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What sounds useful today? Not sure? Use the activity finder → Search the library ⌕ What kind of activity? All activity types Brain Break Build Community Build Trust Celebrate Check In Collaborate Encourage Collaboration Energize Fill 5–10 Minutes Fill Unexpected Time Introduce a Topic Just for Fun Leadership Development Make Decisions Meet & Connect Open a Session Reconnect Reflect & Reset Repair or Reset Share Ideas Welcome & Belong Welcome New People Where will you use it? All settings After conflict or difficult news After lunch Back-to-school Beginning of year Between lessons Between sessions Campus-wide Class celebration Classroom Classroom community Classroom reset Coaching cohort Conference or workshop Daily routine Elementary classroom End of class End-of-year reflection Equity-focused learning First week of school Grades 3–5 classroom Group formation High school classroom Instructional design K–12 classroom K–2 classroom Leadership development Leadership or admin Leadership team Middle school classroom Midyear reset Mixed-campus gathering New leadership team New teacher orientation No-prep backup PLC or department Professional learning School improvement Staff meeting Strategic planning Student-support team Sub plans Team retreat Whole-year routine Who is it for? All audiences Department or grade level Elementary students High school students Leadership team Middle school students Mixed group New educators Students Teachers & staff
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11 activitiesEvery activity is free during this first chapter.
01 Free
Staff meeting · Professional learning
The Useful Question Swap Pairs trade one question that reveals something useful—not their spirit animal.
6–10 min 2+ people Playfulness 1/4
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PLC or department · Staff meeting
The 90-Second Bright Spot Name one recent classroom or school bright spot and the tiny action that helped.
4–8 min 2–100 people Playfulness 1/4
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Professional learning · Staff meeting
Quiet Constellation Map where the room has energy, questions, and useful experience—without a noisy report-out.
10–15 min 4–100 people Playfulness 1/4
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Staff meeting · Back-to-school
The Staffroom Swap Trade one tiny practice, shortcut, or resource worth stealing—with no presentation required.
15–25 min 6–100 people Playfulness 1/4
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Midyear reset · Team retreat
Museum of My Career Create four tiny exhibits: an artifact, a disaster, a turning point, and something still under construction.
25–35 min 4–50 people Playfulness 2/4
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Conference or workshop · Professional learning
Make Room First Reconstruct the previous segment by inviting a contribution that has not had much airtime yet.
3–4 min 4+ people Playfulness 1/4
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Conference or workshop · Professional learning
The Question You Had Say the question that occurred to you earlier but never made it into the room.
2–3 min 4+ people Playfulness 1/4
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Back-to-school · Beginning of year
The Sticky-Note Staff Map Build a visual map of who knows what, who can help, and what everyone wants to learn.
15–25 min 8+ people Playfulness 1/4
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Back-to-school · Beginning of year
The Six-Word School Year Capture a hope, prediction, or intention for the year in exactly six words.
6–10 min 2+ people Playfulness 2/4
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Back-to-school · Staff meeting
One-Word Weather Report Describe your current school-year weather in one word, with explanation strictly optional.
2–5 min 2+ people Playfulness 1/4
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Middle school classroom · First week of school
Perfectly Ordinary Introductions Skip the impossible ‘interesting fact’ and connect over the gloriously normal details of daily life.
15–22 min 8–36 people Playfulness 2/4
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