Download or read book Crowd Breakers and Mixers written by Youth Specialties, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break the ice and warm up your group -- at meetings, parties, studies, or any other youth group event -- with one of these 230 crowd breakers and mixers! - Mixers . . . Make it fun for kids to get acquainted! Lots of creative ways for a group of strangers or classmates to circulate and learn a lot about each other in a little time. - Meeting-Opening Contests . . . All you need usually are two or three brave souls to jump feet first into a crazy competition while the group watches -- like Greasepuff (page 55) or Foot Signing (page 112). - Musical Crowd Breakers . . . Okay, so when your group sings, they remind you of water buffaloes with strep throat. At least they'll enjoy these engaging musical openers. All you usually need is a tape deck or CD player. Quizzes & Word Games . . . At last -- quizzes with absolutely no academic consequences, but loaded with crowd-breaking potential (and lots of laughs, too). If you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Crowd Breakers & Mixers is your storehouse of proven, youth-group tested ideas.

Download or read book Over 600 Icebreakers and Games written by Jennifer Carter and published by . This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With literally 100's of icebreaker questions, dozens of activities and team-building games, this book will help you to use icebreakers with ease, build effective teams and be a team leader who makes things happen. Icebreaker topics include: Getting To Know One Another, Hates 'n' Loves, Hopes & Dreams, Fun Ice Breakers, Icebreakers for Men, Icebreakers for Women and Ideas & Creative Thinking.You'll learn what makes a good icebreaker and how to avoid icebreaker blunders. In "Over 600 Icebreakers & Games" you'll discover stimulating ways to: -set the right climate use icebreakers the right wayintroduce groups quickly and easilyopen conversations with strangersstart meetings creatively use icebreakers to get to know your teamcreate a problem solving atmospherediscover your teams strengths and weaknessesbreak down barriers & boost teamwork skillsbuild truststimulate communication skillsshare personal highs and lowsthink outside the boxget results in minutesuse fun activities to energize your teamWhatever your team or small group is like, this book will give you the tools to build a great team!

Download or read book Name Your Favorite written by Shawn Edwards and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jelly-filled!" "Bart!" "Meatloaf!" "Jujubes!"These are just some of the answers your students will be calling out when you say to them "NAME YOUR FAVORITE . . ."Name Your Favorite . . . is the newest book in the best-selling "Quick Questions" line (including Would You Rather . . . ?’ What If . . . ?; Have You Ever . . . ?; and Unfinished Sentences)--another collection of discussion-starters guaranteed to get teenagers talking and thinking about their favorites, with questions like:NAME YOUR FAVORITE . . .pizza toppingbook of the Biblemoment in historysports starrestaurantpet you’ve ever hadmissions tripweb siteT-shirtdessertChristmas songfamily traditionAnd over 700 more phrases that can be used any time, anywhere for breaking the ice, stimulating discussions, building community--or just for fun!Whether you’re a youth worker, camp or retreat counselor, small-group leader, or Sunday school teacher, you’ll find Name Your Favorite . . . an indispensable part of your ministry resource library.

Download or read book Youth Crowd Breakers written by Lyman Coleman and published by Serendipity House. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great for youth meetings, retreats, Bible study groups, Sunday school classes -- anytime kids get together and need to break the ice.Permission is given to photocopy the page if the interactive activity needs to be made into a hand-out. Enough for a youth leader to run a life time of exciting youth events.

Download or read book Beyond the Bake Sale written by Anne T. Henderson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, enroll in higher-level programs, graduate from high school, and go on to post-secondary education. Beyond the Bake Sale shows how to form these essential partnerships and how to make them work. Packed with tips from principals and teachers, checklists, and an invaluable resource section, Beyond the Bake Sale reveals how to build strong collaborative relationships and offers practical advice for improving interactions between parents and teachers, from insuring that PTA groups are constructive and inclusive to navigating the complex issues surrounding diversity in the classroom. Written with candor, clarity, and humor, Beyond the Bake Sale is essential reading for teachers, parents on the front lines in public schools, and administrators and policy makers at all levels.

