Top 10 Interactive Group Games
One of the most popular sessions I deliver at conferences all over the world features the presentation of the Top 10 Interactive Group Games and…
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Back To School Program Templates
Starting school can be a fun, yet stressful time for students and teachers alike. New schools, new people, new routines, etc. It is also a…
Moving to Feliz Navidad
Good friend, playmeo subscriber and exceptional PE (physical education) teacher, Sean de Morton, passed this gem along to me. Sean presented it to his primary…
Great Example of Teamwork by Students
Click on the link below to view a quick video (opens new tab) and witness a well-oiled machine at work. Awesome teamwork of students skipping rope if…
Rock-Paper-Scissors Variation
Check out these two ladies as they battle it out for Rock Paper Scissors supremacy, but … with a twist. I love the concept of…
Mousetrap Dominoes
Last week, I attended the annual ACCT (Assoc of Challenge Course Technology) conference just out of Austin Texas, USA. What a treat to mix, share…
And the #feetzaring Winner is…
There were many wonderful entries to the Leaning Tower of Feetza contest, but very few which only used 5 pairs of shoes. The winner, standing…
The Leaning Tower of Feetza Contest
One of the quickest and funnest group initiatives I know is The Leaning Tower of Feetza. All this week, we are running a contest to award…
Attn: Aussie Teachers – Back-To-School Program Ideas
You can never have enough activity ideas to keep students busy, especially when they have just come back from holidays and are still getting used to…
Debriefing via Learning Styles
It is no secret that we all learn in different ways. Wouldn’t it also make sense that we process experiences in different ways as well?…
Origin of Traffic Jam Group Initiative
How often as a program leader have you asked the question ‘Where did this activity come from?’ when you came across a new group activity?…
51 Things Your Kids Need To Do Before They Turn 12
Nature Play – the highly successful program which engages kids in the outdoors – is expanding its reach across Australia, and indeed, the world. Nature…
Have You Ever? Variation
This Have You Ever variation is shared by my good friend Jim Schoel, long time Project Adventure colleague and author of Islands of Healing, Exploring Islands…
Start of School Year ‘Orientation’ programs
Teachers in the southern hemisphere are gearing up for the start of the new school term this week. For some simple, highly-interactive activity ideas which…
An Exercise in Musical Cooperation
Just when you think you’ve seen it all… along comes this magical and hypnotic giant public instrument made up of 21 swings which inspires a…
How Do I Get My Kids To Play Outdoors More?
It’s a common complaint of parents and teachers these days – how do I get kids to play outdoors – that kids are so entranced…
Scattered Points, by Karl Rohnke
Here’s another game involving dice direct from one of the true pioneers of adventure programming – Karl Rohnke. Mentor, player, good friend, and one of…
The Dice Game – Fun Table Activity
I don’t get many opportunities to be a participant, but I took advantage of US-based facilitator Jim Cain‘s workshop tour of Australia this month to learn…
Three Question Activities To Connect Students
Edutopia is a wonderful resource for educators, no matter what field you practice. I stumbled across an article – originally posted on Maurice Elias’ blog…
Wordles & Other Great Team-Building Puzzles
The following three new Wordles (WORD + puzzLES) were used in a program recently in which I was a participant. Can you guess what the…
New Small Group Problem-Solving Activity
Take a look at this video, illustrating a new, fun small group initiative called the Orange Game. Then read my comments below. Now, did you…
Back-To-School Games & Activities: Lesson #5
In my opinion, if it’s not fun, it’s not worth doing. Fun (or FUNN) attracts student’s willing participation, it’s contagious, and it’s very hard to…
Back-To-School Games & Activities: Lesson #4
One of the best ways to encourage a supportive and helpful classroom environment is to actively focus on developing these skills among your students. And…
Back-To-School Games & Activities: Lesson #3
Simply introducing a small number of interactive games on the first day of school is not nearly enough to help students settle into their new…
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