Games & Ice Breakers
Need an idea to help get your group connected? Want to have fun? This section is filled with great ideas.
Horatio Alger Exercise
Adapted by Ellen Bettmann from an activity developed by Martin Cano, Valerie Tulier and Ruch Kacz of “A World of Difference.”
Rationale:
The purpose of this exercise is to teach about advantages and disadvantages in our lives and the effects they have on opportunities and successes. This exercise can also be used to enhance understanding about affirmative […]
Hoops & Balls Chaos
This activity is intended to highlight the advantages of cooperation as opposed to competition.
Set up three hoops one in the center with all kinds of objects (preferrably ones that wouldn’t hurt someone if they were hit by one) and divide the group into two “teams”. Explain that the object of the game is to get […]
Giants, Wizards, Elves
Divide the group into 2 teams. Each team chooses to be giants, wizards or elves (the group must come to a consensus on one and then also choose a back-up in the case that both groups choose the same character). Then the groups line up opposite of each other along a line […]
Fast Pass - learn names and problem solving
a. Arrange the group in a circle
b. Start (if necessary) by tossing a ball to another member of the group and saying their name as it is being tossed
c. Continue passing the ball around the group saying “Thank you, _____[the name of the person who tossed it to you]. Here you go, _____[the name of the person […]
Reference Points for Wandering Students
For three years, I’ve traveled to Seneca Rocks, WV, in August. There I spend four days with 60 or more students from Ohio Wesleyan University, most of whom have not stepped foot in a college classroom yet. They are literally fresh-men and women. My two-fold job on “Fresh-X” is to work with student leaders on […]
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