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Recommended Reading from Seven Academy Chancellors
We asked our Chancellors what books they'd recommend reading. Seven Chancellors- Toi Derricotte, Marilyn Hacker, Juan Felipe Herrera, Edward Hirsch, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Arthur Sze -each chose two books of poems, a volume often revisited for continuous inspiration and another beloved book more readers should know about.

"The book I return to is Li-Young Lee's The City in Which I Love You. The unfamiliar leaps, the dream-soaked realities of a "wanderer's heart," the revisions of memory, the illuminations on the demolished crossings of nation and self to the upper trigrams of sensual becoming and the knife-sharp divinities of being; all this, all the whispered line-work-takes me back to Lee's pages." -Juan Felipe Herrera
Recommended Reading from Other Renowned Poets Past and Present
We asked a number of poets, including previous Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets, to list a few poetry books that they would recommend to others. The selections that came in include influential volumes, books returned to over and over, must-reads, and books frequently recommended to students or new poetry readers.

Galway Kinnell
Body Rags (2002, Mariner Books Reissue)

Galway Kinnell
The Book of Nightmares (1973, Mariner Books)

The Lice (1993, Copper Canyon Press Reissue)

Cesare Pavese
Hard Labor (1979, Johns Hopkins University Press)

James Wright
Shall We Gather at the River (1968, University Press of
New England)

Sylvia Plath
Ariel (2004, HarperCollins Restored Edition)

Allen Ginsberg
Howl (1956, City Lights Books)

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Poetry for Teens - If you're a teen looking to learn more about the art of reading or writing poetry, we've gathered

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use a timer system when doing collaborative work - music is always a good option

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Participants take turns saying statements that are true for them (exp: I have an older brother) if that statement is true for others in the group they stand up and do a celebration and say "just like me". Another participant is then selected to share.

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Have students pick a song they like that is uplifting - one for each meeting - share the lyrics with all the students

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Have students pick a song they like that is uplifting - one for each meeting - share the lyrics with all the students

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Activities from Jeanne Gibbs' TRIBES book

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Activities from Jeanne Gibbs' TRIBES book

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Ask everyone to share out one takeaway from the circle

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Three things you...
Two things you....
One thing you...
(learned, take away, are excited about, still have questions on, etc)

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Use breakout sessions to encourage participation/interaction among the group and then bring back to full circle to share out

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This is another video conferencing tool that puts people's video pictures in a circle

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A powerful suite of tools all built on a core philosophy. Managing logistics, creating circles and matching groups through Launchpad™. Create intuitive and useful content for your circles with reusable journeys, agendas, sparks or prompts with our private and public libraries. Manage your circles and glean useful information from our dashboard.

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Share your yuck/yeah of the day.
(high/low)

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Have students pick out which blob tree person they feel represents them at the end of the circle https://glennlimthots.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/the-blob-tree-psycho-emotional-test/

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Have students pick out which blob tree person they feel represents them at the end of the circle https://glennlimthots.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/the-blob-tree-psycho-emotional-test/

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Share one positive thing and one challenge for the day.

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What is one thing you would like to work on tomorrow?

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Games can play an important role in children's lives. Cooperative games, those which emphasize participation rather than defeating an opponent, and initiative games, those that demonstrate and teach leadership skills, can help children learn by doing - in a fun and non-exclusionary manner.

The types of games and activities in this manual can be used to break down inhibitions and discomfort in a group preparing to participate in an activity for social change (for example). They can also help break up a long day of learning, invigorate the mind, relieve stress, and inspire creativity. This manual is especially suited for a facilitator about to engage a group, start a program or project, or to develop a sense of team and community within a group.

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So, You Wanna Be a Playa? A guide to cooperative games for social exchange | Save the Children's Resource Centre

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Share how you are feeling and the last thing you ate- happy apple.

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Pandemic bingo activity, with squares designed to promote conversation and find commonalities: examples- who has dyed their hair a different color since the pandemic began? Who adopted a pet?

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Draw a Stick Pic of yourself and how you are feeling today - share your quick pic through the video

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Questions are a good way to get to know people and provoke interesting conversation. Here are 100 that are sure to add spark to any social gathering.

1. Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great grandchildren?

2. Would you rather have more time or more money?

3. Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your life?

4. Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages?

5. Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long?

6. Would you feel worse if no one showed up to your wedding or to your funeral?

7. Would you rather be without internet for a week, or without your phone?

8. Would you rather meet George Washington, or the current President?

9. Would you rather lose your vision or your hearing?

10. Would you rather work more hours per day, but fewer days or work fewer hours per day, but more days?

11. Would you rather listen to music from the 70's or music from today?

12. Would you rather become someone else or just stay you?

13. Would you rather be Batman or Spiderman?

14. Would you rather be stuck on a broken ski lift or in a broken elevator?

15. For your birthday, would you rather receive cash or gifts?

16. Would you rather go to a movie or to dinner alone?

17. Would you rather always say everything on your mind or never speak again?

18. Would you rather make a phone call or send a text?

19. Would you rather read an awesome book or watch a good movie?

20. Would you rather be the most popular person at work or school or the smartest?

21. Would you rather put a stop to war or end world hunger?

22. Would you rather spend the night in a luxury hotel room or camping surrounded by beautiful scenery?

23. Would you rather explore space or the ocean?

24. Would you rather go deep sea diving or bungee jumping?

25. Would you rather be a kid your whole life or an adult your whole life?

26. Would you rather go on a cruise with friends or with your spouse?

27. Would you rather lose your keys or your cell phone?

28. Would you rather eat a meal of cow tongue or octopus?

29. Would you rather have x-ray vision or magnified hearing?

30. Would you rather work in a group or work alone?

31. Would you rather be stuck on an island alone or with someone who talks incessantly?

32. Would you rather be too hot or too cold?

33. When you're old, would you rather die before or after your spouse? Group Sign Ups Made Easy! GET STARTED

34. Would you rather have a cook or a maid?

35. Would you rather be the youngest or the oldest sibling?

36. Would you rather get rich through hard work or through winning the lottery?

37. Would you rather have a 10-hour dinner with a headstrong politician from an opposing party, or attend a 10-hour concert for a music group you detest?

38. Would you rather be an Olympic gold medalist or a Nobel Peace Prize winner?

39. Would you rather have a desk job or an outdoor job?

40. Would you rather live at the top of a tall NYC apartment building or at the top of a mountain?

41. Would you rather have Rambo or The Terminator on your side?

42. Would you rather be proposed to in private or in front of family and friends?

43. Would you rather have to sew all your clothes or grow your own food?

44. Would you rather hear the good news or the bad news first?

45. Would you rather be your own boss or work for someone else?

46. Would you rather have nosy neighbors or noisy neighbors?

47. Would you rather be on a survival reality show or dating game show?

48. Would you rather be too busy or be bored?

49. Would you rather watch the big game at home or live at the stadium.

1. Would you rather spend the day with your favorite athlete or you favorite movie star?

2. Would you rather live where it is constantly winter or where it is constantly summer?

3. Would you rather travel the US and see the sights in a motorhome or by plane?

4. Would you rather be a little late or way too early?

5. Would you rather have an unlimited gift certificate to a restaurant or a clothing store?

6. Would you rather date someone you met online or go on a blind date?

7. Would you rather your kids wear a uniform to school or clothing of their choice?

8. Would you rather have many good friends or one very best friend?

9. Would you rather live in Antarctica or the Sahara Dessert?

10. Would you rather be able to take back anything you say or hear every conversation around you?

11. Would you rather be 4'5" or 7'7"?

12. Would you rather be poor and work at a job you love, or rich and work at a job you hate?

13. Would you rather have your flight delayed by 8 hours or lose your luggage?

14. Would you rather be in your pajamas or a suit all day?

15. Would you rather have your first child when you are 18 or 40?

16. Would you rather be the star player on a losing basketball team or ride the bench on a winning one?

17. Would you rather spend the next year exempt from all taxes or have a one-month paid vacation? Schedule meetings, collect RSVP's and more with a sign up! See HOW.

18. Would you rather have the best house in a bad neighborhood or the worst house in a good neighborhood?

19. Would you rather be filthy rich and live 400 years ago or be poor but live today?

20. Would you rather be gossiped about or never talked about at all?

21. Would you rather end hunger or hatred?

22. Would you rather be an unknown major league baseball player or a famous badminton star?

23. Would you rather go without TV or junk food the rest of your life?

24. Would you rather spend the day at an amusement park or lazing on the beach?

25. Would you rather be fluent in all languages or be a master of every musical instrument?

26. Would you rather sing a song in front of complete strangers or your closest friends?

27. Would you rather own your own boat or your own plane?

28. Would you rather meet the president of the United States or a movie star?

29. Would you rather spend two weeks stuck in a psychiatric hospital or stuck in an airport?

30. If you had to give up one thing for the rest of your life, would it be brushing your hair or brushing your teeth?

31. Would you rather spend 20 years in prison and be exonerated as innocent or be put away for four years (despite your innocence) and be considered guilty forever?

