Time to Share…
Class Meeting : 4/15/15
Icebreaker: Two options. Please read them over and select
the one that you feel will work best for your class.
Icebreaker 1: Would you rather?
1. The BB picks a student to answer a “Would you rather…?” question.
2. Tell all of the students to answer the question in their own minds and
choose either option 1 or option 2.
3. The BB asks the student a “Would you rather…?” question and the
student answers.
4. Ask the student to guess how many of their classmates answered the
same way. Once they have a number, ask all students who answered
the same way to raise their hand and see how close the student was
to the number they had guessed.
5. You and/or your BB can facilitate more discussion on each question
by asking a student or two why they selected that option.
6. Repeat for 5 or 6 questions. Play for about 8-10 minutes.
Questions:
Would you rather be known for:
1. your intelligence
2. your courage
Would you rather:
1. always come in second place in everything you participated in OR
2. come in dead last 9 out of 10 times every time and then 1st place
on the 10th one
Would you rather be lost in the woods with:
1. a knife and NO food OR
2. a big box of crackers and NO knife
Would you rather:
1. hang upside down from the Eiffel Tower suspended by a nylon
cord OR
2. be strapped to the wing of a flying plane by only duct tape
Would you rather:
1. only age from the neck up OR
2. only age from the neck down
Would you rather:
1. be paid $250,000 in one lump payment OR
2. be paid $20,000 per year for life
Would you rather:
1. be able to walk on water forever OR
2. be able to fly for 3 hours straight on 3 different occasions in your life
Would you rather:
1. wear the exact same outfit every day for a year (it is cleaned) OR
2. wear an Elvis wig every day for a year and it doesn’t come off
Would you rather:
1. be a waiter who spilled an entire bottle of wine and food all over a
customer wearing an expensive dress OR
2. be a waiter who fell in front of the whole restaurant carrying a tray of
dishes
Icebreaker 2- Mrs. Mumbles
Arrange students in a circle.
Someone starts by asking a neighbor, "(Name), have you seen Mrs.
Mumble?" Players can't show their teeth when asking.
The neighbor responds by saying, "No (Name) , I have not seen Mrs.
Mumble." again without showing their teeth.
The first person then says, "OHHH!" and asks the next person..."(Name),
have you seen Mrs. Mumble?"
This must go around the circle without any players showing their teeth
while speaking.
Activity: Sharing Circle
Teachers: Divide students into two circles for discussion. BBs divide to each lead a
circle. If you only have 1 BB, you may want to divide students and have them lead one
and you lead one.
Today’s topic: An important person in my life.
Today we are going to talk about an important person in your life. Most of us interact
with many people every day. Some are friends, some are relatives, and some are
strangers. The people who are important to us have usually contributed something
special to our lives. For example, they may look after us, guide us or teach us.
Frequently they share our joys and sorrows.
Tell us about one important person in your life. This person could be a parent,
grandparent, teacher, counselor or coach. He or she could also be a friend. Tell us who
the person is, what they are like, how and why this person is important to you, and how
you feel when you are with him or her.
Have students go around and share their important person with the rest of the circle.
Then, bring the class together and discuss the following:
1. What characteristics did most of our important people have in common?
2. If your person was no longer available to you, how would you manage to get
along?
3. Do you think that there are people that would name you as their Important
Person? Who? What would they say about you?