Download or read book 50 Communications Activities Icebreakers and Exercises written by Peter Garber and published by Human Resource Development. This book was released on 2008 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have fun presenting these activities and build your employeesOCO communication skills in just minutes. Communication plays such a big part in our lives today. Yet sometimes we get busy and forget just how important communication is to our success, relationships and happiness. 50 Communication Activities, Icebreakers and Activities is a great way to: Increase participantsOCO awareness of how they communicate; Help them to build expertise in a variety of essential skills and competencies; Prepare them to deal effectively with the many types of communication challenges they face every day. Each activity focuses on some facet of communication and includes a description, time guideline, purpose, resources, presentation, debrief, difficulty rating and variations to make implementation easy. Each individual activity takes only minutes to complete. Together this collection contains a wealth of insight, tips and guidance to prepare employees to become confident communicators who enjoy stronger relationships and greater success and satisfaction on the job."

Download or read book 100 Awesome Icebreakers written by Patty Hupfer Riedel and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who wants to go first? How often does this question cause people to scoot lower in their chairs, duck behind pillars, or suddenly drop something and have to bend to pick it up? Avoid causing panic the next time you gather a group of strangers or near-strangers by opening your session with an interactive game, a collective challenge, or an exercise that sparks discussion. Youll see barriers relax, friendships blossom, and active learning begin. 100 Awesome Icebreakers is filled with fun ways to help young people get to know one another, become comfortable in their groups, and form a unit with a common goal.

Download or read book Leading Small Groups written by Chris Surratt and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading a small group can literally change the world. We have been commissioned to make disciples who make disciples, and Jesus showed us that the best way to carry that out is through small groups of believers. Just like the first-century church, small groups form the foundation to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Chris Surratt, Discipleship and Small Groups Specialist for Lifeway Christian Resources, and author of Small Groups for the Rest of Us, wants to help you get from here to there. Regardless of whether you have never lead a small group or have been leading one for years, all of us want to know how to create environments where spiritual growth takes place and communities are changed. Leading Small Groups walks the reader through the stages of gathering, launching, leading, and multiplying a gospel-centered small group. There are also follow-up questions for discussion and reflection at the end of each section, and practical resources that can be implemented immediately by the small group leader. Jesus left his followers with a task—the Great Commission. This book will help small group leaders and churches in their obedience to this task.

Download or read book Moving Beyond Icebreakers written by Stanley Pollack and published by James Currey. This book was released on 2005 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving Beyond Icebreakers contains 440 pages packed with insight and ideas about building community, engaging students in learning, and making meetings work. It describes an innovative meeting format and documents over 300 interactive exercises (not just "icebreakers") that enable readers to: * Achieve group goals * Build relationships * Resolve group problems * Teach, lead, motivate, and inspire The first 130 pages describe how to use "icebreakers" and other interactive methods to help group members make decisions, create new ideas, solve problems, resolve conflicts, and understand new concepts. In these pages you will find a five-part meeting structure that you can use to become an expert facilitator, following an approach that engages both youth and adults in meeting the group's goals. You will also find detailed agendas, lesson plans, and scenarios that show how this approach works in the real world. Table of contents: * Why use interactive methods? * Working into interaction * Coping with resistance and fear of failure * The interactive meeting format * Interactive exercises (name exercises, warm-up questions, five-minute springboard exercises, fifteen-minute springboard exercises, in-your-chair springboard exercises, tag-style springboard exercises, springboard exercises for groups both large and small, the rest of the springboard exercises, work-station exercises, evaluation exercises).

Download or read book Quick Crowdbreakers and Games for Youth Groups written by Group Publishing and published by Group Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energize your group. Involve teenages. Help break the ice at retreats, meetings, lock-ins--wherever you want to have a good time. Your group will enjoy the good-natured fun of these creative crowd-breakers.

Download or read book Games with a Purpose written by Martin Saunders and published by Monarch Books. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Games with Purpose mixes energizing, entertaining games with learning points to create an invaluable resource that will provide a fun introduction to hundreds of staple topics. There is something to suit every situation, from games needing little or no preparation or equipment, to big, memorable games that will stay with the group for a long time. The collection consists of mainly original game ideas, meeting the regular requirement for stimulating new games and icebreakers. Unlike other resources that simply seek to provide entertainment, Games with Purpose is categorised around popular topics providing youth workers with inspiration and ideas to help them to include games as a core component of their sessions, rather than just an add-on to dissipate surplus energy. Using themes from discussion starter resources The Ideas Factory and The Think Tank, this collection provides youth leaders with a complete solution - the book stands alone but by pairing these games with the discussion starters, youth leaders will have all they need to build a complete session.

