Icebreakers for teachers

• Every class needs an icebreaker.
• Icebreakers are a way to instantly becoming more intimately engaged with students.
• The ideal icebreaker should be fresh and simple.

23 Elementary ESL classroom icebreakers

First day/Getting to know you exercises (PDF)

Icebreaker in a foreign country

Partial Pictures teaching idea

Icebreaker prediction exercise using pictures

Lots of picture teaching ideas

Partial Pictures teaching idea

Icebreaker prediction exercise using pictures

Lots of picture teaching ideas

Getting to know you (PDF)

Get-to-know-you Icebreakers

Getting to know you questions for students with jobs (PDF)

Getting to Know You Worksheet (PDF)

Mind Tools

ESL Icebreaker Collection incl. Last Letter, Chinese Whispers, Fast Words..

Warm-ups  for drama

75 short teaching/icebreaking ideas

Einstein/ Monroe illusion (PDF)

Creative thinking and lateral thinking exercises