Paper Bag Dramatics: A fun activity for Team Building and Developing Community. Here's an idea that can be used just about anywhere at any time. It encourages groups to solve problems, think creatively, and work as a team.

Happy teachers mean happy students. Here is a list of ways to build morale, support teacher wellbeing and have fun as a teaching team at school.

There is nothing more important than a group of people having the ability to work together as a team. That’s why every office should have some fun indoor team

Looking for a fun team building activity? Try NaturalAnnie Essentials BYOB Sip & Pour candle making experience! Candle making is a fun activity for team building and is a great way to do something fun with your work team. In the ever-evolving landscape of workplace dynamics, employee well-being has emerged as a pa

Does your team run like a well-oiled machine? If not, they may need bonding. Team building activities for work are a great way to bring everybody together.

You can get your chart here ----> SUPERHERO Behavior Personal behavior charts in folders for students that need it. Happy Birthday Bunting Happy Birthday to You 'Welcome to 1st Grade.' Welcome Pennant K-5 A-Z Pennant (teal-lime-red) A-Z Pennant (aqua-yellow-gray) Here is my new transportation sign hanging near the door. -Homework Bingo Students write their name in a square every time they turn in homework. At the end of the week or month a square is selected. Here is my new bucket filler display! It's definitely worth half of my only bulletin board! Here is a Wheel of Choice! Beginning of the Year Info Sheet Fiction Labels A newsletter to fill in....it is linked both as a pdf and an editable document in google docs. The font I've been using is Pea Missy from Kevin and Amanda...it is free to download. Weekly Newsletter (no edit) Weekly Newsletter (edit) Again both versions and I used Pea Missy. Welcome Brochure Welcome Brochure (edit) I also have a new Beginning of the Year Info Sheet that is meant to be front to back. Your Child: The Ins and Outs Noise Meter We are at.....sign Parent/Teacher Conference Form Table tents: Western Jobs for tablemates Job suggestions: Table Leader Materials Cleaner Writer Talker Encourager Teambuilding Ideas using Kagan Structures Brain Break Cards Buckaroo Behavior Ranch Every child has a horse with their class number on it. Each morning the horses start out in the barn, if the child has one warning and continues the behavior they move to the pasture, for the 2nd consequence they move to the corrall and finally they get lassoed. For great behavior, the horses get to go to Haystack Heaven! See the forms below for monthly, weekly and intervention home to school communication. Buckaroo Behavior Monthly Form Buckaroo Behavior Weekly Form Buckaroo Behavior Individual Intervention Form OWL behavior chart OWL weekly behavior form Owl Monthly Behavior Form The next project was easy because it required only a $1 and no labor...I just had to buy the crown at Michaels! So the idea behind this crown is to let your students know when you are in session during guided reading groups and not to be disturbed unless of emergency (I always say if your hair is on fire then you can disturb me). Great idea! I had tried turning on a push light but it wasn't enough. Last year I had a stop sign and a go sign on magnets and I hung them behind my head to let them know when I was/wasn't available but I don't have anywhere to hang them this year :( Hopefully this will do the trick! Inspiration from I'm Blog Hoppin' My Interpretation: The next few projects are based off Kinder Gals ideas from their post Managing Behavior. A magnetic sign is hung by your whole group area. Anytime the students don't do the right thing you just take one magnet down, for all the magnets left the class gets points (or happy rocks). My board fits in with my Western theme (check out the ribbon, so cute). Inspiration from Kinder Gals My Interpretation: The other idea I got inspiration from was their tattle monster. I decided instead to go with tattling turtle. I plan to put the tattling turtle poem next to it and also the wheel of choice (I couldn't find the link to this). The students tell the turtle their tattle and if they feel that the teacher should hear they bring over a turtle. The number of turtles left at the end of the day equals points given to the class. Inspiration from Kinder Gals My Interpretation: We are at... Classroom jobs Ways to Greet Who's filled a bucket today?

Students will have fun while learning how to cooperate and communicate.

Understand the importance of team building and learn how to do it with the help of some team building activities which are bound to bring your team closer.

A positive team building activity for any class. A great activity for Spanish class before Thanksgiving.

Team-building activities in the middle school classroom are a great way to build relationships at the beginning of the school year!

