New Year, New Games

 Happy 2025! It's been a great first week back. We've had fun talking about our break, playing games together, and getting back into a good schedule. One teambuilder that we played in particular was new to me, and it ended up being a big hit!

I was in a class in the fall called The Playful Classroom (shoutout to Mrs. McGovern :). It gave us lots of great ideas for teambuilders, classbuilders, and just fun games to play with your class. We tried one called Blind Drawing. The rules are simple; pair your students up. One partner is the drawer, and one is the instructor. The instructor is shown a picture, while the drawer cannot see it. The instructor must describe the picture in words, and give very descriptive instructions so their partner knows what to draw. We talked about directions such as right, left, up, down, below, above, etc. We also explained that it's important to name the shapes of objects, as well as the color. 

I had students sit back to back, with the instructor facing the TV, and the drawer facing away. We played the game twice so each student got to try both roles. This game was full of laughs! It was a great teaching moment to show students how they need to be specific when giving instructions, and also how it can be fun to make mistakes- the goal was never to make exact replicas of the original picture!

Here's to a great year ahead, Goodrich!