32. Would you rather own a house or rent a residence?

33. Would you rather be known as a one-hit wonder for a novel or a song?

34. Would you rather take an action-packed European vacation or spend two weeks at the same Caribbean resort?

35. Would you rather be a character in an action-packed thriller or a romantic comedy?

36. Would you rather be stuck on a train or a bus?

37. Would you rather be a part of an arranged marriage or spend your life as a single person?

38. Would you rather babysit a crying infant for a day or have an unwanted houseguest for a week?

39. Would you rather be locked in an amusement park or a library?

40. Would you rather sing like an opera star or cook like a gourmet chef?

41. Would you rather have your debt forgiven or have guaranteed good health for a decade?

42. Would you rather live the rest of your life as a monk or followed continuously by paparazzi?

43. Would you rather be given a lifetime supply of delicious food or books?

44. Would you rather be able to breath underwater or fly through the air?

45. Would you rather be known for your intelligence or your good looks?

46. Would you rather eat pizza or ice cream as the only food for eternity?

47. Would you rather mentally or physically never age?

48. Would you rather change your eye color or your hair color?

49. Would you rather have the details of your financial life or your love life be made public?

50. Would you rather spend a year as a cop or a teacher in an inner-city neighborhood?

51. Would you rather have a family of 12 children or never be able to have children at all?

Enjoy the conversations these questions spark and the insights about people they reveal!

Janis Meredith writes Jbmthinks, a blog on sports parenting and youth sports. After being a coach's wife for 29 years and a sports parent for 21, she sees issues from both sides of the bench.

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Virtual team building has the power to make remote teams feel as tight-knit as on-site teams. This is especially true if you leverage purpose, vision, and enthusiasm to plan crowd-pleasing virtual team building activities.

Expert evaluations of remote work suggest that...

" . . . communication and shared identity within a team can mediate the effects of physical separation."

Strategically designed virtual team building activities provide communication while reinforcing a shared team identity. These online team games & activities can also mitigate the engagement-draining challenges of a remote or distributed workforce.

Experts who've studied companies found that "transformational and visionary leadership" can get remote engagement levels up to on-site engagement levels.

This post features icebreakers, tools, curated WFH employee care packages, and virtual team building activities you can implement or share with leadership to build strong remote teams.

Pro-Tip: Use "Command + D" to bookmark this list - we update it often with new content.

*Jump straight to our favorite fun virtual team building activities & games for remote teams

Popular Activities For Team Building Online In 2024

Online team building in 2024 can mean a variety of things. In the last few years, teams across the globe have learned about the different ways you can engage with your coworkers virtually.

Consistent collaboration between colleagues can help foster a stronger community while improving overall team performance and productivity. Consider creating a questionnaire on team building to gauge the interests of your team. This section is here to provide a quick guide to some of the most popular online team building ideas that SnackNation has come across.

If we missed any favorites that you and your coworkers enjoy, please let us know in the comments below!

Virtual Team Challenges

A virtual team challenge is designed to test each member of your team in fun and unique ways. These challenges may include puzzles, physical activities, riddle-solving, trivia knowledge, and a host of other skills that will push your employees to think critically and work together as a team.

Why this is a fun activity for team building online: The "virtual team challenge" will play on both the strengths and weaknesses of your staff, so there is not only an opportunity for your colleagues to enjoy some time together not discussing spreadsheets, but they can learn a bit about problem-solving and team collaboration in the process.

Sign up to customize your virtual event and try out a few challenge-based activities to see which one fits your group dynamic:

Get your thinking cap on, your Zoom lobby link ready, and bring your A-game. It's challenge time!

Quick Virtual Team Building Activities

Quick virtual team building activities offer a refreshing break from work to learn more about each other in a relaxed and enjoyable setting. These activities are perfect for warming up meetings, breaking the ice, or injecting a bit of fun into a virtual event. They require minimal setup and can often be done spontaneously, making them ideal for distributed teams.

Why this is a fun activity for team building online: These virtual fun activities for employees can significantly enhance team cohesion and communication without taking up too much time. They offer a refreshing break from work, allowing team members to learn more about each other in a relaxed and enjoyable setting. These activities also encourage creativity and can lead to improved problem-solving skills within the team.

SnackNation spoke with team leaders to learn more about the ways they incorporate remote team building activities. We compiled our favorites to maximize camaraderie online:

Rose/Thorn Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 1 minute per person

How-to:

Start your virtual huddle by having everyone share their rose (any positive that makes them feel grateful, happy, etc.) and also their thorn (a challenge). A rose can be work or non-work related along with its thorn.

For example...

Work Related:

Rose: I got an event partner to give me a refund today!

Thorn: A different event partner won't give me a refund.

Non-Work Related:

Rose: I found time to go for a walk today today.

Thorn: There was no time to go for a walk today.

"I work in Enterprise Marketing at ZipRecruiter and our entire team is now remote. We do a daily standup call with my manager and Rose/Thorn is how we start every virtual meeting. It is a quick way to start off a team huddle and get everyone on the same wavelength."

-Joanna Ericta, Senior Marketing Associate at ZipRecruiter

Crime Junkie Virtual Icebreaker

Adapted for: Clue Virtual Murder Mystery

Time: About 60 minutes

How-to:

Send out the Clue Virtual Murder Mystery link to everyone who plans on playing.

Using the app, your group will split into teams, examine clues, review case files, and channel their inner detectives.

Race against the clock to solve the mystery of who had the means, motive, and opportunity to murder Neil Davidson.

Your team will need to collaborate closely and communicate effectively to successfully solve the case.

If you DO solve the case in time: Celebrate the virtual team building victory and discuss what led to the "aha" moment when everything clicked.

If you DON'T solve the case in time: That's okay! Take this moment to do a group reflection on which challenges your team overcame and which ones stumped you.

Giving Points to Your Team

Bonusly is a software platform that employees use to send small bonuses to each other to recognize their everyday wins and successes. We use Bonusly internally at SnackNation, and one of our favorite parts of the software is that you can redeem your bonus points for a wide variety of gift cards, prizes, and awesome gadgets!

Here's how Ben Kuehnle, our Sales Development Manager, has introduced Bonusly to his department with positive results:

" Bonusly's reward catalog includes notable brands like Uber, Nike, Starbucks, Steam and many more. As awesome as the rewards might be, the real benefit of Bonusly comes from your team feeling appreciated and recognized for their hard work no matter they might be in the world."

-Ben Kuehnle, Sales Development Manager at SnackNation

Plus, they get to choose their own rewards, so you know they're getting something they'll appreciate.

Virtual Team Building Activity Templates

Virtual team building activity templates can be used to engage remote teams and boost morale. Short, sweet, and easy to use, these templates are a great place to get things started before a conference call or Zoom meeting. Each template offers a unique way to build camaraderie and increase collaboration.

Why this is a fun activity for team building online: With endless possibilities, you can use a pre-made template or customize your own to build out an icebreaker or online team activity that best suits your group's interests.

Get started with any of these pre-made templates:

Grab a template, send it out to your team, and watch the results roll in!

Holiday Themed Virtual Team Building Activities

This virtual team building event schedules a monthly team update where everyone can get together on a Zoom call and bond together over a holiday-themed game or experience. From a St. Patrick's Day virtual pub in March to a Halloween-themed game show - the activities (and fun) are endless.

Why this is a fun activity for team building online: It is constantly changing! While one month you may be celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with a workshop, the next month you might be kicking off Pride with LGTBQIA-themed trivia!

Looking for ideas coming up? Try out a few crowd-favorites:

Each month gives you and your team members a chance to take an hour off and let loose!

Virtual Recognition Wall

An easy way for distributed teams to bond is to encourage some good ol' fashioned peer-to-peer recognition using a "virtual wall" to showcase the amazing things your colleagues are doing. Based on the classic Wall of Fame, this idea utilizes your companies' employee recognition tool to great effect. Simply create the wall, send out a message to your team, and schedule some time at your next meeting to quickly review the shout outs!

Why this is a fun activity for team building online: Employees can post messages, photos, videos, GIFs, memes, and all sorts of fun ways to recognize their peers virtually. It can be scheduled during a meeting or asynchronously so that everyone has a chance to participate.

Start recognizing and watch your team light up!

Does your team need a pick-me-up? At SnackNation, we use Bonusly to help us improve engagement and build camaraderie with our distributed teams.

👉 Try Bonusly's recognition platform for free here to start appreciating the small wins that often times go unnoticed and foster a stronger company culture that delivers results.

Shippable Experiences

Get your entire team together to participate in a new experience! Choose from a huge catalog of interactive activities that range from cooking classes, art nights, happy hours, baking parties, and so much more. The idea behind a shippable experience is that each employee receives a team building kit sent directly to their doorstep.

All they have to do is bring the box and show up to a virtual party where they will be led through a series of activities.

Why this is a fun activity for team building online: These shippable experiences can give your team members a chance to try something new. Learn how to make dim sum, try your hand at dream catcher making, whip up a cocktail with a master mixologist, or take an hour off and enjoy a relaxing virtual happy hour together.

There are 100's of options to choose from, explore these kit-based classes by signing up for Confetti:

Get started unboxing some fun with a truly memorable experience.

