Icebreakers

Morning Workshop:

1. Welcome and thank everyone for being there (make them feel at home and comfortable)
2. Introduce yourself – Name, Age, School, Why you are working on this event/how you got involved.
3. Introduce the workshop organizers
4. Briefly say what you will be doing in the workshop (this is exciting!)
5. Introduce your kick-off game to help us get to know each other and loosen up.
6. Teach them how to play Whoosh! Bong!
7. Continue with the workshop
8. Stop 5 minutes before the end of the workshop no matter where you are
9. Ask everyone to come back to the circle
10. Do the Wrap-Up Web Game to finish
11. Thank everyone for coming

How to Play Whoosh! Bong!

1. The group stands in a circle
2. Explain that players can either Whoosh (pass along in same direction), Bong (block and change directions) or Zap (pass across the circle)
3. Demonstration the sounds and motions
4. The leader starts with a Whoosh
5. Try to keep the game going quickly.
6. Optional Elimination Rules: If someone pauses for more than a couple seconds or passes the wrong way/says the wrong sound you can eliminate them.
7. Play for 5 minutes
8. Have a round of applause for the players

How to Play Wrap-Up Web

1. The group stands in a circle
2. Tell the group that this is a way to reflect on what we got out of the workshop and bring it and our new connections with us into our lives
3. Explain that each player will toss the ball of yarn, while holding on to a piece of it to someone across the circle.
4. Before tossing it to someone, each player should say one word that describes the workshop for them- it can be a noun or adjective.
5. When everyone has spoken, use scissors to cut a length of yarn (from where they are holding it) for each player to tie into a memory/acknowledgement bracelet
6. Have a round of applause for the workshop

Afternoon Workshop:

1. Welcome and thank everyone for being there
2. Introduce yourself – Name, Age, School, Why you are working on this event/how you got involved
3. Introduce the workshop organizers
4. Briefly say what you will be doing in the workshop
5. Introduce your kick-off game to help us get to know each other and loosen up.
6. Teach them how to play Category Challenge
7. Continue with the workshop
8. Stop 5 minutes before the end of the workshop no matter where you are
9. Ask everyone to come back to the circle
10. Do the Wrap-Up Web Game to finish
11. Thank everyone for coming

How to Play Category Challenge

1. The group stand in a circle
2. Explain that two challengers will do category battle in the middle of the circle
3. Pick two challengers and have them stand facing each other in the middle
4. Have the rest of the players clap, slap their legs or alternate the two to make an exciting beat
5. A player in the circle shouts out a category related to health
6. The challengers take turns yelling out examples of that category as fast as they can until one of them is stumped or pauses for more than two beats
7. Then a new player come to challenge the Champion
8. Play for five minutes
9. Have a round of applause for all the players