Icebreakers Teaching Resources
Make the first day of school a success with fun ice breakers for kids that students love! Download and print elementary and middle school ice breaker activities 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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Luck of the Draw-ing Prompts
A set of 35 drawing prompt cards.
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Mirror, Mirror Active Game
A fun active game that can be played by the whole class in pairs.
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Blank Joke Cards for Kids Template
A blank template to use when creating joke cards.
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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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Farm Yard Sounds — Random Student Partner Cards
A set of eight farm animal cards with matching animal sound cards.
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Jokes for Kids PowerPoint
A PowerPoint presentation featuring 21 jokes for kids.
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Printable Joke Cards for Kids
Print jokes for kids cards to use as an indoor recess activity.
- Icebreakers Games
- Icebreakers Active Games
- Icebreakers Task Cards
- Icebreakers Worksheets
- Icebreakers Interactive Activities
- Icebreakers Matchup Games
- Icebreakers Templates
- Icebreakers Card Games
- Icebreakers Bingo
- Icebreakers Projects
- Icebreakers for Pre-K
- Icebreakers for Kindergarten
- Icebreakers for 1st Grade
- Icebreakers for 2nd Grade
- Icebreakers for 3rd Grade
- Icebreakers for 4th Grade
- Icebreakers for 5th Grade
- Icebreakers for 6th Grade
- Icebreakers for 7th Grade