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ICE BREAKERS

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I Love My Neighbor…

Stand in a circle. Choose 1 ninja to start as “it” in the middle. They will say something that is true for them. For example: “I love my neighbor who has a brother!”

If this is true for anyone in the circle, they must leave their spots and run to find another place in the circle to stand. The ninja who is left without a place will be “it” next.

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Concentration

Say your name, then your favorite food.

The next person will repeat your name and favorite food, and then add their own name and favorite food, and so on!

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Dice Roll

Roll 2 dice to get the X, Y coordinates.
Read the square for the coordinate rolled.
Raise your hand if the statement is TRUE for you!

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Ninja Dance Party

Choose one ninja to be “it” and ask them to leave while everyone else makes a circle.

Chose another ninja to be the Dance Leader. The whole group must copy the dance leader’s moves. The ninja who is “it” will stand in the middle of the circle and try to guess who the dance leader is!

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DOODLE DIRECTIONS

Draw something (don’t show anyone)
Pair up with a partner
Tell your partner how to draw your animal without showing them your drawing
Switch roles
Compare drawings to the originals

Doodle Directions

In this Icebreaker activity, kids will tell their partner how to replicate their drawing and their partner can’t see the original.

You’ll have 5 minutes to draw something (can be real or made up) but don’t show anyone your drawing!
When time is up I’ll ask everyone to stand up and start roaming the room while I play music. When the music stops partner up with the person closest to you. (if you don’t have music just have them mingle until you tell everyone to “freeze”)
Introduce yourselves to each other (“hi, I’m Codey…”) and decide who wants to draw first. Don’t show your drawings to each other until the end! You can stand back to back or put a book between you to make sure neither of you peeks.
Switch roles so that the partner who listened to directions first is now giving directions.
After you’ve both drawn each others’ objects, compare them to the originals and see how close you got!
Once you finish, look around the room for other ninjas to pair up with and start over.
Keep going until time is up.

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Ninja Circus Act

Get in a circle
One ninja starts with an object.
Look across the circle. Make eye contact and say their name.
Make an underhand toss of the object to that ninja.
Ninja catches and continues the game.

Sequences are a set of steps or instructions that a computer understands.

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Who am I?

Each ninja will get a sticky notes with a famous person, place or thing. Ask YES or NO questions to figure out who you are!

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Machine Charades

Groups of 3-5 ninjas work together to act out a machine�
Can ninjas guess what machine you are?

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Design Challenge