Virtual Team Building Activities & Games
Virtual team building activities can be online games that you play on a shared screen or unique, shared offline experiences you can use to build common ground for future conversations.
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Online Team Games & Activities For Virtual Team Building

Whether you choose an online team game or an offline activity, you can rest assured that it will serve the goal of giving your team memory-making experiences they can share no matter how far apart they are.

Paid activity: Prices range from $5 per person to $150 per person

Time: 30 minutes to 3 hours

Best for: Teams of 2 - 1000

Formats:

Live hosted - Have an Elevent team member manage the event for you live.

Self-hosted - Host it yourself instead!

Virtual games can be an easy, convenient, and fun way to build great teams courtesy of Elevent. Aside from paying-as-you-go, you can even sign up for subscription plans for on-demand games and activities.

We love the large selection of virtual events that include activities and games focused on cooking, crafts and gardening, entertainment, food and beverage tasting, wellness, and learning and development events.

The games are supported across several popular platforms, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, GoToMeeting, and BlueJeans.

Here are a few of our top picks from the Elevent platform:

🤔 Get to Know Ya Game Night: This get-to-know-your-team better is 60 minutes worth of unbridled fun! Hosted by the irrepressible Los Angeles-based entertainment journalist, Dennis Hensley this game is super-easy to set up and enjoy. Participants simply have their phones handy to send in answers as they watch the game on Zoom.

🔐 Learn Lock Picking: A super-handy skill to master if you ever find yourself locked out, it's also an amazing game to play on Elevent. The virtual event is hosted by a former security expert who's key function was - you guessed it! Breaking into buildings! Need we say more?

📼 REC: Escape the '80s VHS: It's quirky, unique, and fun! Your team will need to navigate the workout tape of a world-renowned 80s aerobics instructor, Simon Richards, to get clues into his sudden disappearance. He was last seen 30 years ago on a movie set filming for the said tape before he vanished for good.

Here's a quick sneak preview of this exciting game:

"This was such a fun experience - we had a group sitting together in a room at the office, and many people joining individually via Zoom. An hour full of laughs and team bonding, highly recommended." - Trustpilot

Here is another review from a past customer:

"The event was fun and the level of interaction between the team was impressive. We all had a great time getting to know each other. This is exceptionally good for remote teams. We will be back for the 2nd go at the event!" - Trustpilot

Paid activity: $8 - $49 per person

Time: 1 - 3 hours (Various Options)

Best for: Teams of 3 - 1,000+

Formats:

Self-Hosted: Their team will provide you with everything you need to effortlessly and successfully plan your virtual activity, plus dedicated support.

Virtually-Hosted: Their professional event hosts will take care of everything for you - kick back, relax, and join in on the fun.

Are you looking for unique and fun ways to keep your remote team engaged?
Outback Team Building & Training is currently offering 14 of their most popular remote team building activities in a virtual format specifically designed for remote corporate groups, some of our favorites are:
💎 Virtual Escape Room (Jewel Heist): Solve a "virtual" heist with your team of quick-witted detectives as you complete online puzzles, riddles, and virtual trivia. This virtually hosted team activity is ideal for groups that love solving complex problems and aren't afraid of a little friendly competition.

🔎 Virtual Clue Murder Mystery: Gather your remote team online and collaborate virtually to crack the case of a deadly crime in this virtual murder mystery online team building activity. Which team will be the first to solve the murder of millionaire, Neil Davidson?

🧠 Virtual Jeoparty Social: Work collaboratively with your teammates as you put your collective trivia knowledge to the test in this high-energy, and immersive virtual Jeopardy-style competition infused with a fun social twist.

🤔 Virtual Team Pursuit: Get your remote team together to compete in a series of online mental, physical, skill, and mystery challenges. The virtually-hosted team pursuit activity will allow you to get to know your colleagues better, and enhance communication skills while showcasing each individual's hidden talents.

🍻 Virtual Happy Hour Trivia: Sit down, grab a beverage, and partake in a challenging and fun online trivia competition at your favorite virtual pub, "Hamish McDuff's". Complete with a wacky and hilarious Scottish pub owner as your host, they'll lead you through an unforgettable happy hour.

"The Virtual Clue Murder Mystery event was so much fun - it was for a fundraising event and everyone thought that it was very well-done. Brynne did an amazing job of leading our team, making it a super easy set up, and being a resource. THANK YOU!" - Microsoft ( Virtual Clue Murder Mystery)

"The event was turn key and easy to follow. I liked that it wasn't overly complicated, but challenging enough to keep the team engaged. Having an event coordinator run the event made everything easy to deal with." - General Mills ( Team Pursuit)

Here's a quick 1-minute overview to show you how this virtual team building activity works:

Paid activity: From $10 a person+

Time: About 30 - 90 minutes

Best for: Teams of 5 - 500 (varies with activity)

Confetti is the only platform that gives you everything you need to plan memorable virtual team activities & events in just a few clicks.

It's free to sign up and only takes ~20 seconds. Once inside, it gives you a playground of dozens of ideas that you can click and customize in a matter of minutes - with instant quotes directly available on the platform! For every event, they provide a briefing that includes all the details organized such as a designed invitation, host information, and a place to insert your points of contact.

Confetti cherry picks and curates vendors, ready to deliver the best experience possible within the date and times you need.

Hundreds of companies trust Confetti with all their virtual team building needs, including: Facebook, Google, Amazon, Uber, and Adobe.

" Confetti has taken a huge workload off my plate in planning engaging employee experiences... True lifesaver!" - Room

A big thanks to The Assist for sharing this idea! Here are some virtual happy hour tips:

Send all of your participants a Happy Hour box packed with goodies they'll enjoy during the virtual get together [cocktail kit provided].

Use a reliable video conference call service.

Get together with your team and take a trip to "Hamish McDuff's" virtual pub for some happy hour trivia.

Limit guests to 10 - 20 to boost engagement.

Have a variety of icebreakers prepared in case things get awkward. (Kisha found that doing a pet show-and-tell helped boost everyone's engagement.)

Pro-Tip: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all spring with the Spring Fling Beer & Cheese Pairing Experience! The folks at Unboxed Experiences have crafted up an unforgettable team building event with special Irish beers, gourmet cheeses and engaging virtual entertainment so you can celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your whole team, no matter where you are.

Unboxed Experiences will work with you to deliver this 🍻 St. Paddy's beer kit 🍻 right to your employees' doorsteps prior to your virtual event. You can even customize your boxes with branded swag like pint glasses and koozies!

Let's Roam Virtual Team Builders are the hottest new thing in the online team building game right now. These interactive challenges are comprised of 5 rounds that include: Trivia, Fact or Fib, Costume Party, Impersonations, Riddle Me This, and many more game types designed to get your virtual team building memorable moments!

What makes Let's Roam Virtual Team Builders so unique is that you can play all of these online games through their innovative video conferencing platform that will have you bonding and laughing with your co-workers from anywhere in the world - pretty cool huh.

Here's a quick 1-minute overview of how it works:

The Go Game offers something we haven't seen anywhere else: a dedicated event host (MC and DJ!) that makes sure your event's energy and engagement stays sky high. Whether onboarding newly remote employees or cultivating culture across distributed teams, The Go Game is engaging teams from companies like Spotify, Google, LinkedIn, GoFundMe, YouTube, Amazon, Uber, Ernst & Young, Salesforce, Dell, and more.

You won't find your usual online team games here. Learn more at The Go Game!

Think more like:

Buzz-In Pub Trivia

The Giphy Challenge

Pictionary Drawing Contest

Live Polling and Voting

Karoke Battles

and more!

They've combined their unique brand of fun within a slick video conferencing interface and a hilarious host to bring remote teammates into the fold.

Paid activity: Free Trial

Time: 5 minute setup and 3 minutes per round

Best for: Teams of 7 to 100 (you can create multiple teams)

QuizBreaker is a virtual icebreaker game that helps remote teams connect & engage in a fun way. In each round, players have to guess 'Who Said What' - a simple way for your online team to bond over things they have in common. You can schedule virtual icebreaker quizzes to go out via email multiple times per week and track winners via a gamified leaderboard. It's used by hundreds of remote teams including at companies such as Google, New York Times & Microsoft to help build a positive company culture.

Paid activity: Free 4-week trial, then about $1 per participant per month

Time: About 5-10 minutes per week

Best for: Teams of any size (from 2 people to 2,000)

There's a reason Jeopardy's been on the air for 50 years: people LOVE trivia. That's the same reason why teams flock to Water Cooler Trivia, a platform for automated weekly trivia quizzes. It's a virtual team activity employees eagerly anticipate each week. Offices are emailed a Monday morning trivia quiz with responses due that night and results sent the next morning. That schedule is totally customizable. Importantly, it's not a one-off event but a source of weekly fun and conversation for the team without any ongoing setup or maintenance tasks.

Water Cooler Trivia sparks conversation and competition between colleagues asking HOW Alyssa knew THAT. The thrill of pub trivia without the two-hour time commitment and logistics.

