Let The Games Begin
A Guide to Self-Exploration and Team Building Activities
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“Facts That Click” Goal: to allow the group to share personal facts about themselves. Materials: Lego pieces and a bag. Directions: (45 minutes to an hour) Fill a bag with Lego pieces of various colors. Each Lego color corresponds to a different category. For example: • Red= culture • Blue= family • Yellow= leisure/hobbies • Gray=relationships • White= career/goals Everyone will pick a Lego block. Each person will introduce themselves, and then state a fact about them pertaining to the color/category of the Lego piece they’ve picked up. They will then place the Lego piece on the base and return to their seat. The facilitator will then call another person to do the same and so on. Large Group Facilitation Questions: 1) How did it feel to present in front of the entire group? 2) What categories were harder to reveal things about yourself than others?
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Have you ever led a group or taught, facilitated a workshop or taught a class and needed the perfect, interactive ice breaker or thought provoking exercise? This manuel provides just that! As facilitators, speakers and professors, we found we were always looking for interactive exercises that allow students and participants to reflect, think and learn. As a result, this first collection of exercises from the Queens College Student Personnel Department’s Peer and Leadership Program was created. The majority of these exercises have been created by students, for students.
These activities can be used by many different types of organizations including, but not limited to educational institutions, businesses, non-profit organizations, and religious institutions. The activities lend themselves to adjustments and revisions depending on the goals of the workshop, conference, retreat or in-service meetings. This manual is designed to offer ideas and suggestions to those who want to provide this kind of opportunity to their employees, students, administrators, management teams or others.
Fun, interactive and thought provoking, these exercises are the perfect solution to creating a dynamic learning environment.
Let The Games Begin!
About the Author
Ruth Frisz, Ph.D is an Associate Professor Emeritas of Student Personnel at Queens College of the City University of New York.
Joe Bertolino, Ed.D is the President of Lyndon State College in Vermont and past Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Queens College of the City University of New York.
Ugo Eze is a graduate student in the Department of Urban Affairs at Queens College of the City University of New York, and currently conducts leadership and self-exploration sessions within church organizations around NYC.