The useful part

Browse activities built for the actual school day.

For staff meetings, professional learning, school teams, classroom community building, and quick brain breaks—from elementary through high school.

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56 activitiesEvery activity is free during this first chapter.
01Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

The 90-Second Bright Spot

Name one recent classroom or school bright spot and the tiny action that helped.

48 min2–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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02Free

PLC or department · Leadership or admin

Evidence or Instinct?

Find the beliefs beneath a school plan and decide which ones need evidence first.

1525 min3–50 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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03Free

Professional learning · Staff meeting

Quiet Constellation

Map where the room has energy, questions, and useful experience—without a noisy report-out.

1015 min4–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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04Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Tomorrow-Morning Tweak

Choose one small change the team could realistically try with students tomorrow.

510 min2–50 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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05Free

Staff meeting · PLC or department

3–2–1 Roll Call

Share three words, two recent wins, and one thing you need from the room today.

812 min3–40 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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06Free

Leadership or admin · Coaching cohort

The Learning Résumé

Write the professional résumé nobody sees: the attempt, miss, revision, and lesson that changed your practice.

1825 min3–24 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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07Free

Leadership or admin · Student-support team

Assumption Audit

Examine one professional assumption, where it came from, and what evidence could test it.

2230 min4–24 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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08Free

Midyear reset · Team retreat

Museum of My Career

Create four tiny exhibits: an artifact, a disaster, a turning point, and something still under construction.

2535 min4–50 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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09Free

Team retreat · Midyear reset

Crossroads Map

Sketch one professional fork in the road and the path you chose—or are still choosing.

1825 min4–40 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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10Free

Leadership or admin · Student-support team

The Student Seat Check

Keep student impact visibly present during a real team decision—without pretending to speak for students.

2540 min4–30 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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11Free

End-of-year reflection · Team retreat

The Legacy Note

Write a specific note to an educator, coach, or mentor whose actions changed what became possible.

2235 min3–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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12Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

Three Rooms

Describe three workspaces from your education career with one word for each.

45 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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13Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

Make Room First

Reconstruct the previous segment by inviting a contribution that has not had much airtime yet.

34 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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14Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

The Question You Had

Say the question that occurred to you earlier but never made it into the room.

23 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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15Free

Back-to-school · Beginning of year

Postcard from May

Write a short message from your future end-of-year self about what mattered most.

1015 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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16Free

Back-to-school · Beginning of year

The Six-Word School Year

Capture a hope, prediction, or intention for the year in exactly six words.

610 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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17Free

Back-to-school · Staff meeting

One-Word Weather Report

Describe your current school-year weather in one word, with explanation strictly optional.

25 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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18Free

Back-to-school · Beginning of year

Gallery of Good Signs

Name the small signs that would tell your team the year is moving in a healthy direction.

1520 min3–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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19Free

High school classroom · First week of school

The Class Field Guide

Collect anonymous student wisdom about what helps a class work—then turn it into a useful guide.

2540 min8–40 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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20Free

K–2 classroom · Elementary classroom

The Classroom Rainstorm

Build a layered rainstorm together using a wave of quiet body sounds.

58 min6–35 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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21Free

Middle school classroom · Classroom reset

Count to Twenty

Count as a class with no assigned order—and restart whenever two voices overlap.

69 min6–35 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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22Free

Campus-wide · K–12 classroom

Six Words, Whole Campus

One prompt, one shared wall, and a version that scales from kindergarten through senior year.

1025 min5+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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23Free

Classroom · Classroom community

Room Read

Five fast, private ways for students to show how they are arriving without explaining themselves to the class.

25 min5–40 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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24Free

Classroom · End of class

The Last Three Minutes

Reset the room, answer one low-pressure prompt, and close the class with an individual moment at the door.

35 min5–40 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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25Free

Classroom reset · Classroom community

After Something Happens

A plain, bounded classroom reset for the day after difficult news, a conflict, or a room that came apart.

1020 min5–40 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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26Free

Classroom · Classroom community

The Class Archive

Make one two-minute deposit each week until the class has a year that only this room could have created.

220 min5–40 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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27Free

Staff meeting · Professional learning

The Reset Walk

Walk to the farthest point in the room and come back—no talking, destination, or hidden task.

12 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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28Free

Staff meeting · Professional learning

Box Breathing

Four quiet rounds: breathe in for four, hold for four, out for four, and hold for four.

11 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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29Free

Staff meeting · Professional learning

Twenty, Twenty, Twenty

Look twenty feet away for twenty seconds, then complete twenty shoulder rolls.

11 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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30Free

Classroom · Between lessons

Cross-Crawl March

March in place while touching each hand to the opposite knee.

11 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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31Free

Classroom · Between lessons

Squeeze and Melt

Tighten every comfortable muscle for five counts, then melt back into the chair.

12 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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32Free

Classroom · Between lessons

Mirror Partners

Copy a partner's slow-motion movements, switch leaders, then move with no official leader.

12 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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33Free

Classroom · Between lessons

Change Three Things

Study a partner, turn away, and spot three tiny changes they made.

13 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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34Free

Classroom · Between lessons

The Focus Reset

Four box-breathing rounds framed like resetting before the next play, shot, or match.

12 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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35Free

Classroom · Between lessons

Ninety Seconds of Nothing

Lights down, phones away, no talking, no assignment—just an actual ninety-second break.

12 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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36Free

Classroom · Between lessons

The Double Breath

Take two inhales through the nose, then one long slow exhale through the mouth—five rounds.

11 min1–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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37Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Dashboard Warning Lights

Choose the dashboard light that best matches how you are arriving today.

13 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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38Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Roller Coaster Position

Choose where you are on the roller coaster—not merely how the ride feels.

13 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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39Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Battery Level

Pick a battery level from fully charged to red-zone—or choose the charging cable.

12 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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40Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

The Character Grid

Choose one image from a monthly grid showing the same object in eight different states.

13 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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41Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Two Numbers

Give two numbers out of ten: your energy and your capacity for new information.

14 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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42Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Traffic Light + One Word

Name red, yellow, or green for the week, then add exactly one word.

25 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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43Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Fingers Up

On three, show one to five fingers for how you are doing—then simply look around.

11 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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44Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Star Rating + One-Line Review

Rate the week one to five stars and give it a one-line review.

35 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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45Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

First Word

Say the first word that came to mind when this meeting appeared on your calendar.

24 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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46Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Album Title

If this week were an album, give it a title.

25 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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47Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Today’s Headline

Write the local-paper headline that would run about your week.

35 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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48Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

The Group Text

If you sent this team one text right now, what would it say?

35 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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49Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Song of the Week

Name one song title that describes the week—no explanation unless you choose.

25 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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50Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Rate the Room

Rate the team’s week—not your own—from one to ten.

13 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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51Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

What I’m Bringing

Name one word for what you are bringing into the meeting—including “nothing.”

35 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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52Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Win + Weight

Share one deliberately small win and, optionally, one thing you are carrying.

45 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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53Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Cup Check

Say how full your cup is and one thing that could put something back in it.

45 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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54Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

Deposit or Withdrawal

Name one deposit from the week and one withdrawal—without explaining either.

45 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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55Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

What I Need From This Hour

Name one thing the meeting needs to provide to be worth leaving your room.

35 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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56Free

PLC or department · Staff meeting

The Pass Round

Use any check-in prompt while making “pass” a complete, respected answer.

25 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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