The contests are super customizable, meaning you can decide the

Categories (Pop Culture, Current Events, Science & Tech, etc)

Difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard)

Timing (day of the week and the time for the quiz and results)

Region (if you have global teammates and want to exclude US-centric questions)

WCT has thousands of trivia questions along with features like an office leaderboard, the "funniest wrong answer" each week, the option for departments to compete against each other, and even a bobblehead trophy for your team to move to the winner's desk each week (when back in the office).

"Every time I see Water Cooler Trivia in my inbox I yell "YES!" My coworkers and I love it, and have discussions when the questions and responses come out. We have an entire Slack channel dedicated to Water Cooler Trivia." -Content Writer at G2

Bienvenue à Paris!

Woyago has created virtual tours that will allow you to travel to Paris for an hour or two! By combining storytelling and cheeky virtual activities, your team will learn hilarious French vocabulary, compete in ridiculous Parisian trivia, find their Parisian soul with absurd icebreaker questions, and learn quirky, insightful stories about Paris while connecting, interacting, and engaging with each other.

Between virtual wine and cheese tastings, live bike rides from the streets of Paris, French stereotype trivia, virtual team games, and French vocabulary that will make you laugh out loud, we promise that you'll end up obsessing over Paris...just like them!

Whether your team is familiar with Paris or not, they will connect, interact, and engage with each other for the duration of the tour. Woyago's lighthearted and comedic tone of the tours make this a very effective morale boost for virtual or hybrid teams of any size:

Take your team on an indulgent culinary journey that will satisfy their hearts and taste buds with the Charcuterie Board Experience. During this fun and enriching virtual team building event, you and your guests learn to build a show-stopping charcuterie centerpiece with a huge selection of provided smoked meats, artisan-made cheeses, finger fare and delectable spreads.

Making charcuterie boards as a team has never been easier!

The expert hosts over at Unboxed Experiences will easily show your group how to design your board with stunning charcuterie elements like meat rivers and a hand-made salami rose.

Like their other events, the Charcuterie Board Experience is fully customizable, so you can load this event up with company swag to blow your team away.

Are you ready for a team game online that is fun, challenging, and always gives you a few "WOW!" moments? Then you're ready for The Escape Game. Their virtual escape room will absolutely change your team's communication and bring them closer together! Since it's all done virtually, it works for any team big or small, and teams that may be spread across the country or the globe!

The Escape Game Remote Adventures are one of the most unique and fun virtual team building experiences out there. Not only is it the perfect analog for the workplace but your team will have so much fun making lasting memories together through this awesome, one-of-a-kind experience. It's as simple as getting on a video call where your team will communicate with a host and direct a game guide with a live camera feed of the room. Find clues, solve puzzles, and (hopefully) escape!

Here's a quick 1-minute overview of how it works:

Nothing brings a team together like a scavenger hunt: the fun, the interaction, the problem solving, the friendly competition - it's the perfect team builder. With Scavify, you no longer need to physically be together to bring all the elements of that perfect team builder together.

"My objectives were to engage my Leadership remotely without having to be on another Zoom/Teams/Skype call. Even though our meetings remotely have been productive, we have missed the opportunity to show our personalities. It has been a very stressful time and using Scavify was a great way to have fun and be a little silly. At the same time I was able to add some tasks related to business plans and concerns. A really great exercise!"

Through a mobile app and/or browser, individuals and teams can participate in a virtual scavenger hunt app that has them snapping photos, taking videos, answering questions, scanning QR codes, providing feedback and more from the luxury of their own home. Better yet, the Scavify app provides real-time interaction features like a leaderboard and photostream to keep remote teams connected during this time. The ability to leave the hunt open for a week (or longer) allows colleagues to compete on their own time when it works best for them.

If you have an energetic team that enjoys shaking things up, they'll love the novelty of the Ice Cream Float Experience offered by Unboxed Experiences. During this fun (and often funny) virtual teambuilder, guests will mix together ice cream ingredients in a zip bag (everyone will receive an all-inclusive Ice Cream Float kit beforehand), then shake everything up over some ice and rock salt until...voila, homemade ice cream!

A guide leads the virtual team building event, sharing fun trivia about the history of the ice cream float and keeping everyone hyped up with a playlist of popular music to shake along to. Once the ice cream is done, and everyone has danced around a bit, guests will cool down with an ice cream float. Each Unboxed Experiences kit is customizable, so you can include swag and other gifts to put a smile on your guests' faces.

Atlassian's learning circle templates make it easy to plan a virtual educational activity about a topic relevant to your team's work.

Pro-Tip: Don't let the logistics of throwing a virtual team building activity slow you down. Have monday.com track budgets, store receipts, and document participants while you focus on what actually matters: having fun.

Players upload selfies and then add sketches and captions. The goal is to guess which captions and sketches were made up and which ones the person pictured actually added themselves.

Priority Experiences offers a comprehensive and unique set of online team building activities built around their collection of shippable experiences.

Steps:

1. Choose your experience - they'll match you with the right experience based on budget, goals, and interests.

2. Logistics - They'll take care of all the details so all you and your team have to do is grab your kit from your doorsteps and show up!

3. Build virtual team camaraderie! - Their shippable experiences can be structured to your liking whether you want a host to lead you through a guided tasting or you simply want to relax with your colleagues with a glass of wine or a new beer!

Hop on this platform and play a variety of card games synchronously with your team during game night. Doing something as commonplace as playing cards with your remote team helps cultivate the sense of normalcy that makes distance disappear.

Team Building Hub is the corporate events arm of The Escape Game and is a one-stop-shop for fun remote team building activities. Team Building Hub offers team building events online, at 24 retail locations across the US, and they can also come to you. The games are engaging, the hosts are enthusiastic, and booking is surprisingly simple.

If past virtual team building games have left your group unenthused, book a Team Building Hub event - your team will love it!

Pro-Tip: Team Building Hub works with thought leaders like Lee Cockerell, Donald Miller, and the John Maxwell Team. Ask about pairing your experience with one of their mini-courses on communication or problem-solving.

As soon as one person purchases a game pack, your team can choose any screen-sharing platform and start playing games that test your wits ( Quiplash), let you ask crazy hypothetical questions ( Split the Room), create wacky word clouds ( Word Spud) and so much more.

Tip: Pick a list of games and rounds you're going to play before the meeting, or you might end up playing for two hours!

Team Bonding is a trusted leader in the team building category with over twenty years of experience bringing fun and excitement to teams with a growing catalog of team building activities, games, and experiences.

Paid activity - Talk to the team to receive a custom quote

Time: Activities range from 1 hour to 6 hours

Best for: Teams of 10 - 100

They work with you to plan the perfect day, from one-hour team lunches to full-day team building extravaganzas. With virtual and in-person options, any organization can utilize Team Bonding to engage with their peers and encourage team members to bond over a new experience.

"Thank you for facilitating the Jeopardy show yesterday for our group. We received very positive feedback both from our external client and internal participants. Four of them took the time to write us thank-you notes for organizing the event." - Ernst & Young

They say "No More Boring Game Nights" They have a library of games packed with everything from social deduction mystery games, brain-busting trivia, buzzer-beating game shows, to the "Are we really this clueless?" escape rooms, and more. Their games are built for the super competitive and the laid back, so no one is left out.

One of their most talked about features is the vibing music that sets the tone for the whole session.

Get competitive with your teammates as you race each other in this sophisticated simulator. Just purchase the game and use Steam's Remote Play function to start playing with your team over the internet.

The Deserted Island Scenario

Join your virtual meeting and give everyone the bad news: They've been stranded on a deserted island.

Counter with the good news: They get to choose three items from a handy list of survival tools.

Provide a list of tools for everyone to choose from. The longer the list, the more interesting the online team game will be. You also don't have to design your list to be sound from a survivor's standpoint; you simply want everyone to think creatively.

Put your meeting on hold or pause while each person gets ten minutes to select their three items.

Resume the meeting and have everyone share which items they picked and also explain why. Allow time for each speaker to answer questions about their selections.

Now give everyone an additional five minutes to decide if they want to change any of their items based on what they just heard from their teammates.

Ask anyone who changed their list to explain why.

By the end of this virtual event idea, everyone will find themselves more open to new ideas and thankful for new perspectives-A great idea to introduce at your next virtual holiday party!

Marco's Laugh Events provides memorable virtual team building activities that specialize in comedy experiences for groups who want to inject a little laughter into their day.

Easy to set up, fun to participate in, and ideal for remote teams - a virtual comedy show brings the wit and creativity of the comedy club to your team in a professional (yet lively) Zoom setting.

Choose from any of their wonderful comedy shows including:

Stand Up Comedy (30 Minutes): Clean, corporate-ready acts delivered to you by some of New York City's best stand up comedians. You can choose one or two comedians to deliver sets that will impress!

Juggling and Jokes (30 Minutes): Part comedy, part juggling. You won't know what to expect in this multifaceted comedy show. Unpredictable, fast-paced, and guaranteed to show you some things you've never seen (or heard)!

No Work Custom Comedy Hour (60 Minutes): A custom comedy experience for virtual teams looking for something special. Help craft your ideal comedy show with access to a roster of comedy performers.

