![]() We called it “No Small Talk Jenga” and people whoĭidn’t know each other were suddenly asking each other questions such as “Would Talk about, and it was GREAT! Who doesn’t appreciate a low-key, no-stress Table in case people hanging out in that spot wanted to use it/had nothing to We had Phil’s 30 thīirthday party last year and just decided to put this Jenga game on the coffee Sometimes adding a tactileĪnd “fun” element to otherwise normal conversation can make the experience that Language tutors doing a lot of conversation lessons. This game is sooooo awesome for language teachers or And give you lists of question ideas you can use (in this post directly if you want to copy and paste, and also in PDF format at the very bottom).īonus piece of advice: I would also *highly* recommend picking up a deck of conversation playing cards (these ones are my favorite from Elevate) - great for encouraging conversation (NOT SMALL TALK!) at parties, classrooms, special events, etc.! Why make a reusable Jenga conversation game?.Will laugh (and cry over the Jenga set you just spent two hours writing questions Jenga pieces and buy a new Jenga set one month later. So, I am going to explain how to make a REUSABLEĬonversation Jenga! The kind where you don’t have to throw away all your You are going to spend so much time doing that and then get super sick of those questions after playing it just 2 or 3 times!Īnd what if you want to use them one day in class and the next day with your friends?! Different audience = different questions needed!! I don’t mean to yell, but seriously guys- writing questions out on every single Jenga piece?! That’s crazy! I would love to hear!ĭon’t forget to check out more ice breaker games you can use for your meetings.I am writing this because I keep seeing every article on the Internet telling people how to create a Jenga conversation game (either for language classrooms or for fun at a party) and they are ALL DOING IT WRONG! Drop me a comment below sharing your thoughts or how your meeting went. I hope these quick icebreakers for work and meetings fit your needs. Have each person share 3 to 5 things on their bucket list.Then have them stand up when called and have them play a snippet of the song. ![]() For super fun twist…have, everyone find their song on youtube.Then give everyone a few minutes to think about it.At the start of the meeting ask your team… “If you had a theme song for your life what would it be?”.Then have each person share a memory from the year they have chosen.At the meeting have everyone pick a piece of paper. Place all those years in a hat or box.(make sure you use years that work for your team) Write a different year on each piece of paper. IN ADVANCE: Cut up as many pieces of paper as there will be at the meeting.Pick out a random fact and read it out loud.Then place all these random facts in a hat or box.Have each person write a random fact about themselves that no one would know.Hand out a small piece of paper to each person.But we can’t forget about the _.” Who Is It? “We will _ over the next 2 weeks and have _ and _. Then have each person share what they came up with.Have everyone write out the sentence/saying and fill in the gaps.On a whiteboard, blackboard, or large post-it note write out a fragmented sentence or saying about the meeting or an upcoming project.Play a short snippet of a song and see which team can name the song first.During the meeting split your group into two (more if your meeting is large).In Advance: Create a playlist of songs that were popular during a certain time period (try to think of the age of those who are in the meeting).You can stop there or continue until the Jenga tower collapses. Repeat till everyone has answered a question. ![]() Have them read the question out loud and answer it for everyone to hear.
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