One of the best ways to encourage a supportive and helpful classroom environment is to focus on developing these skills among your students actively.

And there is no better time to focus on building these skills than in the first week of school.

The more you set the tone in the first days of the new school year, the more chance you have of creating a happy, productive classroom.

Try this classic series of back-to-school activities to develop the problem-solving and team skills of your students:

Back To School Team-Building Activities for Students

What you need: 30 mins, no props

• • Fill Me In – highly interactive, energetic name game
  • Leaning Tower of Feetza – quick and simple introductory team-building task
  • Popsicle Push-Up – a physically challenging problem-solving initiative

Coming up tomorrow, our final template: my favourite Back-to-School community-building games

Contributor Mark