Developed by expert online team game designers and a team with 5+ years developing unique virtual group events.

Schedule your game for anytime you want.

Built in timer so you can compete against other teams.

After you find the GOLD, download your teams Completion Certificate with Team Name and Team Time

We recommend splitting your company into small teams of 4-5 people with a team captain for each. Provide each team captain with an access code to Treasure Mountain. Online teams will then race through the riddles and challenges to be the fastest group to escape and get bragging rights at the next virtual all hands meeting!

The Offsite Co offers the most comprehensive and unique set of virtual team building events and games out there. They focus on designing a series of activations to help their clients reach engagement goals while employees are working remote.
Every event is customized based on your company culture.
They take care of all of the online team game design, logistics and planning and even provide the most fun and professional facilitators we have encountered.

Here's a quick 1-minute example of a Virtual Lip Sync Karaoke event through The Offsite Co:

Virtual Icebreaker Activities, Games, & Ideas

Icebreakers for remote teams are activities you can do at the start of a virtual meeting to create quick, personal connections with your co-workers. Virtual meetings can sometimes start with a few minutes of stiffness or awkwardness. Use any of the icebreakers below to overcome that awkwardness and conduct effective remote meetings.

👉 Free Mindfulness Bingo Activity

Department Quiz Battle Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 5 minutes per person on each team

How-to:

Determine (or challenge) which departments will be duking it out in a virtual team building trivia battle

Create a list of 10 trivia questions using a Google Form or sign up for Trivia Games

Send out the questions to both departments with a deadline for submissions

Zoom Meeting Review:

In Trivia Games, a live Quiz Host will guide contestants through 3-4 exciting rounds of trivia on Zoom.

Each team records its answers on a digital sheet provided by the host. Points are counted in between rounds with the final round producing the winners!

Asynchronous Review:

Send out your trivia quiz to each department email and/or Slack

Set a deadline for submission and then tally up the results!

You can also customize each battle to display player superlatives like:

Who had the funniest answer?

Who had the quickest answers?

Who scored the most points for their team?

Which team had the strongest participation?

Share the company leaderboard and crown that week's department champion 👑

GIF Wars Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 1-2 minutes per person

How-to:

Using a virtual team building & recognition tool like Bonusly, have each person take a second to send a shoutout to someone who has really helped them out or gone above and beyond for the team recently.

Make sure to add a GIF to each shoutout

Go around and vote on who added the best GIF (think Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity)

Pro-Tip: You can make this a recurring virtual activity in Bonusly by choosing 'GIF War' themes for each week like: movies, sports, dogs, cats, etc...

Quick Virtual Icebreakers

Best for: Starting meetings, closing meetings, Monday morning check-in calls

Time: About 15 minutes

How-to:
Choose one of these quick virtual team building activities to spice up your next group meeting:

Snapshot Virtual Icebreaker

Source: monday.com's free virtual team building template

Time: About 5 minutes

How-to:
Ask everyone to use their phones to take a picture of something.
The something could include...

Pets

Kids

Desk space (Yes, even messy desk spaces)

Refrigerator

Outfit

Closet

Have everyone upload their pictures to a shared online whiteboard or document to create a digital collage of everyone's snapshot.

Spend a little time complimenting the pics or asking questions.

The final product may look something like this:

(Images courtesy of the SnackNation State of the Executive Assistant Facebook Group)

Escape Room Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 60 minutes or less

How-to:

Choose your adventure below:

If you're going to escape, you HAVE to work together and communicate virtually.

Once you log onto the Zoom call your host will help you through the adventure while your Game Guide will be your eyes, ears, hands, and feet inside the online team game.

With the help of your Guide Game and your digital dashboard, you and your team will find clues, solve puzzles, and complete your mission.

Whether or not you complete your mission in time, the leader will be able to review what went well and what didn't go so well during the virtual activity. The debrief after your online experience will no doubt be filled with lots of laughs and lessons learned.

Ice Cream Float Virtual Icebreaker

Source: Unboxed Experiences by City Brew Tours

Time: About 30 minutes

How-to:

Connect with a private virtual event planner (like Unboxed Experiences) who will arrange for kits to be sent directly to all of your guests.

On event day, a virtual guide will show everyone how to make ice cream in a bag (seriously, it works!).

Guests will dance along to popular songs (featuring favorites like "Shake Your Groove Thing") as they shake their ice cream ingredients until everything is perfectly frozen.

Finally, guests make their own rootbeer, orange soda, or cherry soda float to sip on as you transition to your next session.

Pro-Tip: Is your workplace big on work/family balance? This is one of those virtual team events that employees can get their families involved in. Kids especially love shaking up their ice cream, and your guests will appreciate having time to hang out with their families during the work day. Unboxed Experiences also has other virtual team activities to choose from like their Tea & Mindfulness Experience, Beer Making Kits, & more!

Getting To Know You Virtual Icebreaker

Source: Assembly (free up to 10 users)

Time: About 5 minutes per person

How-to:

Each team member you invite to Assembly can answer curated icebreaker questions that have been carefully researched to elicit fun learnings and build trust during a 5-minute team activity. Players can skip any question they don't want to answer.
Some of our favorite questions to inspire you:

💪🏼 What would your superhero costume look like?

🎶 What would you choose as your top 5 songs of all time?

🤔 What is the best piece of advice you've ever been given?

🍕 If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

🏴‍☠️ You're forming a team of treasure hunters. Which job would you assign to yourself and why?

During your next team meeting, spend a few minutes inside the Getting to Know You channel within Assembly to review each other's answers. These are also automatically sent out via email and can be scheduled to your desired timing, volume & frequency.

You can also try setting up themes for each week based on upcoming holidays or company trivia to create a fun virtual team building experience personalized for your team.

Pro-Tip: Your Assembly Getting to Know You Channel could look something like this:

Open Mic Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 10 minutes

How-to:

Give everyone a heads up that they will have about a minute at the beginning of the meeting to take the virtual stage.

Ask them to find or write an icebreaker joke, read a poem, sing a song, play the mandolin-anything they want!

Start your meeting with these glorious performances.

Allow ten seconds in between each for a rush of snaps and applause.

Squad Squabble Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 45 - 60 minutes (plus prep)

How-to:

Prep:

Find a virtual team building software to host the online game like Virtual Coworker Feud by Confetti. Sign up for FREE to learn more.

Build your teams.

Determine your questions (think about funny inside virtual office jokes).

Solicit answers from colleagues either through email or a survey.

Time to Play:

After the online team game is set up, determine a host or roll with one of the experts from Weve!

Read the first question - the first team to buzz in gets to answer. For every answer on the board, they collect points.

If they receive 3 strikes (wrong answers!), control goes to the other team to determine the board.

Repeat the steps until you have a winner - the team with the most points wins the game!

We played a round of Squad Squabble ( Virtual Coworker Feud) with our friends at Design Pickle to show you how this virtual icebreaker works... Still have no idea how 11 people said "Microwaving Fish" as an answer...

Trip To Paris Virtual Icebreaker

Source: Woyago Virtual Trip To Paris

Time: About 60 minutes

How-to:

Select from Woyago's catalog of laugh out loud authentic French activities:

Wine and cheese tastings

Live bike rides from the streets of Paris

French trivia and questions

Virtual get-to-know-you activities

French vocabulary... and more!

Grab your virtual passport and beret to experience the magic of Paris from your desk!

"Big Talk" Virtual Icebreaker

Source: Outback Team Building

Time: About 10 minutes

How-to:

Start virtual meetings with a few minutes of organized "big talk" about global events and news.

Before the meeting, send out a current news story for the team to read.

At the start of the meeting, give everyone a minute to share their thoughts on the story without interruption or commentary.

Set aside 5 minutes after that for open group discussion.

Dance Party Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 5 minutes (or the length of your chosen song)

How-to:

Tell everyone about the awesomeness that's about to happen.

Do a quick sound check to make sure everyone can hear the host's music.

Start your jam. (If you can't decide, use an icebreaker tool like Random List to get a random selection.)

Dance and probably laugh.

"Do You REALLY Know Your Team?" Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 10 minutes

How-to:

Before your next meeting, ask all your teammates to answer three "about me" questions.

For example...

If you could eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be?

What's your favorite vacation spot?

If you were an animal, what would you be?

What's your favorite movie?

At the meeting, share the answers and have your teammates try to pair the answers with the right person.

Once everyone has guessed, reveal who gave what answer.

If the results are interesting/surprising, have your teammates explain - It'll get people laughing and learning more about each other.

Boom - instant virtual team bonding!

Critical Thinking Virtual Icebreaker

Time: About 2 minutes per person

How-to:

Before your meeting send out a discussion topic question for your team to answer in your virtual office dashboard.

Start your online meeting by posing a lateral thinking question to the group like:

"If you were alone in a dark cabin, with only one match and a lamp, a fireplace, and a candle to choose from, which would you light first?"

"A boat has a ladder that's ten feet long, and hangs off the side of the boat, with its last two feet submerged in water. If the ocean tide rises five feet, how much of the ladder will be underwater?"

