Line Up - Free Icebreaker
When your group is lined up appropriately all group members should clap to indicate they have completed the task.
How to run it
- Tell them that this is group competition and that you will give the instruction for groups to line up in a particular way. Your group should get in a line as quickly as possible.
- When your group is lined up appropriately all group members should clap to indicate they have completed the task.
- Tell them to line up-by height and to clap when they’re finished.
- Begin the activity. After each line-up, determine which group clapped first and then announce them as the winner of the round.
- Variations - use this activity periodically throughout a long session or you can ask groups to come up with their own way of letting you know they’re ready.
- Tips - keep the tone light; this is a fun competition. Laugh and play with humorous comments from participants.
- Line Up Activity Sheet Questions for the Leader (download from link at bottom of this page)
- All methods All authors IAF Library Library Line-Up 292 170 In the short group challenge, participants must organize themselves in a line according to a certain criteria (like height) without speaking.
- The activity promotes non-verbal communication and teamwork.
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Tell them that this is group competition and that you will give the instruction for groups to line up in a particular way. Your group should get in a line as quickly as possible.
When your group is lined up appropriately all group members should clap to indicate they have completed the task.
Tell them to line up-by height and to clap when they’re finished.
Begin the activity. After each line-up, determine which group clapped first and then announce them as the winner of the round.
Variations - use this activity periodically throughout a long session or you can ask groups to come up with their own way of letting you know they’re ready.
Tips - keep the tone light; this is a fun competition. Laugh and play with humorous comments from participants.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Line Up - Free Icebreaker. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Tell them that this is group competition and that you will give the instruction for groups to line up in a particular way. Your group should get in a line as quickly as possible.; When your group is lined up appropriately all group members should clap to indicate they have completed the task.; Tell them to line up-by height and to clap when they’re finished.; Begin the activity. After each line-up, determine which group clapped first and then announce them as the winner of the round.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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