Classroom printables, activities & worksheets
Icebreakers Teaching Resources
Make the first day of school a success with fun ice breakers for kids that students love! Download and print teaching resources created by our teacher team or gain access to digital ice breakers to engage students and help classmates with the getting to know you phase of back to school.
What Is an Ice Breaker?
Ice breakers (or icebreakers — both spellings are correct) are games that help "break the ice" for a newly formed group of people. In an elementary school setting, ice breakers "warm up" shy students and help new classmates get acquainted, learning one another's names, finding common points of interest, and more.
Each of the digital and printable ice breakers included in this collection has been created by a teacher to be classroom ready!
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Back to School Icebreaker - Put a Finger Down Classroom Introduction Activity
Kick off a new school year with a “Put a Finger Down” Getting to Know You classroom icebreaker.
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Team Building Games – Upper Grades
Encourage communication and cooperation with this set of 10 team-building games.
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Icebreaker Game Cards
Help your students get to know each other with this set of 20 icebreaker games.
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Behavior Charades
A fun game to play at the beginning of the year to explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
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Back to School - Getting to Know You Dice Roll
Play a back-to-school dice game for students to get to know their classmates.
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Good Citizens Charades - Role Play Activity
Teach your social studies class about being a good citizen with a game of Citizenship Charades!
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Interview a Classmate
Help your students learn more about their new classmates with this fun speaking and listening activity!
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School Scavenger Hunt
Use this teacher-created resource to end the school year the same way it began... with a good old-fashioned scavenger hunt!
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Brain Break Activity Cards
Give your students a quick brain break with this set of 19 whole-class games.
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Never Have I Ever... Getting to Know You PowerPoint
Get to know your new class with this child-friendly version of "Never Have I Ever...".
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Never Have I Ever... Getting to Know You Game
Get to know your new students with this child-friendly version of the popular game, "Never Have I Ever."
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Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals
Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.
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Virtual Icebreaker Activities
A set of 6 icebreaker games that can be played virtually.
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Getting to Know My Classmates – QR Code Template
Use QR codes to get to know your new classmates at the start of a new school year.
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Groovy Greetings Song
A non-contact greeting song to use at the beginning of the day.
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This Is Me Task Cards
A fun, getting-to-know-you game to play in the first days of a new school year.
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Move and Share Activity
Start the school year movin' and sharin' with this fun icebreaker activity.
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Know-That-Name – Task Cards
A fun, getting-to-know-you game to play in the first days of a new school year.
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What's My Color? - Matchup Activity
A set of 20 animal and color matchup cards to use in a variety of ways.
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Find Four Icebreaker Activity
A fun icebreaker activity to use at the beginning of a new school year.
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Pentagonal Me – Icebreaker Activity
A worksheet to use when getting to know students.
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Favored Firsts - Getting-to-Know-You Activity
A getting to know you activity to use at the beginning of the year or when working on team building.
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Triple Threat Snowball Fight - A Getting to Know You Game
A game to play at the beginning of the year for students to get to know each other.
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Icebreaker Bingo
Kick off a new school year with a getting-to-know-you icebreaker game!
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Would You Rather...? Question Cards
Would You Rather use this set of 31 question cards or eat a can of worms?