"There are a dozen eggs in a carton. Twelve people each take a single egg, but there is one egg left in the carton. How?"

Give everyone 30 seconds to answer.

Have everyone share their answer on a remote working platform like monday.com

Spend about one minute discussing the differences in your answers and what you each learned from one another.

Fact Recall Mission Virtual Icebreaker

Source: Fact Recall Mission

Time: About 7 minutes

How-to:

Each team member invited to play Fact Recall Mission introduces themselves and gives a "fact" about them; usually with a prompt, such as favorite vacation destination, most likely to see in concert, most binge-worthy show they recommend, etc.

Keeping the facts tucked away to memory, each player will try and recall who said what during the introductions.

A recommended show is a great option because everyone learns something about the person and also gets a great recommendation.

Vacation memories and concert bucket lists are fun and a great throwback to the good times.

Do the players in the group know each other too well? It's still a great opportunity to play and use it to tell something about yourself as a warm-up. Everyone needs a new book recommendation or Netflix binge idea.

"One Word And I'm In" Virtual Icebreaker

Time: Less than 1 minute per person

How-to:

Start your virtual pow-wow with a Work-From-Home-Wellness Box and by having everyone pick one word to fill in the sentence "I'm ______ and I'm in"

For example...

"I'm stoked and I'm in"

"I'm ready and I'm in"

"At SnackNation, we start virtual meetings with the "One word and I'm In" activity. It's quick, breaks the ice, and gives a pulse on the group's energy.

Some common ones on our team are "I'm caffeinated and I'm In," "I'm fired-up and I'm In, "I'm a-little-bit-tired-but-ready and I'm In." Our team likes to get creative with the hyphens."

-Victoria Holbrook, Brand Marketing Manager at SnackNation

"Name That Emoji Song Title" Virtual Icebreaker

Time: 3 minutes per person's turn

How-to:

Start a group messaging chain either through phone or your employee recognition software platform of choice - like Nectar.

Determine who goes first and put a timer on your phone for 3 minutes.

The first person looks at their last played song and then "attempts" to use only emojis that give hints to the title of the song.

Everyone else takes turns guessing the name of the song until the timer runs out.

At the end of the 3 minutes, reveal the song if no one guessed correctly and share why that was your last played song.

These have been some standouts from our team at SnackNation:

🐴❌🏷️ - "A Horse With No Name" (America)

🙈💡💡 - "Blinding Lights" (The Weeknd)

❌⛰️🔼✅ - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)

🌊👀 - "Ocean Eyes" (Billie Eilish)

💁‍♀️4️⃣🎄👉👤 - "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Mariah Carey)

Offline Team Games & Activities For Virtual Team Building

Offline Book Club

Start a book club and have everyone do the reading independently and offline. Have everyone keep a log of their thoughts and impressions as they go. You can have your final discussion by exchanging snail mail letters, hopping on a conference call, or meeting in person.

Remote Scavenger Hunt

Since you won't be able to plant items for people to physically find, your best bet is creating a list of subjective, goal-based items.

Here are some example prompts:

Find the item that makes you feel the happiest.

Find an item attached to a powerful memory.

Find your favorite way to connect to others.

Have teammates log and photograph their answers. Eventually, the team can share these logs via email or snail mail.

You can also try pre-planned virtual scavenger hunts. Scavify provides a variety of app-based, in-home scavenger hunts everyone on your team can share with their significant others or families.

Offline Employee Wellness/Fitness Challenge

Have everyone on the team vow to complete a fitness challenge. The outdoor team building challenge might be completing a certain workout every day or even achieving a specified fitness goal. As you all complete the challenges independently, you'll know you're not truly alone.

Pro-Tip: Push your employees to live up to their wellness goals with an incentivized employee wellness challenge hosted through a platform like YuMuuv. Whether it's achieving a certain number of steps per day or practicing weekly meditation, YuMuuv makes it easy for companies to set up a corporate wellness challenge.

Daily Gratitude Commitments

Have everyone on your team commit to completing daily gratitude journaling for a month. Doing this activity alone will make you feel amazing, but knowing your teammates are (figuratively) by your side will maximize your warm fuzzies.

Solve a Mystery

Solve Hunt A Killer mysteries independently. Get everyone on your team a 6-episode Hunt a Killer subscription. They'll all receive a package full of clues to work through to solve a mystery. The exercise will be even more fun knowing you're all solving the same case together.

Pro-Tip: If solving mysteries is your cup of tea, then we recommend checking out Clue Murder Mystery by Outback Virtual Team Building. Will your team be the first to solve the murder of millionaire, Neil Davidson?

Start a Pen Pal Program

Match everyone on your team up with an official pen pal. If this activity feels old fashioned, then own it. You and your pal can pretend you're writing in Victorian England or during the American Revolution.

Daily Writing Prompts

Provide everyone with a daily writing prompt for an entire month. (Mailing out journals would be a nice touch if you have the budget!) Later on, you can get together (in-person or online) to discuss what you created.

Collaborative Craft Project

Select a collaborative craft project, such as a mosaic of painted rocks or a paper quilt, and ask everyone to create one piece independently. When you can get together to assemble the larger project, you'll be delighted to see how all the individual displays of creativity come together.

Open-Ended Instructions Challenge

Challenge everyone to create something useful for the office using only items from their recycling bins and kitchen pantries. Have people share photos and descriptions of their completed items.

Virtual Team Building Tools, Apps, & Software

Virtual team building tools are typically softwares that empower companies to create and customize unified digital workspace experiences that promote transparency and collaboration within remote teams.

Fun Slack Apps For Online Team Games

Slack apps for virtual teams are fun extensions that can be used to help build remote employee culture and engagement. Since employees likely use Slack every day, the platform provides an ideal touchpoint for other programs and initiatives you want to try.

These apps seamlessly integrate into Slack to make your life as easy as possible.

Here are a few more trusted apps for remote team building:

Expert Advice For Planning Your Next Virtual Team Building Event

There are a few key reasons why planning even a small team building event with your remote team can have a positive impact on morale.

For example...

When remote workers feel their excitement slipping, a virtual team building activity can help them rekindle their passion by exposing them to excited co-workers.

When remote workers are craving more autonomy, a virtual team building activity can help them gain trust from their managers and peers.
So what's the overarching secret to unlocking the benefits of virtual team building?
It's commitment-commitment and passion from a strong leadership team.

For managers looking to set up their next virtual team activity, SnackNation spoke to a few team leaders to understand what is important during the planning phase of your event.

Based on their feedback, it is recommended to follow these tips and strategies to ensure your event succeeds.

1) Check Your Connection

Make sure your internet connection is stable before your event so that you are not risking any delays, audio problems, or video issues. Testing out your setup ahead of time can save you valuable time when you have team members showing up your your Zoom call or video conference link looking to get started.

2) Determine a budget

While there are many online games available to your team that are free, your team manager may want to invest in an event host to run your online event effectively.

These team building hosts add comedy to your event while also making sure the activity runs smoothly by moderating the game for you and your colleagues. If you are a manager and are tired of leading every single meeting, working with a dedicated event host can take the pressure off you and set up your event for success.

3) Send out invites for RSVPs

Busy teams will find it hard to schedule time off to fit in a virtual event. That is why sending out an invite a week or two ahead of time will ensure team members can reserve that time on their calendars to show up and disconnect from their current work responsibilities.

The best online team games involve players who are engaged and not worried about their work or other tasks on their plate. Receiving RSVPs will also confirm that your event has enough players to participate since some virtual games and activities will require a minimum number of players.

People Also Ask These Questions About Virtual Team Building Activities

Q: Why do virtual team building activities work?

Q: What can I do to spice up my next virtual meeting?

Q: How do I get started with a virtual team building activity in 2024?

Q: What is virtual team building?

A: Virtual team building is using technology, emotional intelligence, and management skills to keep teams connected when they can't physically be together. Virtual team building comes in many forms, but the effective programs make employees forget they're not sitting in the same office.

Q: How do you celebrate with virtual teams?

Q: How do you bond with a remote team?

Q: What are some virtual team building challenges?

A: Some virtual team building challenges include unreliable technology, the absence of physical and social interactions, difficulty scheduling meetings across time zones, a lack of engagement and participation, and the false assumption that virtual events can be planned and executed the same way as in-person events.

Q: How can I keep my remote workers engaged?

Q: How do I know if my virtual activity was successful?

A: You'll know if a virtual activity was successful by surveying your participants. Have them provide honest feedback and incorporate that feedback into future events. You may also be able to gauge your virtual activity's success by observing engagement and participation during the event.

Q: Where can I find a virtual team building activity for my remote team?

A: Find a virtual team building activity in our comprehensive roundup of virtual icebreakers, games, and activities. We've outlined activities to fit any need or situation. Find quick icebreaker activities to complete at the beginning of virtual meetings, in-depth games to play online as a team, and even long-term team activities that require little or no technology.

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In Conclusion...

Virtual team building activities & events have the power to transform your remote team members, making them feel connected, engaged, appreciated, and happier at work.

