Activity Ideas
Why Do (Some) Icebreakers Fail to Break the Ice?
I cringe every time I see this happen. You’ve sat patiently in a room filled with a bunch of strangers, making idle small talk where…
Activity Ideas
Why Do (Some) Icebreakers Fail to Break the Ice?
I cringe every time I see this happen. You’ve sat patiently in a room filled with a bunch of strangers, making idle small talk where…
My Favourite Group Decision-Making Exercise
Every group problem-solving activity affords ample opportunities for a group to make decisions, eg What idea to run with, Who goes first, What to do…
Super-Fun, Non-Traditional Energisers & Ice-Breakers
Members often ask me to list or describe my favourite Go-To activities for various program settings and objectives. And of these, one of the most…
Back-To-School Activity Ideas that Help Students Reconnect
Over the next month or two, tens of millions of students will return to classes across the northern hemisphere. Summer is a long break, but…
4+ Activities to Explore Unconscious Bias
Do you know this story? A man and his son are driving in a car one day when they get into a fatal accident. The…
Mid-Year Activity Update
For a while there, I managed to give you, dear reader, a monthly glimpse of the latest and greatest activity ideas that had just been…
8 Activity Ideas that Explore Organisational Change
Most weeks, a lot of my time is spent corresponding and/or chatting with playmeo members all over the world helping them solve problems and search…
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…
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.