Developing a positive relationship with your students is important to the overall success of the classroom. Icebreakers and Human Development Activities (HDAs) are a great way to learn about your students and to utilize teachable moments so that students better understand your expectations. Here are a few
ideas below pictured from Pinterest as well as a few website links towards the bottom
Have fun getting to know someone better!
ideas below pictured from Pinterest as well as a few website links towards the bottom
Have fun getting to know someone better!
Here's a list that you could use for the ball activity. Have fun!
1. What is your favorite dessert?
2. What is a song or album you have listened to recently?
3. What do you want to be when you grow up?
4. What is the hardest class you ever took?
5. What did you do at recess as a kid?
6. Tell something that not many people know about you.
7. If you could have a pet in your apartment what would it be and why?
8. What makes you mad?
9. Tell about an experience with a childhood pet.
10. Where do you want to live when you grow up?
11. If you were a natural disaster what would you be and why?
12. If you could only eat one food for your whole life what would it be?
13. What is your favorite cereal?
14. What time do you wake up on a Saturday?
15. What is the best ward activity you have ever been to?
16. What is one of your favorite things to do in Provo?
17. What chore do you want the most?
18. What is your favorite restaurant?
19. Tell your favorite article of clothing.
20. What is the strangest food you have ever tried?
21. If you could have chosen your name what would you have chosen?
22. What is something that you currently want to buy?
23. How many places did you live growing up?
24. How many apartments/houses have you lived in during college?
25. What was your least favorite class in High School?
26. What makes you extremely happy?
27. If you could give someone advice what would it be?
28. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
29. What is your favorite way to waste time?
30. Tell about the best advice you have ever received?
31. What is your favorite physical characteristic about yourself?
32. What is your favorite food?
33. What is your preferred mode of transportation?
34. What is your favorite summer activity?
35. Where are you from?
36. What is your favorite sport to play?
37. If you could be an animal what would it be and why?
38. Tell about an injury you have had.
39. If you had a day to do whatever you wanted to do, what would you do?
40. Tell about the best date you have been on.
41. What makes you stressed?
42. What is your favorite class you have ever taken?
43. What is the best vacation you have been on?
44. Tell about something funny that has happened to you.
45. Tell about your family.
46. What is your pet peeve?
47. What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time?
48. If you were to be stranded somewhere, where would you hope to be stranded?
49. What is your favorite movie?
50. If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?
51. What is your favorite physical characteristic about yourself?
52. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Youth Ministry Website with oodles of icebreakers
Another site with many icebreaker links to choose from
Have computer access in your room? Try some of
these.
1. What is your favorite dessert?
2. What is a song or album you have listened to recently?
3. What do you want to be when you grow up?
4. What is the hardest class you ever took?
5. What did you do at recess as a kid?
6. Tell something that not many people know about you.
7. If you could have a pet in your apartment what would it be and why?
8. What makes you mad?
9. Tell about an experience with a childhood pet.
10. Where do you want to live when you grow up?
11. If you were a natural disaster what would you be and why?
12. If you could only eat one food for your whole life what would it be?
13. What is your favorite cereal?
14. What time do you wake up on a Saturday?
15. What is the best ward activity you have ever been to?
16. What is one of your favorite things to do in Provo?
17. What chore do you want the most?
18. What is your favorite restaurant?
19. Tell your favorite article of clothing.
20. What is the strangest food you have ever tried?
21. If you could have chosen your name what would you have chosen?
22. What is something that you currently want to buy?
23. How many places did you live growing up?
24. How many apartments/houses have you lived in during college?
25. What was your least favorite class in High School?
26. What makes you extremely happy?
27. If you could give someone advice what would it be?
28. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
29. What is your favorite way to waste time?
30. Tell about the best advice you have ever received?
31. What is your favorite physical characteristic about yourself?
32. What is your favorite food?
33. What is your preferred mode of transportation?
34. What is your favorite summer activity?
35. Where are you from?
36. What is your favorite sport to play?
37. If you could be an animal what would it be and why?
38. Tell about an injury you have had.
39. If you had a day to do whatever you wanted to do, what would you do?
40. Tell about the best date you have been on.
41. What makes you stressed?
42. What is your favorite class you have ever taken?
43. What is the best vacation you have been on?
44. Tell about something funny that has happened to you.
45. Tell about your family.
46. What is your pet peeve?
47. What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time?
48. If you were to be stranded somewhere, where would you hope to be stranded?
49. What is your favorite movie?
50. If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?
51. What is your favorite physical characteristic about yourself?
52. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Youth Ministry Website with oodles of icebreakers
Another site with many icebreaker links to choose from
Have computer access in your room? Try some of
these.