Community+Builders

Community Builders =Bucket Fillers-Have You Filled Your Bucket Today? YouTube- Heather Hunt= Get to know you Icebreakers- Heather Hunt Setup for Four Corners what makes me unique Distribute a pen and sheet of paper for each player. Each person divides the sheet into fourboxes/squares either by folding the paper in half twice (vertically and horizontally) or simply by drawing a horizontal and verticalline that crosses in the middle. For each square, each person will describe themselves in the form of drawings.

Choose these four topics in advance. For example, in the top left square, everyone could draw―favorite hobbies,‖ while in the top right, people could illustrate ―favorite place on earth forvacation,‖ the bottom left could be something like ―if you were an animal, which one would yoube?‖ and the bottom right could be something like ―what are the most important things in you life?‖ Feel free to be as creative, hypothetical, or deep as you like. Allow five to ten minutes to draw. When everyone is finished, gather them together and share the drawings as a group. Thisicebreaker is an excellent way for students to show-and tell what makes them unique!

Ice Breakers: Have students create a "facebook" page using a template Circle Game - Two rotating circles / when a teacher yells stop whoever is on the spot has to yell out the other persons name first. The person who does not guess the correct name has to join the circle of the winner Chain gang - Everyone writes their name and strengths on a piece of paper. Then these pieces of paper are formed into a long chain to symbolize the power of cooperation. Chain gang is from this site (it had a lot of solid ideas) - [|http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/icebreakers_for_kids_2.shtml] ** Human Taco  ** Here's a community-builder game that can be a lot of fun but also encourages communication and teamwork. Place a note card on each participant's back with one taco ingredient listed on each card (// shell, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sauce, shell //). Give everyone a few minutes to mingle around the room and attempt to figure out which ingredient they represent by asking each other "yes" or "no" questions. Next, share with the group the correct order of ingredients and then shout "I want a taco!" This is their signal to work as fast as they can to line up in groups that represent the taco ingredients in the correct order. For best results, be certain you have enough people and labels so that everyone is able to be part of a complete taco. And if your group has a strong vegan element, forget about the meat! Christie

** Inside/Outside Circle  ** Have half the group form a smaller circle on the inside and have the other half form a larger circle outside of the smaller circle. Make sure everyone has a partner (if not you may have to jump in too). The inside circle turns to their left and the outside circle turns to their right. They high five the person opposite of their circle (inside and outside) and freeze in that spot. You then give them a series of instructions. 1) When we move you will high five each person you pass and say “what’s up?” I will tell you the number of people to move forward and then stop. Such as, “move forward two people and stop.” 2) when they stop in front of that person they turn and face them. Tell them to introduce themselves, where they go to school, a fun fact, etc. 3) Then tell them to say “it was nice meeting you” “gotta go”  4) Again tell them to move a certain number of people then stop. Continue the steps from above. You can also change the questions. 5) randomly before they get back to their original partner you can tell them silly things to say to their partner. I did this at the Kentucky Reading project and it was fun. When I demonstrate this at PD it will make more sense. - Christie