Last year the cup stack was one of my FAVORITE team building activities (see post here). So, naturally, I wanted to give it another shot! The Cup Stack is a fun, yet challenging activity that promotes team work. The supplies are basic: cups, string, rubber bands. I go ahead and tie the string to the rubber bands so it is ready to go. I make a few for groups of 4 and a few for groups of 5, this way no matter what the numbers are in the classroom I can make it work. I start by asking students what teamwork is. What does it look like? sound like? feel like? We brainstorm a list of ideas that I hang in the classroom for students to refer to. Each class comes up with a variety of ideas, but they all center around the same theme. Then I introduce their challenge. I start off my admitting that this will be a frustrating activity. We discuss ways to handle our stress and feelings that arise when others make a mistake or don't do what we want them to do. I model that they will each be given 6 cups and a rubberband with strings attached to it. Their job is to stack the cups into a design by only holding onto their individual string. I demonstrate that when everyone pulls on their string the rubberband opens wider, and vice versa. I also show them the challenges of picking up a cup that has tipped on its side or fallen on the floor. No matter what happens, they must follow the one rule: YOU CAN ONLY TOUCH YOUR STRING. No touching the rubber band, no touching the cup, and no touching other group member's strings. I reinforce how communication is so important in order to reach the goal. Then I set them off. Here are some videos and pics. After about 10-15 minutes, we pause and reflect on our experiences. I ask them to rate their group on how well they worked together using the ideas we wrote at the beginning of the lesson. I ask them what went well for their group. I also ask them what didn't go well for their group. We talk about different strategies and ways we an handle ourselves when things don't go the way we want them to. Throughout the activity I walk around and facilitate positive communication, so I usually have a few examples to help springboard the discussion.

Enjoy a fun selection of quick ice breakers for meetings. They will help you energize your team. When it comes to meetings you don't always have a ton of time to warm up your team

Have fun with your students while doing a zoom chat amp doing a scavenger hunt. I did a Zoom scavenger hunt with my students one night. It was a Blast! They went around their house to find diffe

Students will have fun while learning how to cooperate and communicate.

Help Save Fred is a great stem activity! This save Fred the worm is super fun stem activity will help your students strengthen team building skills and...

I, like many others, was forced to move a face-to-face college class to virtual synchronous meetings in Zoom. This term I am teaching a group dynamics course. One of my goals is to have my students…

Virtual Icebreakers and Connection Activities I will admit that Virtual Team Building activities stretch me. I really want to be intentional with the time I have with a group, and I don’t want to fill it with anything that is hokey or just a time filler. In a virtual world keeping people connected is critical […]

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Elevate remote team spirit with 20 engaging virtual team-building activities. Boost morale, build connections, and enhance collaboration.

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Give your students a taste of adventure with over 20 free digital escape rooms to try at home or at school. Doing distance learning? These are perfect!

Kristin Arnold, professional meeting facilitator, offers 7 ways to ensure a quick and effective team meeting.

If you're looking for ideas to build personal connections and boost morale and productivity, these virtual team building activities will inspire you!

Whether you want to do new hire orientation icebreakers or just bond your team closer together, check out our list of awesome team building games that you and your team will want to play over and over again.

This isn’t academic theory or some stuff we just made up. This is how real remote teams have fun and stay connected. Here are the best virtual team building activities, according to real remote workers.

How many of us realized back in March, that so much of our lives would still be virtual? From church services, to school, we are very much tied to the online world. Though our state is slowly starting to open up again, we are still being discouraged from gathering in person. Because of that, we […]

These activities work particularly well with 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 and they’re a great way to get people in the right mindset before the meeting, but they can also help your remote team get to better know each other.

Team trust is critical to the success of any business. But how can you build it on your team? Hive outlines seven key strategies.

A few weeks ago I was preparing professional development for first and second year teachers in my school district. New teachers not only need the basics of classroom management, routines, procedures and relationships....but this year they also need training on how to effectively be a remote educator. The first year of teaching is difficult under normal circumstances, but this is no normal year. I feel for these first year teachers as so much extra is being added to their already overflowing plate. To acknowledge the amount of stress each new teacher is facing, I started with a What's On Your Plate? activity. This is a great activity to use with any age (youth all the way to adults)! The purpose of the activity is for participants to honor all of the issues and tasks they have on their mind. We have all heard the analogy, "My plate is really full." Which is a code phrase for, "My brain is so full, I literally can't fit any more in it!" We have all been there. We all know how stressful a full or overflowing plate can be. Whats On Your Plate? gives participants a chance to get all of those thoughts swimming around in their brains out on paper. This activity acknowledges how many responsibilities and commitments everyone has, and then allows them to set those thoughts aside and be fully present for the meeting, class period, activity, etc. See below for materials, instructions and plate example.

Effective team development doesn't happen by accident. Learn how to understand and use the stages of team development to guide a team's growth and future success!

With all the team building games out there - in books, blogs, facilitated by consultants, shared in social media - how do you know which is right?

Students can get to know one-another virtually!

People have lost trust in leadership, businesses and CEOs. Here's an infographic with the main principles on being an effective leader.

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Want to nurture strong bonds between your kids and decrease the squabbling? Try some of these “team-building” activities for sibling bonding!

Virtual Icebreakers and Connection Activities I will admit that Virtual Team Building activities stretch me. I really want to be intentional with the time I have with a group, and I don’t want to fill it with anything that is hokey or just a time filler. In a virtual world keeping people connected is critical […]