Resident Assistant

Great activity for new groups or for established teams. Allows members of a team get to know new things one another and have fun being creative.

Fun icebreaker game where a beachball is thrown around the room and whoever catches it answers the question that their right or left thumb is touching. This activity requires a good bit of prep the first time (writing all of the questions on the ball in permanent marker)

Description: This is a really fun Icebreaker to do with a group of kids. Is also very funny to watch. You can either do it when they are first meeting, or after they know each other a little bit. Instructions: Gather the group in a circle. Start with one person in the middle, ...

In this teambuilder/energizer, the group is divided into teams, ideally with two or more individuals in each team. This can be done with small groups, but is great for a large group of 15 or 20 individuals. The facilitator explains that she or he is going to select a word, ...

This is one of my favorite name games as it not only helps a group to remember names, but it also creates some inside terminology/jokes for the participants to revisit later.

At my school once a month we meet up with the R.A.\'S from all the dorms and we have mini training session. Each time we have a training session a hall is assigned a date and must come up with a topic. They are usually pretty boring :( however when ...

Gather your house for this energizing ice-breaker. Have your residents partner up with someone, ensuring that one person is capable of holding the other on his or her back "piggy-back" style. Instructions for Play: Ice-breaker facilitator (That's you!) will play music and have the piggy-back holders walk in a circle clockwise with ...

This is a pretty common game, but it might take a while... You tell everyone that they will be stranded on an island and given a roll of toliet paper. They can tear off as much as they want. Once everyone has their toilet paper they must seperate the squares. For ...

This game should be played once your team/students have had the opportunity to get to know eachother a little bit.  It is meant to played with a smaller group, maybe in small residences with the people on your floor, or just with your RA/CA/Don team.  Everyone will recieve a small piece ...

Many of you may know this one, but just in case you don't...  This ice-breaker is hilarious and can be used for many groups of residents, especially ones meeting for the first time - I use it on first years.  I use it at the beginning of each year to make the ...

I was looking for a way to get my floor to work in groups for the first ice breaker of the year and I found some old mad libs in my room. I cut them out and had the girls count out into groups of eight, but whatever group number ...

This is an active game for an inactive person. Ninjas is really perfect because the players can move around but no running is involved. The concept is to keep the person to your right from hitting your hand while trying to hit the hand of the person to your left.

A modified game of Guess Who?