Download or read book No Props written by Mark Collard and published by No Props: Great Games with N. This book was released on 2005 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers almost everything you need to know about how to run highly successful programs with absolutely no equipment. Imagine being able to run an activity to fill-in some downtime at the "drop of a hat". Wouldn't that be great? Or, what if you could inject more fun into your program, without cost? How would it feel if you could do this? Imagine being able to impress your colleagues and peers with your ever-expanding arsenal of games, trust exercises and group problem-solving activities - without ever needing any equipment? It truly is possible, but you need to know how.

Download or read book No Props No Problem written by Mark Collard and published by Playmeo Pty Limited. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're passionate about using interactive group games to help people interact, share and connect - and have no equipment whatsoever - this book is for you.Interactive group games and activities are one of the most powerful (and attractive) ways to help people connect. And research clearly shows that the most successful programs in the world are those which intentionally build trusting and healthy relationships.In this entertaining and simple how-to guide, Mark Collard distils 30+ years of experience to help you harness the power of group games to have fun and leave your group feeling engaged, valued and meaningfully connected to one another. All without props.This book will help you:Learn 150+ interactive group games & activities that people love, are universally appealing & require no props to play;Know the difference between an 'ice-breaker' and an 'ice-maker;'Understand why the latest research demands that we help our groups connect first before we deliver our content;Use five powerful tools to engage unwilling participants, create productive teams & exceed your group's expectations; andApply a simple four-step program design model that is guaranteed to invite your group to play, interact, trust & learn.Exclusive BonusesTo help you make all of this super-easy, No Props No Problem comes with four unique, value-added resources:QR code for every activity to access online video tutorials, leadership tips, variations & so much more;30-Days Free access to playmeo's ever-expanding activity database (premium subscribers already have immediate access);Free Group Games App to access everything in the palm of your hand; andForty Ready-to-Play Program Templates for 12 to 100+ people.This book makes no props, no problem, and will help you squeeze more than just fun out of your programs.Grab your copy of No Props No Problem today.Written by Mark Collard, 2018 (272 pages)

Download or read book Count Me in written by Mark Collard and published by Playmeo Pty Limited. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains ice-breakers, energisers, interactive games and team events - in total more then 140 activities, each accompanied with at least one variation. A veritable treasure chest of programming ideas, perfect for any group of people, especially if there are a lot of them.

Download or read book Pocket Guide to Facilitating Human Connections written by Rod Lee and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incredible resource is a guide to facilitating powerful activities to create more connected and more engaged teams.

Download or read book Surrealist Games written by Alastair Brotchie and published by Shambhala. This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Surrealist movement that arose in Europe in the early 1900s used playful procedures and systematic stratagems to create provocative works and challenge the conventions of art, literature, and society. They conducted their experiments through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration, love and politics. But it was above all through game-playing that they sought to subvert academic modes of inquiry and undermine the complacent certainties of the bourgeoisie. Surrealist games is a delightful compendium that allows the reader to enjoy firsthand the methodologies of the Surreal, with their amazing swings between the verbal and the visual, the beautiful and the grotesque. It is also a box of games to play for fun: poetic, imaginative, revelatory, full of possibilities for unlocking the door to the unconscious and releasing the poetry of collective creativity. The boxed set contains: * A 168-page sewn, illustrated hardcover book packed with outrageous language games, alternative card games, "Dream Lotto," and automatic techniques for making poems, stories, collages, photomontages, and candle-smoke drawings. The illustrations are by such artists as Max Ernst, Hans Arp, and Tristan Tzara * A fold-out game board for the "Goose Game," designed by Andr� Breton, Yves Tanguy, and others * A Little Surrealist Dictionary

Download or read book GroupBuilder Games and Activities for Youth Ministry written by Group Publishing and published by Group Publishing (Company). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must-have resource for anyone seeking cool youth games with a purpose. Unique and loads of fun, these games can be used to tear down walls and build community in any group of teenagers. Different from other game books on the market, GroupBuilder Games and Activities emphasizes teamwork to shape self-confidence in teenagers. --from back cover.