Warm up activities

Light and quick activities to do at beginning or end of class to engage students in low-stakes conversations

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Students explore an auditory digital tool and afterwards reflect on and talk about their experience
Heather Kretschmer
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Promote a sense of community and break the ice in class with collaborative storytelling activities.
Jasmina Najjar
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Creativity Booster activities can be used as a fun warm up the beginning of each class. This '16 Squares' activity invites students to think visually and require creative problem solving.
Diana Varma
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Creativity Booster activities can be used as a fun warm up the beginning of each class. This 5 Senses activity invites students to quiet and focus their minds.
Diana Varma
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Creativity Booster activities can be used as a fun warm up the beginning of each class. This particular activity invites students to discover feelings of empathy.
Diana Varma
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Creativity Booster activities can be used as a fun warm up the beginning of each class. This Yes, Let's activity invites students to get silly and quiet their inner critics.
Diana Varma
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This music activity will help students to voice their thoughts in a positive way.
Isabel Rodriguez
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Ideas for checking in with your students at the beginning of any class.
Maha Bali, Mia Zamora
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This is a fun activity to introduce a new topic which will also work well as a warm-up activity.
Heather Kretschmer
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The purpose of this activity is to engage students with each other's small talk by making a game out of active listening.
Maya Hey
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A fun, text-based way to warm up or cool down a session or topic.
Maha Bali
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Meditation provides an opportunity for students to relax before or after teaching.
Nadine Aboulmagd
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To invite students to use their bodies to represent, collaboratively, an image of something that is worth discussing.
Sarah-Jane Crowson
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Engage students in improv presenting, and enhance oral presentation skills in a light and humorous way.
Maha Bali, Jasmina Najjar, Hoda Mostafa
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This is a simple icebreaker activity that encourages students to share something about themselves.
Maha Bali
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Promote focus and reflection while allowing individuals to compose responses thoughtfully and calmly in writing.
Maha Bali, Mia Zamora
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To invite students to use their bodies to represent, collaboratively, an image of something that is worth discussing.
Maha Bali, Alex Fink, Tina Pippin, Sarita Shukla
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Warming up before class or after a break in a longer class. Encouraging use of the body, refreshes students' bodies and minds.
Tina Pippin
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Try out a slower and more deliberate opportunity for everyone to introduce themselves.
Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, Autumm Caines, Laura Gibbs, Rebecca J. Hogue
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Help students express and face their fears in a way that can help reduce stress and anxiety.
Lyse Edwards
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This is a great warm-up exercise which involves pairs of students creating movements and sounds to replace counting numbers 1-3, encouraging creativity and collaboration.
Sarita Shukla
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This is an engaging activity that can be used as a warm-up before class.
Noha El-Sebai
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Make use of the 5-10 minutes before class time or if you give a break in the middle of class.
Jasmina Najjar, Maha Bali
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This activity promotes small group intimacy and collaboration, making a large group session feel interactive.
Maha Bali
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This fun icebreaker can be used to spark interesting conversations in class.
Frank Tontala

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