There are plenty of reasons to make that goal a priority. Given healthy attention and team building, remote teams can become just as effective as on-site teams while also bringing along added benefits, including the capacity to handle rapidly changing business environments.

We hope the information we've provided has left you feeling informed about what it takes to plan a successful virtual team building game and also empowered to see what works for your own unique and special team.

We can't wait to hear your virtual team building success stories!

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57 Virtual Team Building Activities For Your Remote Team In 2024

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Featuring icebreakers, tools, and virtual team building activities you can implement or share with leadership to build strong remote teams.

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Using the Uncommon Commonality exercise with small groups in breakout and having them create "team" names that they share with the whole group and are added to the visual circle to build unity for later activities that will require teamwork

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Let students do some asynchronous work for time and come back on call for sharing

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Summarize what you learned today in one sentence that contains exactly 10 words.

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2 Truths and 1 Lie, getting to know you activity

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Let student pick a song to send everyone out with after class

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Alphabet conversation- could be centered around the topic of the day/circle/class, etc.

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Alphabet conversation- could be centered around the topic of the day/circle/class, etc.

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Do journal writing exercises and play mood music to help set the tone and keep everyone connected

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Students write down what they learned on a piece of scratch paper and wad it up. Given a signal, they throw their paper snowballs in the air. Then each learner picks up a nearby response and reads it aloud.

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ABC Mouse Early Learning Academy (ages 2-8) and Adventure Academy (ages 8-13) offer comprehensive, fun learning worlds in math, science, language arts, reading, and more.

Recommended by experts and parents (including me-my 3-year-old adores ABC Mouse), ABC Mouse and its older-kid version Adventure Academy can keep kids engrossed in educational play for years.

In addition to offering an endless array of age-appropriate educational games and activities in math, science, reading and more, ABC Mouse plays a bit like an open world game. Kids can choose and adjust their avatar, pick a spot on a map, earn tickets and buy items with them to enhance their own worlds. By playing different games, for example, they'll have enough tickets to buy a cool costume for their avatars, furniture for their rooms or fish for their aquarium.

Adventure Academy takes the open world one step further by offering optional ways for kids to chat and play with their friends, MMO-style (think World of Warcraft). This means that Adventure Academy, like most learning tools for children, requires safety monitoring.

A board of teachers oversees all of the material on ABC Mouse and Adventure Academy. Progress is tracked and saved, and the apps are frequently updated. Children will never run out of material. ABC Mouse has earned educational awards from Parents' Choice Foundation and Learning Magazine under the Teachers' Choice category. Adventure Academy, however, is newer and not as established yet among educational experts.

After a free month-trial, ABC Mouse costs $9.95 per month, $99 for two years or four monthly installments of $29.75. Adventure Academy has a similar fee structure. Look out for offers. The subscription model ensures that there are no sneaky in-app purchases - except for the ones that only cost imaginary money.

Available on iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire (second generation and above), and most Android phones and tablets.

Pros: All subjects, lots of variety, no in-game purchases, compatible with everything, social element in Adventure Academy, no hardware needed

Cons: Encourages screen time, no high school offering yet

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Wonderscope is an affordable, endearing augmented reality app that encourages young children to read, interact and move around the house.

Wonderscope is a reading app that brings characters to life inside your home without requiring any headsets, complicated gear or large open spaces.

Through any iOs device, kids can read Wonderscope books and experience augmented reality. Characters and their surroundings will appear in your home via the device's screen, and children can interact with the characters through voice and touch. Things like virtual airplanes will fly around your living room, encouraging children to chase after them.

Wonderscope isn't all wow-inducing augmented reality, however. Children have to read words of the story out loud in order to progress the book forward.

Unfortunately, Wonderscope is currently designed only for children age 8 and younger. For older kids, Donally recommends the storytelling app TokoToko, which allows them to include their own drawings in the augmented reality world.

Wondercope features all original stories. It is the first augmented reality offering from Within, which has historically produced virtual reality documentaries. The app earned best Learning App at the 2020 Kids Screen Awards and in 2019 won a Children's BAFTA for its inaugural story "A Brief History of Stunts."

The Wonderscope is free to download through the App store. After the first story, parents must pay $4.99 for each interactive book.

Pros: Multi-sensory, encourages movement

Cons: Not for older kids, not on Android, limited book offering so far

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Sphero is a one-stop shop for interactive STEAM activities for kids k-12, from robotics to coding to design.

Sphero specializes in programmable robots, and is fantastic for future engineers. Kids can program Sphero's signature robot balls or larger robots from littleBits to play music, light up, blow bubbles, move on command and a lot more.

Sphero also offers a full-on STEAM program, from computer science coursebooks to coding kits to online webinars and activities. The free Sphero Edu app drives robots and runs programs. Kids can access open-source programs for their robots, or build their own.

Much of Sphero's offerings are tailored toward educators and schools, which makes their website a bit confusing for individual use. However, they have a "home" option where parents can buy individual robots, computer science textbooks, coding kits and more. Families have their own Sphero Edu accounts, and parents can change sharing permissions and assign activities to their children. Activities are filtered by age group and subject, and are developed collaboratively with educators.

Sphero is comprehensive, but its strengths definitely lie in robotics, coding and computer science. For some other STEAM subcategories, your kid will be better off with more specialized tools. For example, for 3D modeling, Donally recommends Merge Cube for kids grades K-8, while Provenzano recommends TinkerCAD and Adobe Premiere for older kids.

Sphero's cost depends on how you use it, and how often. A Sphero ball can cost as little as $49.99, while a coding kit can cost up to $299.95.

Pros: Commit a lot or a little, compatible on most devices, activities for all ages K-12, accessible website for learners with disabilities

Cons: Confusing interface that's often for educators

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Soundtrap is an intuitive and fun place for kids-and adults-to explore music and podcast production.

Soundtrap by Spotify doesn't look like an app for kids. That's because everyone can enjoy its easy-to-use sound production features and collaboration tools. Soundtrap comes highly recommended by Provenzano as a tool that engages children in their own imaginative, creative projects. Children who don't typically like writing, for example, may embrace the opportunity to write a podcast script about, say, Minecraft.

Through Soundtrap, kids can record, use app-based instruments, edit and even collaborate remotely with friends via chat. The music interface looks like many media sequencing programs, which might make it more appealing for older children. However, with parental guidance, younger kids can at least bang around and hear their voices played back. Fun music features include autotune, a patterns beatmaker and 4,000 pre-made beats.

The "storytelling" (podcast) program offers transcription, which is helpful for children who have difficulty writing or typing. The app complies with children's privacy laws, but older kids have the opportunity to upload their podcast directly to Spotify. Kids can export their files into any format, and even send their files via link without forcing the recipient parties to sign up.

Parents can opt for different price points. The lowest music option on Soundtrap is $7.99/month, and the lowest podcasting option is $11.99/month. Prices go up if you want more features. Quality recordings will require some additional gear, like a microphone.

Pros: Affordable, easy to use, compatible with most devices

Cons: Requires gear for quality recordings, some features are for desktop only (uploading to Spotify, collaboration)

DuoLingo is an easy app that makes learning foreign languages fun and satisfying.

DuoLingo makes learning a foreign language as easy and fun-and somewhat addictive-as playing a game on your phone. The app teaches 38 languages through friendly exercises filled with cartoon characters who incentivize users every step of the way.

DuoLingo is recommended by experts for simple, fun and casual learning, and some foreign language teachers even assign it for homework. It is a great way to engage kids in a foreign language, especially if they are a beginner or intermediate speaker.

In addition to the regular lessons-which have been developed by language experts-users can listen to stories and a DuoLingo podcast. Users compete in tournaments, and they can "purchase" things in the "store" with in-game currency, including new outfits for Duo, the app's owl mascot.

DuoLingo is not a replacement for achieving fluency. There is no option for a live conversation with a human, for example, and the program is naturally limited in terms of vocabulary and advanced speaking. You can pose follow-up questions to a user forum, but there is no back-and-forth with an expert. Many of these deeper features are available on Rosetta Stone, which is more expensive and less of a casual experience. That said, experts agree that no online program can replace full immersion and structured instruction.

DuoLingo has a free version, but it is practically unusable for any serious length of time. There are far too many ad breaks, and users lose "lives" quickly if they make mistakes. The DuoLingo Plus subscription at $9.99 a month is worth the expense for anyone who uses the app on a regular basis.

Pros: Easy to use, fun, great for beginners, friendly for all ages, compatible on all devices

Cons: Not immersive, not made for achieving fluency

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The best interactive virtual learning tools for kids

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Recommended by experts and parents (including me-my 3-year-old adores ABC Mouse), ABC Mouse and its older-kid version Adventure Academy can keep kids engrossed in educational play for years. In addition to offering an endless array of age-appropriate educational games and activities in math, science, reading and more, ABC Mouse plays a bit like an open world game.

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Nowadays, traditional teaching method alone is not sufficient to fulfill all the requirements of folks of various age groups. As a result, the need arises for a more versatile and simple way of learning without any restriction of time or location. Right now, lots of individuals that are trying to discover a method to improve their training are making use of a competent virtual training app available on the market. In the following virtual training app review, we are going to throw some light on the 6 most popular virtual training apps for teaching.

