math Activities All About Me
A back-to-school 'Math About Me' activity that combines simple math practice with student self-expression/introduction.
Group icebreakers
A - Z Nature Outdoor Photo Scavenger Hunt
A facilitator guide and activity packet for running a group photo scavenger hunt event (e.g. camp/youth group), including an A-Z photo checklist and social icebreaker games.
Group icebreakers
20 SEL Games for Morning Meetings Back to School Fun
A collection of social-emotional-learning (SEL) games and icebreakers for morning meetings, advisories, and community-building.
Group icebreakers
Graduation Edition This or That Game
A graduation-themed 'this or that' discussion/voting game (PowerPoint slideshow) where students choose between two graduation- or future-related options on each slide, used as a class icebreaker or community-building activity.
Editable
Group icebreakers
Back to School Would You Rather Game
A 'Would You Rather' discussion/icebreaker game with a back-to-school theme, presented as PowerPoint slides pairing two silly/fun scenarios per slide.
Editable
Group icebreakers
Be My Buddy Book 1
Peer buddy-program workbook pairing older and younger elementary students to build social and academic skills together, with teacher rationale and paired worksheets.
Introductions & interviews
Back to School-First Day of School- Getting to know each other game
A one-page foldable dice/cube template for a getting-to-know-you game where students share preferences from six categories.
Introductions & interviews
Find a Friend Who - End of Year Activities
A social/icebreaker activity in which students interview classmates to find matches for personal-fact prompts.
Creative self-expressionOlder-student activities
English Scatter Collage | Getting to Know You Activity
A getting-to-know-you writing and art activity where students identify descriptive adjectives, nouns, and verbs about themselves and turn them into a collage.
Introductions & interviews
First Day of School Info Sheet
A short getting-to-know-you writing activity for the first day of school.
Creative self-expressionOlder-student activities
Theme Song Activity
A getting-to-know-you writing/creative activity where students identify a personal 'theme song,' review the concept of theme, and practice the A.C.E. (Answer, Cite, Explain) method for responding to short-answer/essay questions.
Classroom welcome packs
Back to School All About Me Activity Slides
These are Back to School All About Me Activity Slides. Students will get to write, exercise and more with this quick presentation . You can display these slides on your smart board on the first day/week of school.
Creative self-expression
About Me Parts of Speech
Combine parts-of-speech grammar practice (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) with a personal-sharing/icebreaker activity.
Creative self-expression
Math & Me Pennant – All About Me Back to School Activity (Grades K–3)
Connect a back-to-school introduction with everyday math as students share facts about themselves. The prompts use name letters, age, family details, and other personal information for counting and representing numbers. Choose prompts that suit your students and model how to record an answer on the pennant. A printable template, example, and editable instructions help you prepare the activity before assembling a class display.