Card Math

Required: Deck of cards, paper and pencil
Players: Two

If you need a fun way to learn multiplications with your child try this game. Both of you should have a pencil and sheet of paper. Make five lines in a column on one corner of both papers and then a small line below the far right of the column for a total sum amount. Start out with a deck of cards and use only the 1’s through 5’s. Shuffle the cards and deal two faced up the other player. They are to write down the two numbers, multiply them and write the answer in a tally column. You then deal two cards to yourself, say the multiplied sum out loud and write the answer on your paper. Then repeat until all the cards are gone. At that point you should both have five sets of cards. Tally up the to answers on both sheets, the person with the highest number is the winner. You can play again until you have mastered 1-5’s. Do this a couple times of week for a few minutes a day. Once they can do 1-5’s you can replace the lower numbers with the next higher set of cards 2-6’s, 3-7’s or make the columns longer example 2-7’s.

Games : Bean Game

Bean Game
Required: Beans
Players: Two or three

Take an amount of large beans, or small items to hold in your hands. Decide on a number to work on like 8. Have your player count out 8 beans. Place the beans in your hand and hide them behind your back. While they’re behind your back put some beans in each hand. Like 3 in one hand and 5 in the other. Show the player the beans in one hand. They must tell you how many you have in the other hand. Play this again using another combination. This helps your child learn all the combinations of a number sum.

Games : Four Corners

Here’s another good icebreaker for the beginning of a school semester or as a fun way for people to get to know each other better. Four Corners (also known as Four Squares) is a simple activity in which students share who they are through the use of handdrawn pictures. This icebreaker is for all ages, and works well with small and medium groups. It usually takes about 15 minutes, depending on how much time you want to allow for sharing the pictures. You’ll need sheets of paper and writing utensils. Don’t worry, no artistic skills are required for this icebreaker activity — just have fun and encourage everyone to enjoy being creative while illustrating who they are!

Setup for Four Corners

Distribute a pen and sheet of paper for each player. Each person divides the sheet into four boxes/squares either by folding the paper in half twice (vertically and horizontally) or simply by drawing a horizontal and vertical line that crosses in the middle. For each square, each person will describe themselves in the form of drawings. Choose these four topics in advance. For example, in the top left square, everyone could draw “favorite hobbies,” while in the top right, people could illustrate “favorite place on earth for vacation,” the bottom left could be something like “if you were an animal, which one would you be?” and the bottom right could be something like “what are the most important things in your life?” Feel free to be as creative, hypothetical, or deep as you like.

Allow five to ten minutes to draw. When everyone is finished, gather them together and share the drawings as a group. This icebreaker is an excellent way for students to show-and-tell what makes them unique!

Permainan kelompok : Cerita Bersambung

Alat : -
Partisipan : Perseorangan
Waktu : 15 menit

Partisipan berdiri melingkar. Tujuan permainan ini adalah membuat sebuah cerita yang merupakan gabungan dari kalimat-kalimat yang disumbangkan partisipan. Kalimat yang disampaikan harus:
· masuk akal
· berkaitan dengan kalimat sebelumnya
· bertata bahasa yang benar
Contohnya:
Orang #1:" Sebelum sarapan pagi, saya jalan-jalan dulu."
Orang #2: "Seekor anjing menghampiri aku."
Orang #3: "Aku menyapa anjing itu."
Orang #4:"Tetapi anjing itu malah mengejarku."
Permainan ini berlangsung hingga seluruh partisipan telah memberikan sumbangan kalimat atau jika Anda merasa suasana sudah cair.

Permainan ini dikutip dari serial "Permainan Asyik". Dapatkan buku-bukunya dengan memesan di penerbit Andi dan penerbit Metanoia.

Permainan kelompok: Super Model

Alat : -
Partisipan : Berkelompok 3 orang
Waktu : 10 menit

Aturlah partisipan supaya berdiri melingkar. Jelaskan bahwa mereka harus berlagak sesuai dengan instruksi yang Anda berikan. Ada pun perintahnya adalah:

"Super Model": Partisipan berdiri berpasang-pasangan. Satu orang berperan sebagai model yang bergaya dan satunya lagi berlagak sebagai fotografer yang memotret sang model.

"Gajah" : Partisipan segera berkelompok, masing-masing 3 orang. Satu orang menjulurkan tangan kan-annya ke depan (seolah-olah belalai gajah) dan tangan kirinya dijuntaikan di dekat pantat (seolah-olah ekor). Sementara itu, dua orang lainnya berdiri mengapit orang pertama. Mereka membentuk lingkaran dengan kedua tangan kanannya dan menempelkan di kepala orang pertama (seolah-olah "telinga" gajah).

"Agar-agar": Partisipan berkelompok, masing-masing 3 orang. Orang pertama menggerakkan seluruh tubuhnya. Seolah-olah agar-agar yang bergoyang-goyang. Dua orang lainnya bergandengan tangan, melingkari orang pertama. Kedua orang ini berpura-pura sebagai gelas yang mewadahi agar-agar.

"Ratu Tawon": Partisipan memutar dan menautkan kedua tangannya di belakang punggung (di atas pantat) dan mengibas-kibaskannya seolah-olah ekor lebah. Dua orang lainnya berdiri di kedua samping orang per-tama dengan menempelkan kedua tangan mereka di tubuh tawon. Ini berfungsi sebagai sayap.

"Patung": Partisipan berdiam diri seperti patung.

"Sebab sama seperti pada satu tubuh kita mempunyai banyak anggota, tetapi tidak semua anggota itu mempunyai tugas yang sama." - Rom. 12:4
Permainan ini dikutip dari serial "Permainan Asyik". Dapatkan buku-bukunya dengan memesan di penerbit Andi dan penerbit Metanoia.

Games : Frozen T’s

Required: Plastic storage bag, freezer and large size T- shirts
Players: Small to large groups

For each team you'll need one T- shirt and one plastic storage bag. T-ShirtPlace one nicely folded T-shirt in each bag then pour in about 2 cups of water and freeze all of them overnight. If this wasn't done where the event is taking place bring the T-shirt in a cooler filled with ice to keep them frozen. Instruct the teams that they'll be playing an Ice Breaker game. Then hand out the bagged T-shirts to each team. On "Go" the teams will have to get their T-shirts thawed out so that one person from their team can put the T-shirt on. Teams will get creative in their attempts to win. They could run the shirts underwater, put them in the microwave and even pounded the ice out of them. The first team to come back with one person in the T-shirt is the winner.

Ice breakers : Dress the Mummy

Required: Rolls of toilet paper
Players: Small to large groups

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Set up teams with 2-4 players on each team. One person on each team will be the mummy and each team will be given 2 rolls of toilet paper. They will have 5 minutes to complete the game. The team players are to circle around the mummy and pass the toilet paper to each other while wrapping the mummy in it. The leader of the group will be the judge and decide which team has created the best mummy design.