Both teachers, as well as learners, are going to find this reputable and exceptionally popular virtual training app to be very useful. Apart from teaching online, individual instructors are also able to offer unhindered live lessons. This affordable, as well as simple virtual training application, enables the universities and colleges to arrange live sessions with as much as 500 participants. In fact, plenty of helpful features are offered by the astounding ezTalks Cloud Meeting.

Educators can make use of interactive whiteboard sharing as well as easy screen sharing to share vital information with students. The business instantaneous messaging feature of the incredible application enables teachers as well as students to chat with one another instantaneously. Furthermore, instructors can also record the entire session such that it will be possible for the absent students to review it following the class.

2. Zoho ShowTime

This amazing virtual training app helps bring life to your teaching. You can conduct virtual sessions and also have interaction with students around the world. It will likewise allow the instructors to connect to the students just like they would in case they were in the same place. One can easily share the screen to clarify complicated processes which are too comprehensive to fit within a slide by making use of this hugely popular Zoho ShowTime.

3. Courseplay

It is possible to access Courseplay from the cloud. This awesome virtual training application will enable the organizations to train their pupils, workers, vendors or even clients successfully. Customers can easily verify the overall performance of their training course with only a couple of clicks and obtain in depth reports regarding the progress as well as scores of the participants. Courseplay helps any company impart affordable training to their workers and students.

4. WizIQ

Using this immensely popular virtual training app, you will be able to offer live self-paced training by building, providing and also managing lessons from your personal website. It is rather simple to use as well as inexpensive, and the innovative features allow it to be an ideal solution for any lengthy business training as well. It is feasible to commence educating within only a few minutes, generate online lessons as well as add more than one teacher account.

5. eTrainCenter Software

eTrainCenter happens to be a reliable learning management system that can be accessed on the web. Nowadays this particular virtual training application is used by various sectors like retail, distribution, medical care, hospitality, and so forth. It also provides multiple vocabulary support worldwide. The learning management software which is actually the core of the program helps teachers, executives, and educators create assessments as well as examinations for the pupils or the workers.

The app likewise offers personalized achievement accreditation. It is possible for the trainers to view each and every student signed up for a selected course along with their login records, assessment accuracy statistics in addition to course completion data. Moreover, the teachers can also make use of the revolutionary SCORM-compliant writing solutions for creating the study materials. eTrainCenter allows students to complete classes independently in a virtual classroom. The trainers can also share their screen with remote students on the net besides sharing web pages, documents, not to mention PowerPoint slides. One can even record the training classes for viewing afterward.

6. Edvance360 Learning Management Software

This well-known online learning management system offers virtual training app in training across the globe. Apart from providing online lesson management and enhancement tracking, it also offers a secure internal social network. Among the administrative functions which are offered by it, mention may be made of homepage personalization which allows the students of various other departments to keep track of the progress.

The users are able to create courses, communicate as well as upgrade the study materials live by using the cutting-edge Lite Wizard, which happens to be the incorporated course creating wizard. Apart from making use of the internal calendar functionality for creating and sharing events, they can also generate messages plus automated reminders for interacting with other users. The report function helps to generate exam details and class progress reports. The innovative community group functionality can also be employed by the users for communicating with one another apart from getting involved in training collectively.

Conclusion

Apart from the above-mentioned virtual training apps, you will also come across many more out there and the good thing is that some of them are available for free. Take your own time and perform adequate research before picking the appropriate app for your own requirements.

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6 Most Popular Virtual Training Apps for Teaching

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Educational professionals know that feeling safe and secure within the school environment can help students to focus their energies on learning. A recent study from 2018 has backed this up with research. It found that if teachers can create a feeling of belonging in their classroom by simply greeting every student by name at the start of class, they can see great improvements in terms of engaged academic time and reduced disruptive behavior.

Of course, this is one example of an easy change that teachers can introduce into their everyday practice to foster a strong community vibe. With this in mind, here are some more fun community building activities that are quick and simple to implement but can have a significant positive impact on student engagement and learning.

3 community building ideas for elementary school students

It's never too early to make your classroom feel like a connected, welcoming community. The following activities can prove very valuable in helping even the youngest children to develop a feeling of belonging.

1. Shout-outs

This is a quick and easy way to allow students to celebrate each other's achievements when they succeed in overcoming a challenge or completing a task to the best of their ability. You can incorporate shout-outs at any time during your lesson by simply sounding an alert or ringing a bell. By asking students to praise their fellow classmates, you promote interactions between students and celebrate their positivity.

2. Friendly Fridays

Students can play a key role in helping to raise each other's self-esteem. The idea behind Friendly Fridays is that students write an anonymous, positive note to one of their classmates, practice talking positively about themselves, or use stories as a way of instilling positivity in a classmate.

3. Shared acts of kindness

Encouraging students to notice and share each other's kind acts is a great way to promote positivity and inspire compassion. If, for example, one student notices a peer helping a struggling classmate with a challenging task or taking the initiative to tidy up, they can then post a note of thanks on a shared Wall of Kindness for everyone to see.

3 community-building activities for middle school students

As children get older and progress into middle school, it's time to build on the positive classroom environment fostered during the elementary stage and to continue encouraging students to support each other. Here are some of the best activities for community building to suit this age group.

1. Paper tweets

Building on the connection that young people have with social media platforms, this activity helps to build a sense of community in your classroom by mimicking Twitter profiles. Each student should have a minimum of three "followers." One must be a close friend, another must be an acquaintance, and the third must be a classmate that they rarely interact with. Although the initial setup for this activity may be time-consuming, it's well worth implementing this idea since it allows students to respond to prompts about the new events in their life or their mood at the present time. This also gives followers a chance to react.

2. Class norms

Rather than relying on the teacher's list of classroom rules, have students develop their own set of class norms - adjectives that describe a positive learning community. When students set their own norms and expectations, they create a stronger feeling of belonging for everyone. It also gives students a chance to take responsibility for their own behavior within their learning environment.

This teacher-prompted interaction is a speedy, preparation-free way to get your students to appreciate each other. At the end of an activity, have your students congratulate each other for their efforts using an agreed-upon expression of gratitude, such as a handshake or high-five, or some other social interaction, such as verbally thanking the other members of their group.

4 community building ideas for high school students

The high school environment can be one of the most challenging when it comes to fostering a sense of community. It is at this stage in life that students can begin to feel most disconnected from their classmates. And as young people begin to develop their own distinct personalities, they run the risk of feeling increasingly isolated from their peers. This is why it is especially vital for high school educators to include community-building activities in their everyday practice. Here are some of the top suggestions for activities that are best suited to young people on the verge of adulthood.

1. Morning meetings

Although morning meetings are a regular feature in the elementary classroom, they tend to fall by the wayside as students grow older. By reintroducing this everyday activity once more in a high school setting, teachers can facilitate bonding between classmates. Holding a daily morning meeting helps students from every grade to transition into class through a teacher or student-led bonding exercise, which can include social, emotional, or physical activities, such as discussions of challenges that students may be facing or sensitive topics such as bullying.

2. Appreciation or apology

At the close of each day or lesson, the Appreciation or Apology activity encourages students to come together within a circle to share their appreciation of a classmate or an apology for something that they feel was inappropriate. Alternatively, they can share their own "aha!" moment from the lesson where they gained a greater understanding of the subject matter. When necessary, the teacher can model this activity by sharing their own appreciation, apology, or aha moment before asking a volunteer from within the group to discuss their own experience. This type of appreciation and recognition within the school community can really help to foster strong bonds within the class.

3. A rose and a thorn

At the beginning of every class, the students and teacher should take their turn at sharing a rose and a thorn. The rose represents something positive that they'd like to share, while the thorn may be something negative that they want to express. Although this may sound time-consuming, it can take as little as five minutes to carry out this activity since there's no need to go into depth about the emotions and feelings expressed. Students may express something as low-stakes as feeling tired or bored, or they may share something a lot more personal, such as concerns about a sick relative or a personal problem. When classmates understand more about each other's emotional and personal lives, they can begin to support each other through the challenging times that they face.

4. Snowball toss

Each student anonymously writes something that's causing them stress or worry on a piece of paper. They then crumple it up, stand in a circle, and throw the paper balls at each other as if they were in a snowball fight. Then students choose one of the snowballs and read what's written aloud. The concept behind this is that students can have fun, scream, laugh, move around, and make noise while also having the chance to express something that stresses them out in a low-stakes environment.

Building a community will have a positive impact on your school

These ten fun community-building activities give students the opportunity to foster better interactions with their classmates while also expressing themselves, their emotions, and their problems. By sharing positive messages, students can develop stronger working relationships within their learning community. And by sharing their own problems and worries, students can begin to develop a better understanding of their classmates on a more personal level. As a result, the school community as a whole can build on its strengths, minimize issues with misbehavior and a lack of learning engagement, and help to curb the problem of bullying.
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Marie Swan is now a writer, but has a background of working in the classroom. Having worked in UK primary schools as a teacher and special needs support for over a decade, she still retains her passion for education.

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