Activity Ideas
7 Attention-Getting Ideas Without Raising Your Voice
One of the first things I learned about working with groups, especially large groups outdoors, was the need to look after my voice. Simply raising…
Activity Ideas
7 Attention-Getting Ideas Without Raising Your Voice
One of the first things I learned about working with groups, especially large groups outdoors, was the need to look after my voice. Simply raising…
New Group Activity Ideas
We are always so excited to share the latest and greatest activity ideas with our members and users as soon as we upload them. Yet,…
What Non-Verbal Activities Do I Know?
There are many group leaders who are challenged to include and value the contribution of people who do not speak and/or understand the native language,…
Album Cover Art Reflection: An Example
There is nothing more powerful than an example. Or, as my son would say, “in real life.” One of my favourite art reflection activities is…
Daily Dedications
Ten days ago I wrote about two important tasks teachers should focus on at the beginning of a new school year. One of these tasks…
Highlighting Our Newest Activities
It’s been a few months since we featured the release of our newest activities that have swelled our ever-expanding online database. As you may have…
Games with an Environmental / Sustainability Theme
Experiential learning is a methodology, not a subject, so when I see it applied across a school’s curriculum, I get particularly excited. That is to…
October Activity Uploads
playmeo is staring down its target of 500+ activities uploaded to its online database by the end of the year. We have just 12 more…
Have You Ever: Switch Seats with Empathy
Kudos to the High 5 Adventure Learning team for sharing a wonderfully inclusive version of the classic Have You Ever? game in their latest newsletter….
4 Inspiring TED Talks to Welcome the New School Year
I’ve been an avid watcher of TED Talks for many years. I treat them like tiny morsels of nutrition to feed and inspire my day…
New Health & Wellness Activities To Try
With each passing week, playmeo has been busy uploading many new activities, particularly those with a health & wellness and SEL (social-emotional learning) focus. If…
Latest Activity Uploads
playmeo was busy sharing a bunch of new group games & activities last month. In case you missed them, I want to tell you about…
The Power of LEGO Bricks
In today’s Learning Pod session, a small group of playmeo members turned up to connect, share and lean into a bunch of exciting programming questions….
12 Virtual Group Games with No Video
For many of us, adapting our existing programs during the pandemic to suit a virtual audience has been a challenge. Worse, when the group we…
Top Activity Uploads for May 2021
There have been a bunch of new activities uploaded to playmeo’s online activity database this past month. Here are two that I think you and…
What Are The Best Icebreaker Questions?
Imagine a speed dating event. Two concentric circles of seats, set up with half the group seated on the inner circle while the folks in…
Our #1 Summer Camp Water Game
I led a camp in North Carolina for 8 summers that catered for close to 800 boys and girls. These were some of the best…
Mimeograph – Fun Pattern-Finding Group Initiative
My friends at High 5 Adventure Learning Centre introduced me to this awesome group initiative 5 years ago and it’s become a staple of my…
Low Challenge Course Safety Manual at Your Fingertips
Our online activity database expanded to include low and portable Challenge Course activities in 2020 and this week we uploaded our 20th activity description. Consider it…
Top 10 Interactive Group Games & Activities
The International Camping Fellowship (ICF) invited me to present a 90 interactive session last week as a part of their newly branded ICF Academy Series…
Panic Picture – Fast-Paced Story-Telling Reflection Tool
One of the latest group activities to be uploaded to playmeo’s online activity database is Panic Picture. Inspired by our friends at We and Me!…
Top 10 Virtual Reflection Activities
Okay. The virus isn’t going away anytime soon, so it will be very necessary to continue to deliver many of our experiential-based programs and curriculum…
Ready to Learn?
How often have you stopped (at the start of your program) to ask if your class or staff are ready to learn? If you’re like…
How To Run Your Own Online Scavenger Hunt
It’s finally here. Everything you need to create and host your own Online Scavenger Hunt events for your class, training group or camp. If…
Get 10 of our Best Ice-Breakers
Try ten of our most successful ice-breakers & group games in our all-new 28-page ebook. Ideal for all groups, 100% fun & free.