The purpose of this weeks icebreakers are to get the students OUTSIDE for a bit. Most research seems to claim that students should be getting around 60 minutes of outside time a day. Students are stuck inside for long periods of time throughout the day so these activities are a great way to bring your students outdoors to connect with nature!
The first activity is a game I learned during a drama in situ. I believe this game would be best played outside as it gives the students plenty of space to get creative!
YES LETS is played by everyone walking around in a circle. When someone comes up with an idea they shout it out loud “Lets all jump around like kangaroos” the students must respond with “Yes Lets” before beginning to act out the action that was called out for two minutes before everyone quietly returns to walking in a circle.
Found on Drama Notebook
This activity is an excellent way to build confidence in your students by giving them CONTROL over what they are doing. It is also a great bonding game because you are right there beside the students acting silly with them!
This next activity is a great way to SLOW down and CONNECT with nature.
I edited the worksheet to add colour on canva
I would provide the students some quite time to walk around and fill out the worksheet with whatever they find on their individual nature walk. After I would bring the class together and direct the students to take “one step forward” every time they had the same item listed as their classmate and we would share our findings. This would be a fun way to connect with nature and then COLLABERATE with our peers.