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

Icebreaker prediction exercise using pictures

Lots of picture teaching ideas

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)

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